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In the early days of Islam at
Mecca, the new Muslims were often subjected to abuse and persecution.
Overview
Some were killed, such as
Sumayyah bint Khabbab, the
seventh convert to Islam, who was tortured first by
Abu Jahl .
Muhammad was protected somewhat by the influence of his family, but even he was subjected to such abuse; while he was praying near the
Kaaba,
Abu Lahab threw the entrails of a sacrificed camel over him, and Abu Lahab's wife
Umm Jamil would regularly dump filth outside his door . And if free Muslims were attacked, slaves who converted were subject to far worse. The master of the
Ethiopian Bilal ibn Rabah (who would become the first
muezzin) would take him out into the desert in the boiling heat of midday and place a heavy rock on his chest, demanding that he forswear his religion and pray to the polytheists' gods and goddesses, until
Abu Bakr bought him and freed him.
It was due to this that
Abu Bakr bought the freedom of the following persons:
History
The physical assaults started in .
In, the early Muslims were on their way to the hills of
Mecca to hold a meeting with
Muhammad, when a group of
polytheists observed their gathering and began to abuse and fight them. Sad'a beat a polytheist and shed his blood, reportedly the first instance of bloodshed in the history of Islam.
In of twelve male and twelve female
Sahaba, the Muslims who originally converted in Mecca, migrated to
Aksumite Ethiopia (in Arabic, al-
Habash, or "Abyssinia"), seeking refuge from persecution . This time, in almost one hundred Muslims made a second migration back to Ethiopia were they stayed protected .
After the Muslims in Arabia had migrated to Medina in .
This persecution ultimately provoked the Migration to Medina.
List of Specific Recorded Instances
Slaves who were Muslims
Male
Yasir ibn Amir – tortured and killed .
Bilal ibn Ribah – lied on burning sand, had a very heavy stone put on his chest with somebody jumping on it.
Khabbab ibn al-Aratt – lied on burning sand, had hot metal put on his head,
Abu Fakih – tied and dragged on burning sand, had a very heavy stone put on his chest
Abu Fuhayra
Ammar ibn Yasir – tortured
Ruqayyah bint Muhammad – was divorced on orders of Abu Lahab [
Sa'd ibn Ubadah – tortured ][Further Information]
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