Boycott Of Banu Hashim

 In the 7th year of prophethood Makkans decided to Boycott

Banu Hashim family.
 They were giving them tribal support in the leadership of Abu
Talib and never isolated him.
 It was social and economical boycott.
 A document was written by Baghid bin Amir. His hand got
paralyzed after writing it. It was hung on the wall of Kaba.
 So Abu Talib took his family outside Makkah into a valley
which was later called Shi’b e Abi Talib.
 They suffered rigid weather and there was no supply of food
and drink.

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 They either bought food from the caravans or the food was
smuggled by some companions or kind hearted leaders of
Makkah like Hisham.
 Hadrat Khadija gave her wealth and Ali used to buy food
secretly at a very high price.
 H. Khadija’s cousins also helped when she asked for it .
 Most of the time they remained hungry so they ate leaves of the
wild plants or sucked leather.
 Makkans could hear the crying children but showed no mercy.
 Abu Lahab and his family was exempted.
 Saad b. Abi Waqqas was from Banu Zuhra but lived with the
Prophet in the valley.

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 Finally Hisham, Zuhayr (nephew of Khadija), Muti’m b. A’di,
Abul Bakhtari and Zama’a agreed to support Banu Hashim.
 They next day they raised their voice in front of Kaba and now
the silent majority joined them.
 At that moment Abu Talib came and informed that the
document has been eaten by termites.
 Mutim went in brought it out and the people saw that only
Allah’s name was lef ton it.
 So Banu Hashim were called in and boycott came to an end in
the 10th year of Prophethood.

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