The story
Khadeejah (RA) was already a woman of standing when she first heard of Muhammad ﷺ. A successful businesswoman, respected in Makkah, she had been widowed twice. She employed him to manage a trading journey — and what she observed changed everything.
She was the first to believe. When the Prophet ﷺ returned from the Cave of Hira, shaking, overwhelmed by the first revelation, it was Khadeejah who wrapped him in her cloak. It was Khadeejah who said: 'By Allah, Allah will never disgrace you. You maintain family ties, you speak truthfully, you bear the burden of others.'
She did not hesitate. She did not ask for time to consider. She believed immediately — and her certainty became the foundation on which the earliest days of Islam were built.
The Prophet ﷺ never forgot her. Years after her death, he would send food to her old friends, and when 'A'ishah (RA) once expressed jealousy, he said: 'She believed in me when no one else did. She accepted me when people rejected me. She helped me with her wealth when people withheld from me.'
From the Quran
إِلَّا تَنصُرُوهُ فَقَدْ نَصَرَهُ ٱللَّهُ إِذْ أَخْرَجَهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ثَانِىَ ٱثْنَيْنِ إِذْ هُمَا فِى ٱلْغَارِ إِذْ يَقُولُ لِصَٰحِبِهِۦ لَا تَحْزَنْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَنَا ۖ فَأَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ سَكِينَتَهُۥ عَلَيْهِ وَأَيَّدَهُۥ بِجُنُودٍۢ لَّمْ تَرَوْهَا وَجَعَلَ كَلِمَةَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ٱلسُّفْلَىٰ ۗ وَكَلِمَةُ ٱللَّهِ هِىَ ٱلْعُلْيَا ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ
“If you do not aid the Prophet - Allah has already aided him when those who disbelieved had driven him out [of Makkah] as one of two, when they were in the cave and he said to his companion, "Do not grieve; indeed Allah is with us." And Allah sent down his tranquillity upon him and supported him with angels you did not see and made the word of those who disbelieved the lowest, while the word of Allah - that is the highest. And Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.”
Surah At-Tawba, 9:40Read full verse →If this resonates with you
Is there someone in your life who believed in you before you believed in yourself? What would it mean to be that person for someone else?
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