As the saying goes, “Behind every great man is a great woman.” This proverb hits the nail right on the head when describing Muhammad, the holy prophet of Islam, and Khadija, his wife. Muhammad was illiterate, poor, and orphaned, but yet he marries a rich business woman, Khadija. What is even funnier is that she had proposed to him. Even when Muhammad was most vulnerable, Khadija was there to help him. It was she which Muhammad had turned to when he was starting to question his sanity after his first visions of the angel Gabriel. “Then he made his way to his wife on his hands and knees and flung himself across her lap. ‘Cover me! Cover me!’ he cried, begging her to shield him from the angel (page 3, Nine Parts of Desire).”
Though Khadija had helped him through life, Muhammad had started to proclaim that God believes that men are superior to women (this event taking place after Khadija’s death). I found it very strange that Muhammad now tried to spread oppression over the very type of person who was his greatest aid through life. -mg
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