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The boycott, 617 CE

Chapter 6 · The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ10 / 31

EventMakkah1,409 years ago

The boycott

Quraysh boycott his clan for three years. No trade, no marriage. Children cry from hunger in the valley.

Banu Hashim

Source: Seerah ·

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