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مشاهدة النسخة كاملة : The most powerful love story!


ahmad abd almunim
28-10-2009, 09:06 AM
She was one of the noblest women around, coming
from a very prominent family. She was also quite
beautiful and the holder of a considerable amount of
wealth, being a prominent businesswoman. To marry
her would have been a great feat for any man, and
indeed, quite a few of the most prominent and
wealthy men in society had asked for her hand. Yet,
she rejected them all; already being a widow, she
had lost the desire to marry again.

Until he came into her life. He was young man of 25,
and although he was also of a noble family, he was
an orphan and was not a man of many means. He
had made a meager living tending sheep in the hills
surrounding the city. Yet, he had an impeccable
moral character, and he was widely known as one of
the most honest men around. That is what attracted
her to him: she was looking for someone honest who
could conduct business for her, as she - a woman in
a fiercely patriarchal society - could not do it herself.
So, he started working for her.

After he came back from his first business trip, she
asked her servant, whom she sent with him, about
him and his conduct. The servant amazed her by his
report: this young man was the kindest, gentlest
man he had ever met. Never did he treat the servant
harshly, as many others do. Yet, there was more: as
they traveled in the heat of the desert, the servant
noticed that a cloud had followed them the entire
time, shading them from the blazing sun. The
businesswoman was quite impressed with her new
employee.
Not only that, this new employee proved to be an
astute businessman in his own right. He took his
employer's merchandise, sold it, and with the profits
bought other merchandise that he sold again, thus
profiting twice. All this was enough for her: the
embers of love in her heart that were once
extinguished re-kindled again, and she resolved to
marry this young man, who was 15 years younger
than she.
So, she sent her sister to this young man. She asked
him, "Why are you not married, yet?"
"For lack of means," he answered.
"What if I could offer you a wife of nobility, beauty,
and wealth? Would you be interested?" she told him.
He replied in the affirmative, but when she mentioned her sister, the young employee chuckled in amazement.
"How could I marry her? She has turned down the most noble men in the city, much wealthier and prominent than me, a poor shepherd," he said.
"Don't you worry," the sister replied, "I'll take care of
it."
Not long after, the wealthy businesswoman married her young employee, and it was the beginning of one of the most loving, happiest, and sacred marriages in all of human history: that of Prophet Muhammad and Khadijah, the daughter of Khuwaylid. When they were married, the Prophet was 25 years old, and Khadijah was 40. Yet, that did not bother the Prophet one bit. He loved her so deeply, and she loved him as deeply. They were married for 25 years, and she bore him six children: 2 sons and 4 daughters. Both the sons died in young age. Khadijah was a source of immense love, strength, and comfort for the Prophet Muhammad, and he leaned heavily on this love and support on the most important night of his life.
While he was meditating in cave of Hira, the Angel Gabriel came to the Prophet Muhammad and revealed to him the first verses of the Qur'an and declared to him that he was to be a Prophet. The experience terrified the Prophet Muhammad, and he ran home, jumping into Khadijah's arms crying,
"Cover me! Cover me!" She was startled by his
terror, and after soothing and comforting him for a while, the Prophet was able to calm down and relate to her his experience.
The Prophet feared he was losing his mind or being possessed.
Khadijah put all his fears to rest: "Do not worry," she said, "for by Him who has dominion over Khadijah's soul, I hope that you are the Prophet of this nation.
Allah would never humiliate you, for you are good to your relatives, you are true to your word, you help those who are in need, you support the weak, you feed the guest and you answer the call of those who are in distress." She then took him to her cousin, Waraqah ibn Nawfal - a scholar well-versed in the Judeo-Christian scripture - and he confirmed to the Prophet that his experience was Divine and he was to be the Last Prophet.
After his ministry began, and the opposition of his people became harsh and brutal, Khadijah was always there to support the Prophet Muhammad, sacrificing all of her wealth to support the cause of Islam. When the Prophet and his family was
banished to the hills outside of Mecca, she went there with him, and the three years of hardship and deprivation eventually led to her death. The Prophet Muhammad mourned her deeply, and even after her death, the Prophet would send food and support to Khadijah's friends and relatives, out of love for his first wife.
Once, years after Khadijah died, he came across a necklace that she once wore. When he saw it, he remembered her and began to cry and mourn. His love for her never died, so much so, that his later wife A'isha became jealous of her. Once she asked the Prophet if Khadijah had been the only woman worthy of his love. The Prophet replied: "She believed in me when no one else did; she accepted Islam when people rejected me; and she helped and comforted me when there was no one else to lend me a helping hand."
Much has been made and said about Prophet
Muhammad's multiple marriages. There are many who smear the Prophet as a womanizing
philanderer, citing his multiple marriages. This is absolute propaganda. As a response to those who malign the Prophet , IF the Prophet were
anything of the sort, he would have taken advantage of his youth to do such a thing. But he did not! At a time when it was a common custom to have multiple wives, the Prophet did not marry anyone else while he was with Khadijah.

It was only after Khadijah died, may God be pleased
with her, that he married other women. Most of
these wives were widows, whom the Prophet
married to care after them, or they were the
daughters of prominent Arab chieftains, so that the
Prophet could form a cohesive Muslim society out
of a fiercely tribalistic (and barbaric) Arab culture.
The smears against the Prophet fall flat on their
faces once the light of truth shines brightly upon
them.
In a song about the Prophet and Khadjiah, Muslim rappers Native Deen sing: "We look for stories of love in places dark and cold - When we have a guiding light for the whole world to behold." Many of what we call "love stories" today are nothing more than stories of lust and desire, physical attraction disguised as love.
Yet, I can find no love story more powerful, more spiritually uplifting, more awe inspiring as that of the Prophet Muhammad and Khadijah. It is a shining example of what an ideal marriage is, and if I ever claim that I love my wife, I must gauge my actions with that of the Prophet. As the country
commemorates Valentine's Day, and everywhere we turn this month, "love is in the air," I cannot help but reflect upon, what is to me, the greatest of all love stories: that of Muhammad and Khadijah. Even with all of its amazing and creative talent, Hollywood could not have come up with a story greater than this.

passenger
28-10-2009, 04:13 PM
.thanks for this so powerfull and nice expression. Allah helps you.

قعقاع
28-10-2009, 05:58 PM
Peace be upon him and her.

ahmad abd almunim
29-10-2009, 02:19 AM
Jazaka Allahu Khairan. There are still other stories to follow inshaallah.