Ban of making any agreement with them and defending them in any event; 5.

Ban of making any agreement with them and defending them in any event; 5. As long as Bani Hashim does not hand over Muhammad to the Quraysh to be killed or they secretly or openly kill Muhammad, Quraysh will adhere to this agreement. It is mentioned that in the period of official ceremonies such as Hajj, Muslims were allowed to leave the valley temporarily in order to buy something, promote, or invite others to Islam [5] .

(peace be upon him and his family) invited people during the time of hajj in the first year of the boycott which aggravated the polytheists. They came to Abu Talib and requested him to surrender the Prophet to them as they wanted to kill him. Abu Talib reacted strongly and disappointed them [6] .

The Valley of Abu Talib During these years of boycott, Abu Talib, who observed that Bani Hashim could not live comfortably in the city of Mecca with this arrangement, took them to a valley in the northern part of the city that belonged to him – and it was customarily known as the Valley of Abu Ṭālib (Shi’b Abi Talib) – and he assigned the youths of Bani Hashim, especially his sons Ali, Ṭālib and ‘Aqīl to strictly guard and protect the Holy Prophet [7] .

The Valley of Abu Talib (Shi’b Abi Talib) is located in the east of Ka’aba between the Mount Abu Qubays and the Mount Khandama in Mecca [8] . The valley was owned by ‘Abd al-Muttalib and it was called differently at different times. ‘Abd al-Muttalib gave it to his children in the last years of his life. Therefore, the father of ; ‘Abdullah was also given a part of that land [9] .

According to some historical reports, (peace be upon him and his family) was born in that valley and it is therefore called the birthplace valley [Shi’b al-Mawlid] [10] . The house of where he and his wife, Lady Khadija were living was also located in this valley. In addition, Lady Fatima (peace be upon her) was born in that house [11] .

However, only a small part of this region, called Suq al-Layl remains today and the other parts were added to al-Masjid al-Haram in different expansions of the Holy mosque [12] . Difficult Situations during the Boycott During these three years of boycott, children of Banu Hashim and Muslims suffered greatly from the hands of were suffering from the difficulties [13] .

(peace be upon him and his family), his supporters, Khadija, and Abu Talib lived in harsh situations for three years and they used up the possessions of Khadija.