Deep down feminists, crypto Hijabis, shaykhas and modernists know that neither Islam nor the life of Khadija (radhiyallahu anha) is any way in support of their misguided ideology. So everything they say about her is either not found in any historical work especially authentic one’s or is full of distortions. And today I decided to make a post on this subject for the very first time in order for people to be safe from this Islamic flavored feminist agenda, which I feel is my responsibility as a believer [fight the evil].
Basically, in this matter, the life of Khadija (radhiyallahu anha) could be best described, if it is broken down into three parts:
1. Widow in Pre-Islamic era:
She was a widow of two husbands despite being businesswoman as per feminists which itself is a big blow to the feminist conception of empowered and successful women. Her father was a famous and respectable merchant of Makkah, from whom she inherited all of her wealth and business, which means she did not start from the scratch or build everything on her back by herself which does not look really empowered as per feminalisma. She used to conduct her business by hiring different trustworthy men to sell her goods in the markets and other cities, because she herself was a modest and pious woman who also respected the traditional norms of her society especially for being a woman of a top and respectable household of Makkah like the mother of Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wasallam), Bibi Amina. Some even say, that she was Christian inclined since her cousin Warqa bin Nawfal who assured Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) of his Prophethood, was a Christian scholar of the Bibles. And some say she was from Hunafa group which was the only loyal group to the monotheism of Ibrahim (alayhissalaam). Nonetheless, with such business conduct, is how she met Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wasalaam).
2. Wife of Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) in Pre-Islamic era:
She married Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) and submitted all of her wealth to him, for him to do with it as he wishes and she will not interfere, so basically giving him all the authority from then onward [feminists and modernists will prefer to die than doing this, they in-fact on the hand abuse their right in husband’s wealth]. However, there comes a dispute from some people who say that she still continued with her business activities despite not like before, but even if we accept this, she spent all wealth earned from it in the cause of her husband not for any personal gains, that is especially evident from her submission. And she focused more on being a devoted mother and obedient wife.
But the hardest part for the feminists and modernists is yet to come when we see that up till this point of her and Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wasallam)’s life, there was no Islam so no legislation of proper roles or objective model for men and women, husband and wife, as per Islam.
3. Wife of Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) in Post-Islamic era:
After revelation, she completely limited herself from any personal gains or external activities and entirely devoted herself to the collective mission and cause of her husband, taking care of the children and home. And all of her wealth was spend in the way of Allah.
And this is where you get the actual life of a Muslim woman and wife in the light of Islam from the example of Khadija (radhiyallahu anha), which can still be said to be not entirely Shariati because Khadija (radhiyallahu anha) lived only 8-9 years into Islam, while the revelation and Sunnah extended for 15 years more and the topic of roles and responsibilities of men and women, husband and wife were discussed properly in later period of Madinah. Thus we can find better examples only in the life of later wives of Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wasallam), his daughters and women of Companions, who never took part in any external activities or competed with men apart for the strictly religious reasons, that too not on an equal average.
In this entire discussion about life of Khadija (radhiyallahu anha) we can also see a big contrary to feminists and modernists, view which is that Khadija (radhiyallahu anha) never had more love for wealth or career goals, she maintained high modesty, she married multiple times, she had kids, she focused more on being a good mother, obedient wife, always worked for the collective cause of her husband and religion and was willing to let go off any personal goals for it.
Hence we can clearly see from the actual biography of her life that her example is no support of any misguided modern construct of women empowerment rather more of the traditionalist’s view.
And may the curse of Allah be upon those who carry out the wrong agendas in the Muslim World, Aameen!
If anyone wants to read or find evidence for what i wrote about life of Khadija (radhiyallahu anha), he/she can easily access any authentic biographical work on Khadija (radhiyallahu anha) by our scholars.
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