Khadijah:She Was Prophet Muhammads Boss, Wife, Um Al Mumin, Successful!

Khadijah: the Prophets boss, the Prophets wife, Um Al Mumin,

talk about successful.

 

 

I came across one chapter within the ""In The Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons From the Life of Muhammad" book  titled,"The "Truthful" and Marriage" and it is about Khadijah, whom I want to refer to as Muhammads BOSS, yes, and he had no problem with that, he even married her because she intitated the marriage!.....it was one of the most romantic stories of our deen.

 

Khadijah made me re evaluate the status of women in Islam, and how everything we are discouraged to do such as be successful, and initiate men for marriage is exactly what she did.......

 

This chapter made me realize that our cultural teachings

go against two things the Boss of  Prophet Muhammad,  the Prophets wife,

Um Al Mumin was all about :

 

1. In our culture, they try to make it seem like Islam does not encourage women to become educated, become doctors, business women, and etc, but how we can ignore one of the most  influential women in the life of Prophet Muhammad?

 

Prophet Muhammads 1st wife: Khadjah, she was his boss and then she became his wife <3

 

"One of the wealthies traders in Mecca was a woman called Khadjah bint Khuwaylid" (Ramadan 23).

 

2. Women can propose to a man for marriage

Prophet Muhammads boss approached him for marriage.....and he said yes!!

 

Now how you going to tell me that women cant be successful, cant work, cant initiate marriage, but Um Al Mumin did it all.........

 

"Khadjahd then told one of her firneds, Nufaysh, to approach Muhammad and see weather he would be interested in marraige" (Ramdan 23).

Let us follow the true role model of Islam: Khadijah

 

Dont let anyone convince you that being a successful business women, doctor, teacher, dean, is not approitate for a Muslimah...

 

On that note, I will be a presenter at the NASPA Region 2 Conference in NYC!! I will speak on the following title: Representing a Diverse Student Body: The Need for Diverse Professionals

 (NASPA is a huge association for people interested in Higher Education Administration)

 

InshAllah!

 

At first I was considering not to include the fact that I am hijabi in my "background section" because I thought it would effect my chances of presenting, but humdAllah I got accepted!! 

Dont let your Muslim idenitiy stop you from being successful,

just think about Khadjiah when anyone tries to discouarge you!!!!!!!

Heres the part where I didnt really want to mention but I did alhumdAllah!

 

"She realized there were lots of people of Arab descent, and a Muslim background who needed help applying, but found it difficult due to multiple reasons such as the language barrier as English was their second language. She served as a role model for these people as she comforted them and translated for them in Arabic.   They lacked confidence approaching non-Arabs, but they came to Huda with big smiles as they were confident she would be able to understand them due to their similar backgrounds. Huda realized the need for more women like her in the field of Higher Education Administration.     Huda hopes to become the first Muslim, and Arab women Dean to serve in a Higher Education Institution in the New York, or New Jersey area."