Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

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He answers at 1:23 in The Story of Hazrat Khadija Part I · 24 min 49 sec

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1:23
, toh sab se pehla sawal hum sab janna chahenge ke un ke bare mein, un ki jo family background hai, us ke bare mein aap bataein. wahan se shuru kijiye aap kahani ko. inshallah. bismillah hir rahman nir rahim. rab ishrah li sadri, wa yassir li amri, wahlul uqdatan min lisani, yafqahu qawli. Hazrat Khadijah ka talluq makka ke ek bahut hi shareef khandan se tha, and she was known for her wealth and good character, good nature. ji. jo yeh naam tha Khadijah, linguistically it means premature. غالباً woh un ki birth premature ho gayi hogi.
2:10
ji. lekin scholars ka kehna hai ke it means she was ahead of her time. o ke. toh agar aap Hazrat Khadijah ki family tree dekhein, ji toh kuch generations ke baad Prophet ki family tree se mil jati hai. ji. chunki makka choti si jagah thi, sab log aapas mein relation the un ke. jaise agar hum family tree dekhein Hazrat Khadijah ki toh is tarah se hogi: Khadijah bint Khuwailid ibn Asad ibn Abdul Aziz ibn Qusai ibn Kilab. ji. toh Qusai ibn Kilab Prophet ke great grandfather the, aur Hazrat Khadijah ke bhi great grandfather the. ji. so from yahan se jo aage chalti hai family tree, woh ek hi ho jati hai aage ja ke.
3:04
to Hazrat Khadijah bohat hi learned, and she was the most elegant woman in makkah, very learned, perfect in her behavior and perfect in her character. ji. bohat hi nobel khatoon theen, aur un ke bohat saare nicknames thay. achha. jaise ek Tahirah tha, Tahirah ka matlab pure, aise hi un ka nickname tha Ameerat Quraish, yaani Princess of Quraish . aur ek nickname tha Sayyidat al-Nisa Quraish, Nisa Quraish. ji. yaani the leader of the women of Quraish. okay. aur Rasool Allah Sal Allahu Alaihi Wasallam ki paidaish se pandrah saal pehle, ji un ki paidaish hui thi. yaani Prophet was born in 570, aur Hazrat Khadijah ki paidaish hui thi 555.
3:56
ji. to un ki ek behan theen, un ka naam tha Halimah, aur Halimah bint Khuwailid. to Halimah ke jo bete thay, un ki shadi Prophet ki beti se hui thi jin ka naam Zainab tha. ji. to Hazrat Khadijah ke jo,
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Hazrat Khadijah ki death ke baad jab kabhi Halimah aya karti thi Prophet se milne to bahar se hi Prophet pehchan jatay thay, choonkay un ki awaz aur Hazrat Khadijah ki awaz bohat milti julti thi. milti thi, achha. ji ji. to bohat Prophet khush hua kartay thay. aur to Hazrat Khadijah ki jo mother theen, un ka naam tha Fatima, halankay beti ka bhi naam Fatima tha, to isi ki wajah se rakha hoga. to Hazrat Khadijah ke jo father thay, un ka naam tha Khuwailid ibn Asad. ji. aur woh ek tajir thay, aur jo Prophet Muhammad Sal Allahu Alaihi Wasallam ke grandfather thay, Abdul Muttalib, un ke bohat close thay woh.
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aur ek baar safar bhi kiya tha saath mein yaman. ji. to is tarah se pata chalta hai Hazrat Khadijah bohat hi aala khatoon theen, aur jaise abhi aap ne hadith bayan ki ke Maryam was the best woman of her time, and Khadijah was the best woman of her time, is se pata chalta hai ke woh kitni aala aur bohat hi bari shakhsiyat rahi hain. ji ji ji ji. to Doctor sahib, jaise aap ne abhi bataya ke un ka janam 555 AD mein hua. ji.
5:41
agar hum dekhte hain to Islam ka aaghaz hua 610 AD mein. ji. tab pehli revelation Prophet Muhammad ko aayi. to kafi waqt tha 610 AD jab Islam aaya, is se pehle jo Hazrat Khadijah theen, woh bari ho gaeen. to is dauran jab Islam nahi tha, to un ka kya mazhab tha? kya religion follow karti theen woh before the advent of Islam? is ke baray mein batayein. asal mein jo Makkah tha, wahan ke jo beshtar log thay, woh mushrik thay. ji. yaani ek Khuda se zyada aur Khudaon ki parastish kiya karte thay.
