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Muhammad was Tortured by the Meccans The Truth: This never happened. Unlike some of his less fortunate followers,
Muhammad enjoyed the protection of his powerful uncle, Abu Talib: [The leading men of Mecca] went to Abu Tablib [and said] “Your nephew has cursed our gods, insulted our religion, mocked our way of life and accused our forefathers of error. Either you must stop him or you must let us get at him”But Abu Talib would not relent: The apostle continued on his way… In consequence, his relations with the Quraish [Meccans] deteriorated and men withdrew from him in enmity. (Ibn Ishaq 168).For thirteen years, the worst that ever happened to Muhammad at Mecca was that he had dust thrown on him by a heckler and was occasionally mocked while praying at the Kaaba. He continued to provoke the Meccans, at one point telling them that he had come to bring them "slaughter." This caused them to seize him, but he was released unharmed almost immediately: Then they left him. That is the worst that I ever saw the Quraish do to him. (Ibn Ishaq 184). The Hadith also confirms that Muhammad was not physically abused by the Meccans: Allah's Apostle said, "Doesn't it astonish you how Allah protects me from the Quraish's abusing and cursing? They abuse Mudhammam and curse Mudhammam while I am Muhammad (and not Mudhammam)" (Bukhari 56:733)As mentioned in several places, the worst that ever happened to Muhammad is an episode in which Abu Jahl and others mocked him while he was praying by putting the intestines of an animal on his back (Bukhari 4:241). The men who did this were later killed by the Muslims. |
