How did the Prophet's As-Salam meet Khadija? How did this come about? Now it so happened that Khadija's older sister had a flock. She had a herd of camels and her older sister hired the Prophet Muhammad, Salallahu Alaihi Wasallam, to take their flock out and to graze them outside of Makkah. And she hired two people. We don't have the name of the other person. The Prophet's As-Salam and another young man. After the Prophet's As-Salam had finished the grazing, they had to go back into town in order to collect their wages. So the young man that was with the Prophet's As-Salam and at this age the Prophet's was probably 23-24 years old. The young man that was with him said, now that we're done come let's go and ask our wages from Khadija's sister. So the Prophet's As-Salam said, why don't you go on my behalf because I am too shy to go because she's a woman. So the person came to Khadija's sister and it so happened that Khadija was in her house at that time and he asked for his wages. Khadija said, where is Muhammad? He also has earned half of the weight. Where is Muhammad? So the man said he was too shy to come and ask it from you. And so at this Khadija's older sister said that I have not seen any man who is more shy and more noble and more honorable and more chased in his interactions because she's interacting with him because she's a woman. So she knows he's lowering his gaze, he's acting in a very elegant manner. So she says, I have never seen any man more and then she kept on praising the Prophet's As-Salam and the narrator of this report says this was the first time Khadija heard of his name in such a manner and just like any human being that when a person is praised in such a manner something entered her heart because he's being praised in such a noble manner and eventually in later on in the year Khadija had to send her own caravan to Syria and Khadija owned a lot of wealth but because she's a woman she cannot go herself to do it and so every single time she has to hire a businessman. So when she heard this praise about the Prophet Muhammad, she decided why don't I choose this young man. So she sent a message to the Prophet's As-Salam. Why don't you take charge of my caravan? The Prophet's As-Salam went to Abu Tadeb and said, oh my uncle Khadija has sent me such an offer. What do you think? And so Abu Tadeb basically said that, oh my nephew Khadija is well known to be the richest woman and you know this is definitely much better than the job that you're doing now. It's you're going to get in child, a good sustenance. Allah has blessed you with this opportunity. Do not say no to her. And so the Prophet Allah, O Allah, who has said them, said yes and Khadija sent one of her servants along as well to him and the Prophet's As-Salam took the caravan to the city of Busra. So Khadija had sent her servant, the name is given, is Mesa Ra generally and when Mesa Ra came back so the Prophet's As-Salam went to Busra and then returned. When the Prophet's As-Salam came back, Mesa Ra told Khadija of the care and concern that the Prophet's As-Salam had shown of his honesty and the Prophet's As-Salam made double or triple. That means the Arabic says Adla'af which means many times more. The Prophet than anybody else had made before him. This is now increasing the emotions that Khadija has. There's nothing wrong at all with her now having a desire to marry the Prophet Muhammad's As-Salam and Subhanallah what lady would not have desired to marry the Prophet Muhammad, Subhanallah what I said. The details differ about how the proposal came about but they all agree about one thing. Khadija was the one who instigated it. In one version Khadija told a friend or it says another servant of hers who was an elderly lady by the name of Nehfisa it is said that she expressed she expressed an interest in marrying the Prophet's As-Salam and so Nehfisa said leave this to me, and so she visited the Prophet's As-Salam as she was an elderly lady and she said that O Muhammad, again he's not a Prophet at this time, O Muhammad, why don't you get married? So the Prophet's As-Salam said and who would marry me because I am the orphan poor person of the Quraysh. I'm an orphan and I'm poor who's going to marry me? And so Nehfisa said what if Khadija wanted to marry you? What if Khadija? So she's not saying Khadija is sending me but it's there what if my master? What if my friend Khadija wanted to marry you and the Prophet's As-Salam was quiet and then he said why would she want to meet? Notice he didn't say I'm not interested in her. He's wondering why would she want to meet? So the message is given that he is interested because she didn't say he didn't say no I'm not interested in her. Rather he's thinking why would she want somebody like me because he considered himself to be not somebody that was worthwhile but SubhanAllah he is Rasulullah and he was going to be Rasulullah and so Nehfisa went back and told Khadija and there the matter then went to stage two. Even his house says by the way that this marriage took place in the month of Safar in the month of Safar three months after he returned from Basra three months after the journey so for three months there was this back and forth. Even Hajjad point out that Khadija's father had died. That her uncle Amrib Nehsaad became her wedding and Abu Talib came with the Prophet's Allah's salam and Abu Talib performed the Khutbah he performed the sermon and the sermon is recorded in one of the early books that Abu Talib began by praising Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and then talking about the lineage of the Quraysh that's what he always talked about that we are the noble descendants of Ibrahim and Ishmael that Allah has blessed us with this and this and that of the blessings we have is that we have the we are the care the caretakers of the Kaaba and Allah has blessed us to be the people of Makkah and my nephew the Prophet Muhammad says and my nephew is the one who is no comparison with any other young man in all of Makkah in his manners and his nobility and his lineage and he has proposed to your noble lady Al-Karima your noble daughter your noble lady Khadija with a mahar of 12 ukia one shen i mean to ukia is a nugget of silver so 12 nuggets of silver with a little bit of coins of silver as well and so he gave the Khutbah at this Amr Khadija's uncle stood up and said this is a young man who cannot be refused we accept the proposal the blessings of Khadija are simply two numerous to mention she was the first to believe in the Prophet's asalam she comforted him as soon as the revelation began she was the one who thought let's take him to warakla ibn nof al let's take him to somebody who knows what's going on and ask what is happening she was the only one whom jibri would come in the household of Khadija he would not enter any other household any other wife's house any other wife's house he would not enter later on aisha or mesalamah no one he only entered the house of Khadija and jibri told the Prophet's asalam once when the procession was sitting in makkah the Prophet's asalam said to Khadija that oh Khadija here is jibri because jibri would enter and Khadija was in the house the only wife he would enter here is jibri and he is sending Allah's salam upon you subhanAllah he is sending Allah's salam upon you and he is giving you the glad tidings of a house in jannah where there's not going to be any noise and any struggling you will have peace in that household and so Khadija responded that in Allah is the peace of Allah is the peace of Allah and may peace be upon jibri and may peace be upon you this was Khadija's response we already said that Khadija had been married twice before from her first marriage she had a son named Hala Hala accepted Islam eventually and lived a noble life with the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam the Prophet's aslam and Khadija had at least six children I already said this that all of the children of the Prophet's aslam were through Khadija the first child of the procession you should all know his name it is al-Qasim it is said that al-Qasim had reached the age where the boys could ride on the camel six seven eight years old and then he passed away and then the Prophet sallam had Zainah, Burakaya, Umme Kulthum and Fatima the youngest daughter four daughters and then he had his final son with Khadija and that is Abdullah and Abdullah died in infancy without even in Islam he was born after the Wahi and he died in Islam of course the four daughters all of them lived to maturity all of them married and the only and the three of them died in his own lifetime so he saw said and buried his own daughters with his hands the three daughters he buried with his own hands only Fatima outlived him and then of course he has Ibrahim that Ibrahim by the way was not born of his wife it was born of his made servant his Emma and of the other wives of the Prophet sallam became pregnant other than Khadija