HIS
FIDELITY
IT IS A BOUNDLESS FAVOUR. HE NEVER FORGOT THIS GOOD KADIJAH. LONG AFTERWARDS, AYESHA HIS YOUNG FAVOURITE WIFE, A WOMAN WHO INDEED DISTINGUISHED HERSELF AMONG THE MOSLEMS, BY ALL MANNER OF QUALITIES, THROUGH HER WHOLE LONG LIFE; THIS YOUNG BRILLIANT AYESHA WAS, ONE DAY, QUESTIONING HIM. 'NOW AM NOT I BETTER THAN KADIJAH? SHE WAS A WIDOW; OLD, AND HAD LOST HER LOOKS: YOU LOVE ME BETTER THAN YOU DID HER?' 'NO, BY ALLAH!' ANSWERED MAHOMET: 'NO, BY ALLAH! SHE BELIEVED IN ME WHEN NONE ELSE WOULD BELIEVE. IN THE WHOLE WORLD I HAD BUT ONE FRIEND, AND SHE WAS THAT!...
Heros and
Hero-Worship, p. 76
It would
have been easier to repel the temptation of the devil than to
succumb to the ego
of a young, loving, brilliant and beautiful wife like lady Ayesha
Siddiqa. Why not let her hear the soft soothing balm of flattery-,
it will not harm anyone. Even the soul of Bibi Khadija, the mother
of the Faithful,
would look light-heartedly at
the ruse. There is no shamming, no innocent "white lies"
with Muhammad (pbuh). Traits of this kind show us the genuine man,
brother of us all, brought visible through fourteen
centuries, - - - the veritable
son of our common mother.
To Be Continued....
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