An Example of Noble Character

WOMEN OF PARADISE all her wealth to him, and endured every hardship by his side. She even spent three extremely difficult years with him in the valley of Abu Talib. Yet not once did she utter a word of complaint. According to Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, Abu Hurairah reported that one day in Makkah, the angel Gabriel came to the Prophet and said: “O Messenger of God, Khadijah is coming to you with a dish of food. When she arrives, convey to her greetings of peace from her Lord and from me. And give her the glad tidings of a palace in Paradise made of pearls, where there will be no noise and no fatigue.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith No. 3820; Sahih Muslim, Hadith No. 2433) This glad tidings came at a time when the Quraysh were severely harassing the Prophet, and Khadijah suffered alongside him. They would create disturbances near their home, place thorns in the Prophet’s path, and subject them both to various forms of harm. Khadijah’s previously peaceful and comfortable life had been upended. Her marriage to the Prophet was not simply a union—it was a conscious decision to share a life of struggle and hardship. It was during this difficult period that she received this divine assurance. Through it, God directly comforted her, letting her know that although people were troubling her in this world, she had no reason to worry. In the eternal life of the Hereafter, a peaceful and luxurious palace made of pearls awaited her—free from all noise and distress.