How did the Meccan boycott affect Muhammad’s clan of Hashim?

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Medina, Saudi Arabia: Prophet's Mosque — Muhammad The Prophet's Mosque, showing the green dome built above the tomb of Muhammad, Medina, Saudi Arabia.

The Meccan boycott was a significant period of social and economic pressure imposed by the other chief clans of the Quraysh tribe against the clan of Hashim.12

Because the Hashim clan continued to offer protection to Muhammad, the other clans refused to trade or intermarry with them. This boycott forced the members of the Hashim clan into a position of isolation and vulnerability. Despite the fact that most members of the clan were not followers of Muhammad’s message, they were persuaded by his uncle, Abu Talib, to remain loyal to him and maintain their protection.12

The boycott eventually disintegrated, but it served as a primary example of the informal pressures and hostility Muhammad and his supporters faced in Mecca before their eventual emigration to Medina.2