Boycott AND ‘AQABAH
Boycott AND ‘AQABAH
Quraysh Boycott the Banu Hashim and the Banu al-Muttalib:
the Quraysh gathered together to confer and decided to draw up a document in which they undertook not to marry
women from the Banu Hashim and the Banu al-Muttalib, or to give them
women in marriage, or to sell anything to them or buy anything from them.
They drew up a written contract to that effect and solemnly pledged
themselves to observe it.
Then they hung up the document in the interior of the Ka`bah to make it even
more binding upon themselves. When Quraysh did this, the Banu Hashim
and the Banu al-Muttalib joined with Abu Talib, went with him to his valley and gathered round him there; but
Abu Lahab `Abd al-`Uzza b. `Abd al- Muttalib left the Banu Hashim and
went to the Quraysh, supporting them
against Abu Talib.
This state of affairs continued for two or three years, until the two clans were exhausted, since nothing reached any of them except what was sent secretly by those of the Quraysh who wished to maintain relations with them.
The Boycott Is Repealed
Then a number of the Quraysh took
steps to repeal the agreement which the Quraysh
had drawn up amongst themselves
directed against the Banu Hashim and
the Banu al-Muttalib.
The most creditable part in this was played by Hisham b. `Amr
(Amir clan).and he went to
Zuhayr b. Abi Umayyah (Mahzum clan and whose mother was
`Atikah bt. `Abd al-Muttalib,),
Mu’tim b. Adi (Naufel clan), Ebu’l-
Bahteri and Zem’a b. El-Esved
(Esed clan).
The Deaths of Abu Talib and Khadijah After end of boycott Abu Talib and
Khadijah died in a single year. This was three years before
his emigration to al-Madinah. Their death was a great affliction to the Messenger of God. This is because after the death of Abu Talib, Quraysh went to greater
lengths in molesting him than they had ever done during his lifetime. One of
them even poured dust upon his head.
The Messenger of God Goes to al-Ta'if
When Abu Talib died, the
Messenger of God went to al-Ta'if to seek support and protection
against his own people from Thaqif.
It is said that he went to them
alone.
When the Messenger of God reached al-
Ta'if, he went to a group of men of Thaqif who were at that time
the chiefs and nobles of the tribe. They were three brothers, `Abd
Yalayl b. `Amr b. `Umayr, Mas`ud b. `Amr b.
`Umayr, and Habib
the Banu Jumah. He sat down with them and called them to God,
and spoke to them of the requests which he had come to them to
make, (that is,) that they should come to his aid in defense of Islam
and take his side against those of his own tribe who opposed him.
The Messenger of God Returns to Mecca When the Messenger of God despaired of
getting any positive response
from Thaqif, he left al-Ta'if to return to Mecca. When he
was at Nakhlah, he rose in the middle of the night to pray, and, as
God has told, a number of the jinn passed by. Muhammad b. Ishaq
says that he was told that they were seven jinn from Nasibin of
the Yemen
They listened to him, and when he had completed
his prayer they went back to their people to warn them, having believed and responded to what they had heard. God
mentioned
their story when he said:
And when we inclined toward you certain of the jinn, who
wished to hear the Qur'an and, when they were in its presence, said: Give ear! and when it was finished, turned back
to their people, warning. They said: O our people! We have heard a scripture which has been revealed after Moses,
confirming
that which was before it, guiding to the truth and a
right road. O our people! respond to God's summoner and believe
in him. He will forgive you some of your sins and guard you from a painful doom.
The Night Journey and the ascent to Heaven:
ْنِم ُهَيِرُنِل ُهَلْوَح اَنْكَراَب يِذّلا ىَصْقَ ْلا ِدِجْسَمْلا
ُريِصَبْلا ُعيِمّسلا َوُه ُهّنِإ اَنِتاَيآ ۚ
“Glory to Him who made his
servant travel by night from the
sacred place of worship to the
furthest place of worship whose
surroundings We have blessed, to
show him some of Our signs: ….
•
Al-Hasan said that the apostle said
“while I was sleeping in the Hijr Gabriel came and stirred me with his foot. I
sat up but saw nothing and lay down again…… he took hold of my arm and I stood beside him and he brought me out to the door of the mosque and
there was a white animal…with wings on its sides… he mounted me o it.
Then he went out with me keeping
close to me.
• In his story al-Hasan said“ The apostle and Gabriel went their way until they arrived at the
temple at Jerusalem. There he
found Abraham, Moses and Jesus among a company of the
prophets. The apostle acted as
their imam in prayer….
Aisha the prophet’s wife used to say: “The apostle’s body
remained where it was but God removed his spirit by night.”
Muaviye b. Abu Sufyan when he was asked about the apostle’s night journey said, ‘It as a true vision from God.’
Guillaume, The Life of.. P.181…
The First Deputation from al-Madinah
When God wished to make His religion victorious, to render His Prophet mighty, and to fulfil His promise to him, the Messenger of God went out during that pilgrimage in which he met the
group
of the Ansar, and appeared before the Arab tribes as he had been
doing in every pilgrimage season. While he was at al-`Aqabah, he
met a party of the Khazraj to whom God wished good.
When the Messenger of
God met them he said to them, "Who are you?" They said, "We are a group of the Khazraj." “
……. Then they left the Messenger of God to go back to their country,
believing and accepting the truth of his message that they were six men of the Khazraj
