617 AD.Boycott of Hashimies for three years.
Towards the end, in the seventh year of the commission, In 617 C.E. Quraish decided to enforce social boycott against Banu Hashim. An agreement was drawn up which was signed by the representatives of all the sections of the Quraish, except the Banu Hashim, They made a solemn covenant against the descendants of Hashim and Muttalib, according to which there will be no marriage and no communication with any of them and that they would neither sell anything to nor buy anything from the Banu Hashim. Upon this, the Quraish became divided into two factions, and the two families of Hashim and This covenant was pasted on the wall of the Holky Kaaba to keep it remembered.
Towards the end, in the seventh year of the commission, In 617 C.E. Quraish decided to enforce social boycott against Banu Hashim. An agreement was drawn up which was signed by the representatives of all the sections of the Quraish, except the Banu Hashim, They made a solemn covenant against the descendants of Hashim and Muttalib, according to which there will be no marriage and no communication with any of them and that they would neither sell anything to nor buy anything from the Banu Hashim. Upon this, the Quraish became divided into two factions, and the two families of Hashim and This covenant was pasted on the wall of the Holky Kaaba to keep it remembered.
Abu Lahab, the Prophet's uncle, however, out of his inveterate hatred of his nephew and his doctrine, went over to the opposite party, whose chief was Abu Sufyan Ibn Harb, of the family of Umayya.
The persecuted party, Muslims as well as idolaters were confined to a defile on the eastern skirts of Mecca. They lived in this defensive position for three years. In the sacred months, when violence was considered sacrilege, the Prophet used to come out of his temporary prison to preach Islam to the pilgrims.
The provisions which they had carried with them were soon exhausted. Probably they would have entirely perished but for the sympathy and occasional help received from less bigoted compatriots Towards the beginning of the tenth year of the mission, Hisham, Ibn 'Umar, and Zobeir, Ibn Abu Umayya pointed out that the covenant pasted at kaaba had been eaten by moths and that there was nothing except the name of Hz. Muhammad SAS. Thus, the alliance against the two families was abolished, and they were returned to Mecca.
617 AD.Hz. Abu Talib as a poet
It is worth note that all other families of the Banu Hashim sided with the Holy Prophet even though they had not accepted Islam. In some verses composed by Abu Talib he says addressing the Quraish: "Did you not know that we have found Muhammad a prophet like Moses described in the oldest books". When the boycott was lifted, and the boycott document was torn, Abu Talib composed some more verses, such as, "The deed was torn up, and all that was against God's wish was destroyed". The thoughts in these verses could be of no other than a Muslim. This indicates that Abu Talib might have accepted the new faith, but could not declare it because he did not want the people to say that Abu Talib professed Islam for fear of death.
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