6:22
jaise Quran mein aata hai Laat, Manat, aur Uzza, is tarah ke naam aate hain jo unhon ne maabood bana rakhe thay. lekin isi ke saath saath choonkay Hazrat Ibrahim Alaihissalam aaye thay Makkah, aur Ismail Alaihissalam ko wahan basaya tha, Hazrat Hajra ko basaya tha, aur Zam Zam ka woh moajza hua tha. ji. to phir wahan log rehne lagay thay. to woh jo teachings theen Hazrat Ibrahim Alaihissalam ki, woh nasal dar nasal kuch baqi reh gayi theen wahan. lekin zyada tar log m
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shirk thay. lekin kuch log thay jo Hazrat Ibrahim ka jo bataya hua deen tha, yaani pure monotheism ka jo religion tha, us pe qaim thay. kitabon mein kai ek list aati hai ke makkah mein yeh log abrahimi mazhab pe qaim thay jis ko deen hanif kaha jata tha. yani hanif quran mein hazrat ibrahim ke liye aya hai. ji. to is mein se Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam bhi thay, aur hazrat khadijah bhi theen, hazrat abubakar bhi thay.
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to, aur hazrat khadijah ke jo father thay khwaild, woh bhi deen hanif pe qaim thay. to ek waqia aata hai ke ek bar jab choti theen hazrat khadijah rz, to un ke father un ko kahin le ke ja rahe thay. to unhon ne dekha ke un ke father ne dekha ke kuch rastay mein log shirk kar rahe hain, shirk mein mubtala hain.
8:05
ji. to unhon ne is taraf se munh apna pher liya aur kuch kapra waghera munh pe daal liya. to hazrat khadijah ne poocha ke aap ne aisa kyun kiya? to un ke father ne kaha ke yeh log nadan hain, yeh log shirk mein mubtala hain. to bachpan se hi un ko taleem un ke father ne di. aur ek aur baat hai ke jo makkah tha, wahan kuch log thay jo woh dua karte thay, jo deen hanif pe qaim thay, hazrat ibrahim alaihi assalam ke deen pe qaim thay. to woh yeh dua karte thay ke aye allah, tu hamein woh tareeqa bata jis se hum teri ibadat karein.
8:53
chounke woh sab cheezein dilute ho gayi hongi, ab jaise aaj hamare paas quran hai, cheezein mehfooz hain, to woh zamanay mein is tarah ki cheezein mehfooz nahi theen. to jo bhi deen reh gaya tha baqi, to woh bohat hi halke form mein raha hoga. us waqt hajj ka riwaj tha, hajj hota tha, log tawaaf karte thay. ji. lekin koi bohat baqayeda ibadat ka tareeqa ghalib a nahi tha. to is tarah se log
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dua karte thay. aur ek hazrat khadijah rz ka qaul bhi hai ke is dunya ka jo khaliq hai aur malik hai, woh ek hai, aur us se shirk karna khilaf aqal hai. to is ka matlab yahi hai ke hazrat khadijah bhi wohi deen hanif pe qaim theen. ji. jo ibrahim alaihi assalam ka laya hua tha. ji ji ji. mashallah. to doctor sahib, she maintained her natureright from a very early age. achha doctor sahib, she was also the noble lady in makkah, and nature un ka is tarah tha ke bohat hi generous aur helpful theen.
10:02
to main chahunga aap un ki early life ke baray mein hum sab ko batayein. hazrat khadijah jab bari huien to un ke father ne un ki shadi kardi. ek sahib thay abu hala ibn zurarah. ji. to yeh yeh bhi ek tajir thay. to un ke do bete paida hue, ek ka naam hind tha aur ek ka naam hala tha. hala se un ka naam abu hala pada. to jo yeh hind jo un ke bete thay, hind ka matlab is zamanay mein india ko hind kehte thay. ji. asal mein kya tha ke india se baray qeemti saman aya karte thay. ji. Pre
10:41
cious. to india was synonymous to precious things. okay. ji. to woh jo bachay bhi precious hotay hain. ji. to unhon ne hind naam rakhna shuru kardiya. very interesting. haan, aur dilchasp baat yeh hai ke boys aur girls dono ke naam hind hotay thay. donon. achha. to hind jo thay, un ke bete Hazrat Khadijah ke, un ka aik bohat bara contribution hai ke yeh bhi ghar mein hi rehte thay Prophet ke saathi, aur unhon ne Prophet ko bohat achhi tarah se describe kiya hai. ise shamail kehte hain. ji. jo hadith ki kitaben hain, us mein aik chapter hota hai sh
