His Marriage (PBUH)
Abu Talib was poor and has so much burdens. So, Mohammed worked since his childhood as shepherd to help his uncle.
Mohammed was the best in appearance and behavior. He is the most reasonable, truthful and honest. So, he called," the honest."
Mohammed never worshipped an idol, drank wine or committed a disreputable act.
At his youth, Mohammed worked as a merchant between Al-Sham and Mecca. Khadijah, one of the richest and most honorable women in Mecaa, heard about his honesty and asked him to be responsible for her trade and he agreed.
Khadijah,s trade flourished . She loved Mohammed because of his good manners and people's love for him. She proposed to him. Mohammed agreed, and it was a blessed marriage.
At the age of thirty five, Allah made Mohammed love sitting alone to contemplate the creatures of Allah; the mountains, the earth and the sky. He hated that his people were worshipping idols and drinking wine.
He used to go to a cave in Al-Nor mount called the cave of Hira. In this cave, he used to spend a mount each year for contemplation and worship.
Mohammed kept worshipping in the cave of Hira till the age of forty. During one of Ramadan nights, Gabriel the angel came and said to him three times, "Read." The Prophet answered each time, "I can not read." At last Gabriel said, "Read! In the Name of Your Lord, Who has created (all that exists) He has created a man from a clot (a piece of thick coagulated blood)
(Al-Alaq: 1-2)
The Prophet (PBUH) read what Gabriel recited. This was the beginning of the revelation of the Quraan.
Mohammed (PBUH) started to call secretly to Islam in order to avoid the hatred of Quraish that might get rid of Islam from its beginning.
His wife Khadijah was the first to embrace Islam. Then his cousin Aly bin Talib, and then his servant Zaid bin Harithah followed Islam. Abu Bakr bin Abi Quhafah was the first to embrace Islam outside the family of the Prophet kept calling secretly to Islam for three years.
Allah ordered His Prophet Mohammed to call openly to Islam. The Prophet started immediately to call his people to the religion of Allah. But Quraish countered and denied his call. They kept mocking at him, and they used to put thorns and harmful objects in his way and threw dirt at him while he was praying.
Quraish started to torture severely all the people who embraced Islam. But the Prophet and his followers adhered to the religion of Allah with much patience and faith.
