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Persecution of Muslims by the Meccans
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- This is a sub-article to Muhammad before Medina and Persecution of Muslims
In the early days of Islam at Mecca, the new Muslims were often subjected to abuse and persecution.
were killed, such as Sumayyah bint Khabbab, the seventh convert to Islam, who was tortured first by Abu Jahl . Muhammad was protected somewhat by the influence of his family, but even he was subjected to such abuse; while he was praying near the Kaaba, Abu Lahab threw the entrails of a sacrificed camel over him, and Abu Lahab's wife Umm Jamil would regularly dump filth outside his door .
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- This is a sub-article to Muhammad before Medina and Persecution of Muslims
In the early days of Islam at Mecca, the new Muslims were often subjected to abuse and persecution.
Overview
Some were killed, such as Sumayyah bint Khabbab, the seventh convert to Islam, who was tortured first by Abu Jahl . Muhammad was protected somewhat by the influence of his family, but even he was subjected to such abuse; while he was praying near the Kaaba, Abu Lahab threw the entrails of a sacrificed camel over him, and Abu Lahab's wife Umm Jamil would regularly dump filth outside his door . And if free Muslims were attacked, slaves who converted were subject to far worse. The master of the Ethiopian Bilal ibn Rabah (who would become the first muezzin) would take him out into the desert in the boiling heat of midday and place a heavy rock on his chest, demanding that he forswear his religion and pray to the polytheists' gods and goddesses, until Abu Bakr bought him and freed him.
It was due to this that Abu Bakr bought the freedom of the following persons:
HistoryThe physical assaults started in .
In , the early Muslims were on their way to the hills of Mecca to hold a meeting with Muhammad, when a group of polytheists observed their gathering and began to abuse and fight them. Sad'a beat a polytheist and shed his blood, reportedly the first instance of bloodshed in the history of Islam.
In of twelve male and twelve female Sahaba, the Muslims who originally converted in Mecca, migrated to Aksumite Ethiopia (in Arabic, al-Habash, or "Abyssinia"), seeking refuge from persecution .
Following the return from the First migration to Abyssinia, the Muslims continued to suffer Persecution by the Meccans . This time, in almost one hundred Muslims made a second migration back to Ethiopia were they stayed protected .
After the Muslims in Arabia had migrated to Medina in and attained security, the Muslims in Ethiopia migrated back to Arabia and reunited with them in Medina after six years absence .
The Meccan boycott of the Hashemites by the Quraish was proclaimed in 617.
In 620, after the Year of Sorrow when his main source of support, Abu Talib had died did the persecution increased exponentially, so he tried to seek support from the neighboring city of Tai'f .
This persecution ultimately provoked the Migration to Medina.
List of Specific Recorded Instances
Slaves who were Muslims
Male
Female
- Sumayyah bint Khabbab – killed by spear .
- Al-Nahdiah – tortured
- Umm Ubays – tortured
- Lubaynah– extensively beaten
- Zinnira – beaten until she lost her eyesight temporarily .
Free Muslims
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