Minorities in an Islamic State — Page 63
63 have accepted the best faith, the faith of Muhammad sa. Remember if you do not stop being hard on me you will not get a single grain of wheat from Yam a mah which is your only source of supply". The Meccans were afraid but did not care. When Tham a mah went back to Yam a mah; he appealed to his people not to sell grains to the Meccans. This restriction reduced the Meccans to serious straits of famine. At this they appealed to the Prophet sa begging him to interfere in the matter saying. "Our elders died in the battlefield and we ourselves are starving to death". The Prophet sa at once directed Tham a mah not to withhold supply of grain and to resume former commercial relations with the Meccans because, he said "to starve the enemy is wrong". 70 S afw a n, son of Umayyah, was a very influential chief among the Quraish. He was a great enemy of Islam and had done all he could to destroy the Muslims. When the Holy Prophet sa conquered Mecca, he took refuge in Jeddah, fearing revenge from the Muslims. When the Holy Prophet sa came to know of his flight, he sent ‘ Umair ra to bring him back to Mecca, promising pardon for him. He came back to live in Mecca but refused to accept Islam. At the occasion of the Battle of H unain, the Muslim army needed some weapons, which S afw a n had. The Holy