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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Role of Aishah in the History of Islam (volume 1) Economic Combat of Quraysh With the Prophet In the days when the Prophet was newly ordained, the Quraysh rose up to check the propagation and spread of this new religion, and tried to find the means of vanquishing him through the exigencies of those times.

They proposed to his sons-in-law to divorce his daughters and send them back to their father's house in order to deter the Prophet from engaging in spiritual and religious mission of prophethood, and thus compelling him to attend to material duties of providing livelihood for his family.

This story has been mentioned in "Sirah of Ibn Hisham": The Quraysh said to each other: "You have freed Muhammad from the worry of supporting his family, send back his daughters to him to keep him occupied with the task of getting subsistence for them." Then to carry out their plan, they got in touch with the Prophet's sons-in-law, namely Abu al-'As the nephew of Khadijah, and 'Utbah, son of Abu Lahab who was the Prophet's nephew26, and proposed to them that, in return for divorcing Muhammad's daughter, they would let them marry any of the girls of the Quraysh (who were the nobles of Mecca) that they desired.

Abu al-'As, who felt a deep affection for his wife (daughter of the Prophet), refused the proposal, but 'Utbah answered that he would agree on the condition that they let him marry the daughter of Sa'id ibn al-'As or his granddaughter, that is, daughter of Aban ibn Sa'id ibn al-'As. The Quraysh fulfilled his wish and jet him marry the daughter of Sa'id ibn al--'As, and thus he divorced Ruqayyah, daughter of the Prophet.

In view of this historical happening, it can easily be seen to what extent a woman was burden for a man of family, so that the Quraysh adopted this method as the most decisive way of fighting the Prophet.

Economic support for the Prophet and winning over the enemy On the one hand, at a time when the hostility of the Quraysh with the Prophet and his friends reached its height, some of his friends, both men and women, on equality, and this era unchivalrously blemishes the true worth and personality of this repose-producing angel of life with pretended respect.