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b) Candidates can give a variety of responses, but they must give reasons for
why they have given their answer. They may say that the persecutions show
that Muslims in the past went through difficulties as well, so they may get
some reassurance from this that any difficulties now that they face for being
Muslim or practising Islam is not new. They could also say that they can use
the example of the early Muslims to show patience and perseverance with
difficulties in their own lives. Or that there will always be people around to
help and support them so they should not lose hope. God is always their
protector so that should give Muslims hope in what they do.
a) After the revelation to warn his nearest relatives (26.214), the Prophet
(pbuh) took to Mount Safa and invited the Quraysh to follow Islam publicly.
They rejected him and feeling threatened by the new message, because they
could not dissuade the Prophet (pbuh) from preaching it, they started to
persecute the Muslims. Those who had no protection were easy targets and
felt the worst of the persecution. Bilal was severely beaten by his master
Umayah bin Khalaf and made to lie on the burning sand with a rock on his
chest, but he did not give up belief in one God. ‘Ammar bin Yasir, and his
parents, were made to lie on hot embers – both his parents were martyred, his
father died due to severe tortures, his mother Sumayyah was bayoneted to
death. ‘Uthman ibn Affan was wrapped in palm leaves and set fire to by his
uncle. Khabab bin al-Arat was made to lie on burning coal with a rock on his
chest. Harith bin Hala, a blacksmith, was tortured and killed. Because of the
persecutions, the Prophet (pbuh) allowed some people to migrate to
Abyssinia. Later a social and economic boycott was imposed on the Banu
Hashim and they were to live in Shib-i-Abi Talib, where they faced great
hardships for many years.
Answer: a) In the early days of Islam in Makkah, the Prophet Muhammad
preached his message to the people of Quraysh on the Mount of Safa.
However, this was met with severe hostility and persecution towards the newly
converted Muslims. The closest companions of the Prophet were among the
first to be attacked and tortured by the non-believers. Hazrat AbuBakar, one of
the Prophet's closest friends, was a hairy man and was involved in converting