How then does this picture of the first part of his life compare with the latter part, after the death of the beloved Khatidja? A great virtue indeed dictated that later conduct of his, which has been so distorted by those who know but little of his teaching. The few who followed Mohammed believed in him to the extent that they lived for him alone; he was to them the representative of God. They sacrificed all, even their lives for him; and he in his turn gave them all the protection that he could during their lifetime and supported their widows and children when they died. These women could hardly have returned to their own people, for they were outcasts. Widows of men rejected by their families for giving allegiance to Mohammed, with pride they became members of the household of their Prophet.