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FRIENDS OF LADY KHADIJAH

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I, (Lady Ayesha), did not feel as wishful to any of the Prophet‟s
wives as I did to Lady Khadijah (in serving Allah and His Prophet),

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may Allah be pleased with them, even though I had never seen her.
The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, mentioned her often.
When a goat was slaughtered, he would cut it into pieces and send
it to Khadijah's friends. Sometimes I would say to him, „You speak of
her as if there never was any other woman in the world beside
Khadijah.‟ He would reply, „She was such and such, and I had
children from her.‟”

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