11:20
mail ka. ji. shamail yani jo physical appearance hai, jo characteristics hain Prophet ki, yani woh kaise thay, kaise lagte thay, kya height thi, attributes aur kaisa color tha un ki dadi ka, aur kya khate thay, kab uthte thay, kab na kaise namaz parhte thay, aur sari batain. to shamail ki kitabon mein hind jo un ke bete thay Abu Hala ke aur Hazrat Khadijah ke, un ka bohat hi achha un ki riwayat hai. ji. bohat hi, yani bari, bohat hi is se pata chalta hai ke Rasool Allah ki kya cheezen thin is tarah ki. to yeh jo un ke pehle husband thay, un ki death ho gayi jaldi hi, aur phir aik doosre, un ki shadi dobara hui, aur un ke husband ka naam tha Ateeq ibn Aaid al-
12:18
Ghazoomi. Ghuzoom tribe tha aik jo bohat hi powerful and very rich tribe tha Makkah ka, aur is mein kafi mashhoor log paida hue. Abu Jahl bhi isi tribe ka tha, aur Khalid bin Waleed jo bohat baray Sahabi bane, woh bhi isi tribe ke thay. to un se bhi do bachay hue, aik ka naam tha Hind, halankay woh beti thi, aur doosre bete ka naam tha Abdul Aziz. ji. to phir yeh un ki bhi death ho gayi doosre husband ki. okay. aur
12:53
chunki jo Hazrat Khadijah R.A. theen, un ke father bhi merchant thay, aur yeh dono husbands bhi merchants thay. to she inherited wealth of his father and both the husbands. ji. So she became the most wealthiest lady in Makkah, one of the wealthiest lady in Makkah. phir unhon ne khud tijarat ka kaam shuru kiya. aur is zamane mein jo tijarat ka tareeqa tha, woh aisa tha ke woh qairwan bheja karte thay log.
13:30
ziyadah tar Syria jaya karte thay qairwan. ji. Syria aur Yemen. to un ke bhi qairwan Syria jaya karte thay. j i. aur is is waqt jo tareeqa tha business ka, us ko kehte thay muzarabat. muzarabat ka matlab hai ke profit sharing. yani kisi ko hire kiya, us se kaha ke tum hamara qairwan le ke jao, aur wahan jo us ki sale hogi, jo proceeds honge, us ke aik certain percentage ya aik profit hum tumhein den ge. to is tareeqay se woh bheja karti theen. aur ji,
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bohat hi, yani Quraish ke sab se jo baray qairwan hotay thay, woh un ke hi hotay thay. ji. to is tarah se unhon ne bohat hi, yani aik khatoon honay ke bawajood, bohat hi is zamane ke lehaz se unhon ne aik aisa aik misaal qaim ki. ji. ke khud business sambhala aur bohat hi us ko aagay barhaya, yahan tak ke she became the richest woman of Makkah. ji. Masha Allah . Doctor sahib, jaisa aap ne abhi bataya ke tijarat karti thi woh, aur un ka jo qairwan bhi tha, woh bhi Quraish ke jitne qairwan hotay thay, kaha jata tha ke woh sab se bara unhi ka unhi ka hota tha.
14:47
ji ji. aur yeh aik bohat achhi aik lesson bhi milta hai ke aksar log yeh bhi kehte hain ke Islam mein position of woman is weak. lekin aap dekhen, yahan pe aap jo bata rahe hain ke she was a business woman and an esteemed business woman. ji. to yeh aik bohat achha, aik it throws light on the fact that the position of woman in Islam is not a position of weakness but a position of strength. ji. Doctor sahib, ab jaise woh khud to jati nahi thi qairwan mein, aap ne bataya ke koi agent deput hota tha jo un ke qairwan ko le ke jaya karta tha. yahan pe ek sawal mein aap se poochna chahunga ke kaise phir Prophet Muhammad se kaise contact hua unka? is ke bare mein aap bataein.
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kitabon mein aata hai ke unhein koi qairwan bhejna tha. ji. Syria. to woh talash kar rahi theen koi honest aur trustworthy. ji. koi aadmi mile taake us ko woh dein apna saman tijarat. to isi dauran un ki behan aai hui thi. j i. hala. to unhon ne hala se bhi zikr kiya ke mein ek aadmi ki talash kar rahi hoon jo mera qairwan Syria le jaye.
