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Mawlid-Nabi-English, page : 27
Muhammad's reputation for fairness, honesty, and trustworthiness were known by all in Mecca, so when he started to trade on behalf of others, Meccan businessmen welcomed him as their profit- sharing partner.
It was not only with their trade that the Meccans trusted him. They trusted him completely in the knowledge that anything placed in his safekeeping would be returned without decrease. He did not ask a fee for that service because his inherent sense of fairness dictated that to receive a fee would ultimately detract from the value of the person’s wealth.
Khadijah, daughter of Khoulid
Among the traders of Mecca was a well-respected, honorable, refined, wealthy forty-year old widowed lady named Khadijah. She was very beautiful and had many suitors, however, she declined their offers of marriage.
Abu Talib suggested to his nephew, who was now twenty-five, that he might wish to contact Khadijah to ask whether she might like him to trade on her behalf. Muhammad, having dealt only with male traders, was somewhat respectfully shy to ask her, so he told his uncle that perhaps she would send someone to contact him if she needed his services. When news of the conversation reached Khadijah, she was delighted and sent a message to invite him to come to her house and discuss arrangements.
When Khadijah met Muhammad, she respectfully asked if he would take it upon himself to act on her behalf with her merchandise. She told him that she had already learned of his reputation for honesty and truthfulness and knew of his high morality. Muhammad agreed and as a mark of appreciation she told him she would gift him with twice the usual amount. Muhammad accepted, thanked Khadijah for her generosity, and returned to his uncle to tell him the good news. His uncle was delighted and told him Allah had sent him this blessing.
Just before the end of the month of Dhul Hijjah, Muhammad, in the company of Khadijah's devoted servant Maysarah, set out for Syria on his first trip. Upon reaching a place called Tayma, Muhammad and Maysarah sat down to rest under the shade of a tree not far from the hermitage of a monk named Nastura, who surprisingly rushed out to greet him.
After the exchange of greetings, Nastura kissed Muhammad's head and feet then said, "I believe you, and bear witness that you are the one Allah mentioned in the Torah." When Nastura saw the mark between his shoulders, he kissed him yet again and bore witness that Muhammad was to become none other than the Messenger of Allah, the illiterate prophet of whom Prophet Jesus, peace be upon him, had prophesied would come. Then, he turned to Maysarah and told him, "He is the last Prophet, I wish I could be with him when he is called!" Maysarah was taken aback by Nastura's statement; it was indeed something to tell his mistress.
After taking their farewells Muhammad and Maysarah continued on their way to Basra and as
It was not only with their trade that the Meccans trusted him. They trusted him completely in the knowledge that anything placed in his safekeeping would be returned without decrease. He did not ask a fee for that service because his inherent sense of fairness dictated that to receive a fee would ultimately detract from the value of the person’s wealth.
Khadijah, daughter of Khoulid
Among the traders of Mecca was a well-respected, honorable, refined, wealthy forty-year old widowed lady named Khadijah. She was very beautiful and had many suitors, however, she declined their offers of marriage.
Abu Talib suggested to his nephew, who was now twenty-five, that he might wish to contact Khadijah to ask whether she might like him to trade on her behalf. Muhammad, having dealt only with male traders, was somewhat respectfully shy to ask her, so he told his uncle that perhaps she would send someone to contact him if she needed his services. When news of the conversation reached Khadijah, she was delighted and sent a message to invite him to come to her house and discuss arrangements.
When Khadijah met Muhammad, she respectfully asked if he would take it upon himself to act on her behalf with her merchandise. She told him that she had already learned of his reputation for honesty and truthfulness and knew of his high morality. Muhammad agreed and as a mark of appreciation she told him she would gift him with twice the usual amount. Muhammad accepted, thanked Khadijah for her generosity, and returned to his uncle to tell him the good news. His uncle was delighted and told him Allah had sent him this blessing.
Just before the end of the month of Dhul Hijjah, Muhammad, in the company of Khadijah's devoted servant Maysarah, set out for Syria on his first trip. Upon reaching a place called Tayma, Muhammad and Maysarah sat down to rest under the shade of a tree not far from the hermitage of a monk named Nastura, who surprisingly rushed out to greet him.
After the exchange of greetings, Nastura kissed Muhammad's head and feet then said, "I believe you, and bear witness that you are the one Allah mentioned in the Torah." When Nastura saw the mark between his shoulders, he kissed him yet again and bore witness that Muhammad was to become none other than the Messenger of Allah, the illiterate prophet of whom Prophet Jesus, peace be upon him, had prophesied would come. Then, he turned to Maysarah and told him, "He is the last Prophet, I wish I could be with him when he is called!" Maysarah was taken aback by Nastura's statement; it was indeed something to tell his mistress.
After taking their farewells Muhammad and Maysarah continued on their way to Basra and as