Emperor Negus welcomed the Muslims who came to Ethiopia. Umar and Hamza's acceptance of Islam gave strength to the believers. Islam began to spread to the tribes. Day by day Islam was looking for new shores. Seeing all this, the Quraish, who were disturbed, started making new strategies . They put forward the idea that the Prophet ﷺ should be killed. They discussed that the Quraish could carry out this task by someone from outside and thereby avoid internal problems. But Banu Hashim and Banul Mutalib families opposed this opinion.
When the decision to kill him did not work, the Quraish came to the conclusion that they could besiege him. They drew up a blockade agreement. They declared complete non-cooperation with the Banu Hashim Banul Muttalib families. Should not accept or make marriages from them. Not buy or sell goods to them . This siege will continue until the prophetﷺ is taken to be executed. This was their non-cooperation agreement. It was written down and kept inside the holy Ka'aba. There are opinions as to who wrote this agreement. The names of Mansoor bin Ikirima, Nalar bin Haris, Bugail bin Amir and Hisham bin Amr have been cited by different historians. It is also mentioned that some of the fingers of the person who wrote the contract got paralyzed.
Then the entire Banu Hashim and Banul Muttalib families were isolated in the valley of Shiabu Abi Talib or The valley of Abu Talib . The believers and the disbelievers in the family were in great adversity . They had to be content with the little food that came by secretly. Some days there was not even a little food .Sometimes only leaves and nuts.Because of that their mouth got hurt.Theirs was like the excrement of sheep.
The Quraish were always careful to keep the siege strong. They were watching that no food or supplies could reach the valley. Abu Jahl stopped the grain that Hakim bin Hizam was taking for his aunt, Khadeeja on the way. Abul Bakhthari, asked Abu Jahl to allow Hakeem to deliver the food grain. But Abu Jahl denied. They confronted each other. Abu Jahl threatened to humiliate him publicly if he delivered the food . Finally, Hakeem took a camel's jaw and hit Abu Jahl and injured him. It was very humiliating for Quraish to know this incident . But Hamza was watching this.
Abu Lahab, a member of the Banu Hashim family, was also present in the valley at an early stage. But later he joined the enemy side . He openly declared his support. He turned against the Muslims. Then he met Utba's daughter Hind. He said to her. Shall we not help Lata and Uzza? By that, those who avoided them, we also avoided them.
This blockade continued for three years. Throughout this period, Abu Talib remained a guardian to the Prophet ﷺ. Every night Abu Talib would go to the place where the Prophet ﷺ was sleeping. One of his sons would be placed in the place where the Prophet ﷺ slept, to avoid enemy's attack . Thus, he protected the Prophet ﷺ at any cost.
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