The Political Conduct of the Lady Khadijah (a) and its Effect upon the Formation and Spread of Islam

Throughout history there have been historical personalities that have helped the society in which they lived in as well as all of humanity by means of the sacrifices they have made. One of these people was the Lady Khadijah (a), the intelligent and self-sacrificing wife of the Prophet of Islam (s). She lived thirty years before the advent of Islam in the Arabian Peninsula. She was born in the vicinity of the fountain of Zam-Zam, which was the memory of the wife of Abraham and Ismail. In her life she showed us that she had a heart as pure as a mirror, a mind as active as the fountain of Zam-Zam and a temperament as clean as the distant waterfalls. In contrast to the perverse culture of the Arabs in which she was born, her family respected her deeply and named her Khadijah, Tahirah (the pure one), Afifah (the chaste one) and Mubarakah (the blessed). She played an important role in Islam. She remained at the side of the Prophet (s) in the first 25 years of his missions, which were the most critical of them all. In this time period she helped him a lot. In this paper we have made an examination of the political conduct of the Lady Khadijah (a) and the role it played in the progress of Islam. We have attempted to answer the following question: How did her political actions help in the formation and spread of Islam. We have reached the conclusion that the genesis and spread of Islam was affected by the help, management and leadership of the Lady Khadijah (a). It was by means of her blessed actions that today Islam is the second largest religion of the world and will soon become the largest religion of them all. All of this stems from her affirmation of the Prophet (s) at the very difficult time of the genesis of his missions, her defense of his prophethood and the new religion of Islam and most importantly the financial help that she gave her husband, the new Prophet (s) as well as her sincere advice.