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to hala ne kaha ke tum Prophet se milo sallallahu alaihi wasallam. ji. woh bohat hi acha character hai un ka, bohat hi honest hain. asal mein Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam jab barah saal ke thay, terah saal ke thay, to woh Abu Talib ki bakriyan charaya karte thay. ji. yaani he was a shepherd. to aur balkay hadith mein aata hai ke وَمَا مِنْ نَبِيٍّ إِلَّا وَقَدْ رَآ الْغَنَمُ. yaani koi peghambar aisa nahi guzra jis ne bheer bakriyan na charai hon. na
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charai hon. ji. yeh bhi ek Allah taala ki taraf se planning thi ke jo jis ko peghambar banna tha, us ko, yaani bheer bakriyan charana yeh hai ke insaan nature mein jaye. ji, yaqeenan. And nature inspires us. to nature mein jaye, ghore o fikr kare, zameen o asman ke bare mein soche, kaun is dunya ka khaliq hai. to woh is zamane mein hala ke haan bhi as a shepherd kaam karte thay. ji. to hala un ko janti thi ke yeh bohat hi naik insan hain aur bohat hi hard working hain, and he is a very trustworthy person.
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to unhon ne recommend kiya. ji. ke tum Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam se milo. to unhon ne kaha acha phir mein kaise miloon? kis se, kis ke paas jaon? to hala ne kaha hai ke tum Abu Talib ke paas jao. ji. woh un ke uncle hain, but he is like his father. to phir Hazrat Khadija gayeen Abu Talib ke paas aur bataya ke mujhe zaroorat hai ek shakhs ki, aur mein chahti hoon ke aap ke bhatije ko hire karoon. ji. to
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he was reluctant Abu Talib ko ko zyada shuru mein un ka, yaani shuru mein unhon ne zyada dilchaspi nahi dikhai. ji. ke Prophet ko qairwan ke zariye bheja jaye, lekin phir bohat israr kiya Hazrat Khadija R.A. ne, to woh tayyar ho gaye. ji. to is tareeqe se Prophet se contact hua aur Prophet ko hire kar liya. ji. Hazrat Khadija ne. ji. to doctor sahab, jaise aap ne bataya ke Prophet ke bare mein is time pe kaha jata tha ke As-Sadiq Al-Amin, matlab he was an honest, trustworthy, truthful person.
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aur us waqt mere khayal se un ki age twenty five years thi. Yes. jab un ka contact Hazrat Khadij a se hua. ji. to unhon ne phir un ko opportunity di ke woh Syria jayen. ji. un ke qairwan ko le kar. ji. aur us time pe doctor sahab, bohat sakht journey rahi hogi kyunke rastay aise nahi hain jaise aaj ki date mein Makkah se Syria ke hain. bohat sakht garmi aur rasta bhi bohat asan nahi tha. to bohat hi lambi journey tay kar rahi ho
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gi unhon ne. to is ke bare mein thora bataen hum sab ko. jab Prophet barah saal ke thay to Abu Talib bhi tajir thay. ji. woh bhi merchant thay. to woh ja rahe thay apna qafila le ke Syria. to jab dekha Prophet ne ke Abu Talib uncle ja rahe hain, to unhon ne kaha main bhi chalun ga aap ke sath. ji. to bohat hi shauq dikhaya, bohat israr kiya.
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to Abu Talib tayyar ho gaye. ji. aur le ke gaye. to aik bar Rasool Allah sal Allah aleh wasalam pehle hi, yaani Syria ja chuke thay. ji. to thora bohat tajurba tha, un ko idea tha ke kaise safar hota hai. lekin is bar ka jo safar tha, yeh thora mukhtalif tha is lihaaz se ke he was in charge of the entire qafila. ji . aur sara jo saman hai, woh bohat hi hifazat ke sath le ke jana hai, aur bohat achi tarah se is ko, is ki jo sale karni hai, woh sara intizam karna hai.
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ab jo camels hotay thay, un ka bhi khayal karna parta tha. ji. aur lamba rasta hai, agar koi camel man lijiye rastay mein bimar ho jaye ya kuch. ji. ho jaye is ko, to sara safar hi mushkil mein par jata. to woh Rasool Allah sal Allah aleh wasalam ne bohat achi planning ki. sara jo saman tha, woh oonton pe lada aur bohat achi tarike se plan kar ke safar shuru kiya. to Hazrat Khadija R.A. ne Prophet ko aik helper ke tor par, aik un ka sath, aik aik servant tha Khadija R.A. ka, Maysarah is ka naam tha.
