Hazrat Zainab — Page 17
17 4 PERSECUTIon BY THE MAKKANS A s Islam achieved greater success in Makkah the hostility to it also kept rising. The disbelievers did not let any opportunity pass in which they could inflict hardship on the Holy Prophet sa. Sometimes they gave the Holy Prophet sa physical hardship and on other occasions, they caused him emotional suffering. Two of the daughters of the Holy Prophet sa , Hadrat Ruqayyah ra and Hadrat Ummi Kulth u m ra , were engaged to marry two of Ab u Lahab’s sons. After the Holy Prophet sa claimed to be a prophet of God, both of them broke their ties with the daughters of the Holy Prophet sa , according