‘Aa’ishah narrated: “Never did I feel jealous of the wives of the Messenger of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, except in case of Khadeejah, although I did not (have the privilege to) see her. Whenever the Messenger of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, slaughtered a sheep, he, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: “Send it to the friends of Khadeejah.” One day I said to him: ‘(It is) Khadeejah only who always prevails upon your mind.’ Thereupon he, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: “She was such and such a woman [praising her], and she was the mother of my children.””