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ji. to Maysarah ko bhi sath kar diya ke aap is ko rakhiye apne sath, aur aap ki help kare ga rastay mein. to phir yeh aik lamba safar kiya Prophet sal Allah aleh wasalam ne Makkah se Syria, yaani kafi lamba safar hai, pura jo sehra, desert hai, Makkah se Madinah hotay hue phir north ki taraf, Amman yaani Jordan ki taraf, phir aur Palestine ki taraf. ji. phir is ko oopar ja ke. to shuru shuru mein to zahir hai bohat hi sakht safar raha hoga. chounkay sehra mein safar bohat mushkil hota hai, garmi hoti hai, dhoop hoti hai, shade nahi hai, pani nahi hota. lekin phir jab thora north ki taraf barhne lage to phir greenery nazar aayi wahan, aur phir shade bhi ho gaya, barish, pani bhi hai wahan, aur
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trees waghera hain. to matlab thora sa behtar ho gaya. phir yeh aik lamba safar tay karte hue Syria pohanchay, aur wahan par jo yaani market tha. ji. is mein ja ke wahan par shuru kiya. ji.
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is ka jo kaam tha. ji ji ji. acha Doctor sahib, jaisay aap ne bataya ke barah saal ki umar mein pehle gaye thay woh apne uncle Abu Talib ke sath. ji. to jab ab aap ki bar woh gaye to un ko shayad market thori different dekhi. much bigger than what he remembered as a child. ji ji. to phir wahan pe Syrian market mein kya hua, us ke bare mein bhi bataen hum sab ko. haan, jaisay aap ne kaha ke woh to taqreeban barah terah saal ke baad gaye. ji. dobara to woh market pehle to bohat choti rahi hogi, bohat hi bari market ho gayi
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thi. to wahan ja ke unhon ne koi jagah talash ki aur oonton ko utara, aur oonton ko alag jagah kahin bandha, aur Maysarah ki help letay rahe, aur sara jo saman tha, us ko display kiya. asal mein yeh jo tareeqa tha wahan us zamanay ki tijarat ka, woh yeh hota tha ke samaan jaise Makkah se woh samaan le gaye. ji. aur wahan ja ke unhon ne is ko sell kar diya. hmm. is ko farokht kar diya. aur phir wahan se kuch samaan khareed liya, ya woh barter system tha, ya jo us zamanay ke jo sikkay waghera hotay thay, woh sonay chandi ke, chandi ke ziyada tar hotay thay.
23:53
to koi currency to waisi thi nahi, to ziyada tar log barter system se samaan le liya karte thay. ji to Rasool Allah Sal Allah Alayhi Wasallam ne bhi bohat jaldi samaan sara bohat achay price pe bech diya, aur phir wahan jo bhi market thi, woh sara is ka jaiza liya, aur dekha sara samaan jo bhi woh le ja sakte thay. to woh woh samaan khareeda. asal mein is zamanay mein Syria mein bohat sari country ke samaan atay thay, India se bhi aata tha. ji. India, China, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, yeh sari jo countries hain, Burma, wahan tak se woh aik silk route waghera jo tha, woh aik route tha, us pe qafilay chalte rehte thay.
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to wahan se jo bhi bohat acha samaan un ko mila, us zamanay mein jo samaan thay, woh is tarah ke hotay thay jaise dawaiyen hain. ji. ya kuch herbs hain, ya spices hain, ya gift ke samaan, ivory waghera ke, silver ke, aur kuch kapray, silk, cotton. to isi tarah ke sab samaan thay. to woh Rasool Allah Sal Allah Alayhi Wasallam ne jo bhi qeemti samaan achay thay, jo woh samajhte thay ke Makkah ke market mein woh farokht ho sakte hain, woh sab khareed liya, aur phir dobara oonton pe sab cheezon ko laad ke wapas safar Makkah ki taraf kiya, aur wahan pohanch kar Makkah seedhay Hazrat Khadija ke ghar gaye, aur sara samaan diya, aur woh cash diya to Hazrat Khadija ne jab dekha samaan ki quality aur jo cash waghera un ko la ke diya, to woh hairan ho gayeen. ji.
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chounkay jo pehlay unhon ne is tarah ke qairwaan bhijwaye thay, us se taqreeban double profit un ko is baar hua tha. to woh aur un ki jo un ka jo servant tha, Maysarah. ji. jo sath gaya tha, us ne bhi bohat tareef ki Prophet ki, un ke character ki, un ke akhlaq ki, aur jis tarah se unhon ne sari cheezain manage kien. to is ki wajah se Hazrat Khadija bohat hi admire karne lagin. ji. bohat hi un ke andar, un ke dil mein bohat hi maqam paida ho gaya. ji. Rasool Allah Sal Allah Alayhi Wasallam ke baray mein. ji ji ji. Doctor sahib, bohat se log comments bhi kar rahay hain.
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kuch comments mein parhna chahunga agla sawal lainay se pehlay. ji. yeh comment bheja hai Miss Rubab Begum ne Rewa se. unhon ne likha hai: "How inspirational of her life!
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