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Khadija tul Kubra
('a) was the first and only monogamous wife of the Holy Prophet
Mohammad Mustapha ('s). Khadija tul Kubra ('a) came from a very noble family in
Makka. 
Due
to Arabia not having any arable land, camel caravans travelled twice a year, once
in the summer and once in the winter, to trade with Yemen and Syria. Valuable
food was bought into Makka via Khadija tul Kubra's ('a) very famous and enormous
caravan trains. This accorded her wealth and a very high position in the society.
Each caravan train, or ship of the desert, required a caravan leader.
This man's credentials were thoroughly scrutinised, by a panel, before the final
selection was made. The caravan leader required specialist knowledge of
navigation through the shifting sands of the desert. Naturally there were no
sign posts or roads. The caravan leader therefore navigated by the stars as the
camel trains were frequently moved at night.
"It is He Who maketh the stars (as beacons) for you,
That ye may guide yourselves with their help, through the dark spaces." (6:98)
 It is assumed that when the cameleers came to Australia, from Afghanistan,
in the 1800's, that the same knowledge was known to the Afghani cameleers
navigating the outback Australian desert. It is understood also, therefore, that
Imam Ali ('a), upon travelling to Yemen to collect Khums before the "Last Pilgrimage",
had this knowledge also, as he ('a) was the commander of that army travelling from
Medina to Yemen. It would be assumed that all the early Arabs from Lady Khadija's
('a) camel trains, to her own family ('a), used the same knowledge and skills. This is a fact that
sailors upon the sea, to this day, take for granted, and certainly would not
associate with Khadija tul Kubra ('a) or The Holy Quor'an.
Imam Hussain ('a), Lady Khadija's
('a) grandson, would also have possessed this knowledge of navigation by the stars, thanks to word of Allah
(swt)
in the Holy Quoran (6:98) and his ('a) heritage. The Imam's ('a) heritage and skill was clearly evident when the Imam
('a),
his family ('a) and followers in his ('a) caravan, departed for Kufa in
Iraq. The journey of
the Imam ('a) is almost perfectly straight from Makka until just outside of
Kufa in Iraq, where his group was met by Amr Saad's army. Their ('a) course, therefore, being
diverted and led into thirst and eventual slaughter in the desert of Kerbala.
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