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The Messenger of Allah (S) married Lady Khadijah at the age of

twenty-five, while Khadijah herself was forty years old. Yet some

historians allege that she was twenty-five, and still others claim that

Prophet (S) some historians dispute this and indicate that she was a

unique marriage because it was not initiated as a result of a love

relationship, nor was there material or political motives behind it, which

was commonplace among the elite classes. In fact, there was no

correspondence between the Prophet's economical position and that

of Khadijah’s. On one hand, the Messenger was sponsored by his

poor uncle, Abu Talib and on the other hand, Khadijah was the

wealthiest lady in Mecca. Thus, there was an evident gap between

Khadijah heard that the Prophet had a bright and sacred future ahead

of him-perhaps she heard this from her servant Maisarah, who

informed her of what had happened to the Messenger during a

commercial trip to Syria in which he had worked for her. Or perhaps he

conveyed to her what the monk in Basra said about the future of the

Prophet- upon learning this, Lady Khadijah suggested that prophet

Muhammad (S) marry her, and urged him to ask for her hand from her

The Prophet, who preferred to marry a poor woman from his own

economical class, apologized to Khadijah and refused her request. But

she, being a wise, reasonable, and honorable woman informed him

that she was ready to grant him herself and that property was not a

difficult thing to put at his disposal. So she once again urged him to

wealthy lady who sponsors hundreds of people, and tens of men work

for her in her property and trade for her throughout the summer and

winter seasons, between Yemen, Mecca and Syria; a great Lady

whom the noblemen had asked to marry, but she had refused them all,

giving herself to a poor Quraysh young man, sponsored by his poor

uncle, Abu Talib!! Could she have been honest in doing so?! Could

this news be true?