After the demise of Ḥaḍrat Khadījahra and Abū Ṭālib, the Quraish of Makkah became bolder towards the person of the Holy Prophetsa and began to inflict severe hardships upon him.1 Once, the Holy Prophetsa was walking on his way, when an ill-behaved person publicly threw filth upon the head of the Holy Prophetsa. The Holy Prophetsa returned home in this state, and when one of his daughters saw this, she quickly fetched some water, washed his head, and began to weep bitterly. The Holy Prophetsa calmed her and said, “Daughter, weep not, for Allāh shall Himself protect your father and all of these difficulties shall pass.”2 Then, at another instance, the Holy Prophetsa was in prostration before God the Almighty in the courtyard of the Ka‘bah, where a few Chieftains of the Quraish were gathered as well. Abū Jahl said, “At this time, if someone can muster the courage, throw the uterus of a camel upon Muḥammad[sa]” Hence, ‘Uqbah bin Abī Mu‘īṭ stood up and threw the uterus of a slaughtered camel, full of blood and filth, upon the back of the Holy Prophetsa, and all of them burst into laughter. When Fāṭimatuz-Zahrāra learnt of this, she came running and removed this burden from her father’s shoulders. It was only then, that the Holy Prophetsa was able to lift his head from prostration. It is narrated, that once, the Holy Prophetsa called upon the chieftains of the Quraish by name, who were adamant on erasing and humiliating Islām, and prayed against them, seeking a verdict from God. The narrator states that, “Then I saw all of these people killed on the day of Badr, at the hands of the Muslims, polluting the air in the valley of Badr.”3
1 * As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Malik bin Hishām, p. 299, Bābu Wafāti Abī Ṭālibin wa Khadījah, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001)
* Aṭ-Ṭabaqātul-Kubrā, By Muḥammad bin Sa‘d, Volume 1, p. 59, Bābu Dhikri Abī Ṭālib wa Ḍammihī Rusūlillāhisa, Dārul-Iḥyā’it-Turāthil-‘Arabī, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996)
2 Tārīkhuṭ-Ṭabarī, By Abū Ja‘far Muḥammad bin Al-Jarīr Ṭabarī, Volume 2, p. 241, Bābu Dhikril-Khabri ‘ammā kāna min Amri Nabiyyillāhisa ‘inda Ibtidā’illāhi Ta‘ālā......, Dārul-Fikr, Beirut, Lebanon, Second Edition (2002)
3 Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhārī, Kitābul-Maghāzī, Bābu Du‘ā’in-Nabiyyisa ‘alā Kuffāri Quraish......, Ḥadīth No. 3960