I reflected deeply at one point when I
was studying the seerah why the prophet
(saw) would be a merchant
before he was a prophet? why was he a
merchant? because Allah could have made
him many things but he made him two
things he made him a shepherd in his youth and he made him
a merchant in his adult manhood he made him a shepherd
because all prophets are shepherds
because the essence of being a prophet
is caring for a flock it's caring for
people in a way that the shepherd does
not want any harm to come to the flock
and who does the Shepherd guard the
flock from the wolf the wolf the reason
I believe the reason that the prophet
(saw) was chosen to be a mercant was because
the merchant is the most beneficial human being in human society
there is no one more beneficial to human society than a
merchant. Everything the chairs that you are
sitting on are from commerce the clothes
that you're wearing are from commerce
the glasses that you're looking through
if you're looking through glasses are
from commerce the fillings in your teeth are from commerce the medication that's keeping
your blood pressure
low right now is from commerce everything that is
beneficial to the material well-being of
the human being is from commerce but
there is another secret in commerce. Commerce teaches you good character. Because the most
successful merchants are the ones with the best character you
go back to people who treat you well and
that's why historically they used to say: customer is king
the customer is always right
a merchant shouldn't get angry because even if the
the person buying from him is making him angry he'll lose the sale
if he starts getting angry because the
person just what walk out and so it
actually creates good character
but the other thing
about commerce is if you want your
commerce to be successful you have to be
trustworthy that is the the essential characteristic
of commerce is trustworthiness if you give your word
you stand by it if you write a note you
fulfill it
if you promise goods on a certain day
you fulfill that and if you don't people
stop doing business with you
the prophet (saw)
before Islam was known as al-ameen
the trustworthy he was known as al-ameen
because he was the most trustworthy of
merchants people knew that if you gave
him your money not only did you get it
back but you got it back with great
benefit Khadijah never had anybody that
transacted with her money like
the messenger of Allah and should we be surprised? and when she said Maysara
out with him and all the people around
him have beautiful names like Maysara
and Umm Baraka, Baraka, Ummu Ayman,
Haleema
as'Sa'diya, they all have beautiful names all
the people that raised him and nurtured
him so he's with Maysarah the place of ease
the one who makes things easy and Maysara noted that all these things
about the prophet (saw) and
inform Khadija but Khadija had insight
into who he was before anyone else which
is why she's Khadijatil Kubra
Radi Allahu Anha her name Khadijah is
from which is like
it's used the Arabs would if a child
was born early they would be thin and
skinny they would call them Khadijah but
she's also until the prophet (saw)
completes her. Khadija al-Kubra was a merchant and she
used her wealth for the sake of Allah
(swt) Abu Bakr was a merchant
He used his wealth for the sake of Allah (swt) Omar (ra)
all of these people look at them the people
around the prophets (saw)
the Qureish were the great merchants of the
Arabian Peninsula but he went to the
people of agriculture because these are
the two forces in the world agriculture
and commerce these are the things that
make the world go round there what
enable us to survive and there in our
original story is all of the human
condition everything is there in that
original extraordinary story of the
messenger of Allah (saw)
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