Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 537
Muhammad sa The Perfect Man 537 Holy Prophet Muhammad sa in such a way that he said, it was enough for him. Prisoner in the Path of All a h Even after enduring various forms of persecution, the resolve of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa was undaunted. This perplexed the non-believers of Makkah. So they collectively decided to kill the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa and agreed amongst themselves that whoever sympathised with the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa would also be boycotted by them. They would have nothing to do with such a person in matters of marriage, trade or social contact, until the Messenger of All a h is handed to them for killing. 27 When the Quraish realized that all the people of Ban u H a shim, Muslims as well as the non-believers were ready to side with the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa they stopped them from the market place. Ab u Ta lib along with his family was under siege in She‘b-e-Ab i Ta lib. They were stopped from buying provisions. All the trade goods were snapped up before reaching them. Their purpose in doing so, was that they handover the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa to them, otherwise they would face starvation and death. During these three years of siege, they were refused food and no one would sell them anything. They would return empty handed from the market and the situation deteriorated