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- The Meccan chiefs were not happy with the increasing number of Muslims in Mecca.
- They wanted to force Abu Talib to convince the prophet PBUH to stop preaching Islam.
- They wanted to weaken the Muslims economically so as to reduce the influence of Islam.
- The differences that existed in Mecca between the Banu Hashim and Umayyad clans also forced the rich Meccans especially the Umayyads to send the Muslims in a social boycott.
- The Quraish Meccans were not happy with the migration of the Muslims to Abyssinia and the protection given to them by king Negus.
- The boycott was also due to the failure of the Meccan chiefs to return the Muslim refugees from Abyssinia to Mecca.
- The prophet’s refusal to stop preaching Islam despite the Meccan appeal t do so also led to the social boycott.
- The conversion to Islam of Hamza and Umar, the two great Meccans also led to the boycott.
- They wanted to use the social boycott to intimidate other people from converting to Islam.
- They wanted to demoralize the Muslims so that they would leave Islam after suffering for three years.
- Allah wanted to test the faith of the Muslims to see whether they were firm in Islam.
- Allah also wanted to show the prophet PBUH the great task ahead of him and the kind of people he was going to deal with.
- The boycott was to due to the great hatred the Quraish Meccans had against Islam.
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