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the verse "Thy Lord, magnify"
Muhammad magnified God by saying "Allahu Akbar (Allah is
the Greatest)."
....Of course, Hazrat Khadîja could
not see Hazrat Gabriel and could not hear the revealed verses.
However, her pure heart was moved, and she felt that something
was happening. When her husband said "Allahu Akbar," she
joined her husband and began to watch him.
....After Hazrat Gabriel left, Hazrat
Muhammad said to his wife: "My lord has commanded me to begin
to communicate His message immediately. Thus I begin by communicating
to you. I want you to believe that there is no god but Allah and
that I am God's servant and messenger. I want you to utter the
Shahadah (the phrase of witnessing) and become the first Muslim
woman."
....Hazrat Khadija, who had waited
for this moment impatiently, immediately uttered the Shahadah,
became a Muslim, making ablution and performed her prayers with
two units (rakah). When Hazrat Abu Bakr among men, and freed slave
Hazrat Zayd, and Ali among children became Muslim, Hazrat Muhammad
had four companions.
....Hazrat Abu Bakr, who found peace
in Islam, was satisfied in spiritual terms, and he wanted to share
his happiness with his friends. So he summoned his friends Uthmân
b. Affan, Adurrahmân b. Awf, Sa'd b. Abî Wakkâs, Zubayr b. Awwâm,
and Talha b. Ubaydallâh to Islam, and took them to Hazrat Muhammad.
....These five men, whose hearts
found peace and who were moved upon hearing the speech of our
beloved Prophet, immediately uttered the Shahadah and became
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