Social boycott (hajr) of the three
الهجر (المقاطعة الاجتماعية)
The boycott the Prophet ordered after Tabuk: he forbade the Muslims to speak to the three who had stayed behind, and people shunned them for fifty nights.
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- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
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Summary
In Ibn Ishaq's account the Prophet forbade speaking to the three, "so the Muslims withdrew from speaking to those three men"; separation from their wives was added on the fortieth night. 1
In the account
The boycott lasted fifty nights; in it Abu Qatada did not answer Ka'b (the event), then came the order to separate from their wives. 2
Notes
- "Boycott" describes the event in the account; naming it "hajr" is the museum's term, not Ibn Ishaq's wording. The juristic treatment of shunning the sinner needs sources (needs_source).
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/175, 178-179
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/178-179
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islam.museum contributors. “Social boycott (hajr) of the three”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/al-hajr-social-boycott/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.