The boycott of the Banu Hashim
مقاطعة بني هاشم في شعب أبي طالب
c. 616 CE – c. 619 CE
A comprehensive political and economic boycott imposed by Quraysh against Banu Hashim and Banu al-Muttalib, confining them to Shib Abi Talib for three years until its repeal.
Depth
At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Connections
- Had participant
- Abu Jahl (Amr ibn Hisham)· Abu Lahab· Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib· al-Walid ibn al-Mughira· Hisham ibn Amr al-Amiri· Khadija bint Khuwaylid· Mut'im ibn Adi· Zuhayr ibn Abi Umayya· Banu Hashim· Muhammad· Abu al-Bakhtari ibn Hisham· Zam'a ibn al-Aswad
- Occurred at
- Mecca
- Part of
- The Prophetic Era
People and things also explored
Mecca· Quraysh· The call to the nearest kin· Banu Hashim· Muhammad· Abu Talib gathers Banu Hashim and Banu al-Muttalib· The three years of the secret call· Last Quraysh delegation to Abu Talib
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
- Zad al-Ma'ad — Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
- Sahih al-Bukhari
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The boycott of the Banu Hashim”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/boycott-of-banu-hashim/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.