The Boycott

E-snad · Sîra
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The pact in the Ka'ba, the hunger of the ravine, and the termites that ate the oath.

Episodes

  1. Episode 1 · free

    An oath at al-Muhassab

    Years after the boycott, on his way back from Minâ, the Prophet ﷺ chose where to camp for the night. Why that place? And what had Quraysh sworn there?

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  2. Episode 2

    Hunger in the ravine

    How long did it last, and how did they eat? Three years in a ravine, a city that shut its doors, and an uncle who watched over his nephew at night.

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  3. Episode 3

    What the termites left

    The pact ended. Not by a battle, and not because Quraysh changed its mind all at once. Five men, a night meeting, and a document eaten away.

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