Analyse the reasons for the opposition to Mohammed (pbuh) in Mecca
...ry, Idolatry, drinking and listening to music to music is haram (forbidden in Islam). All these actions were common amongst majority of the Arabs. Insisting on the necessity of social reform, Muhammad advocated improving the lot of slaves, orphans, women, and the poor and replacing tribal loyalties with the fellowship of Islamic faith. Hazrat Bilal (R.A) was one of the first slaves that were freed by the Prophet (pbuh). This equal and reformist trend quickly aroused the hostility of the rich merchants who dominated Mecca. They persecuted some of Muhammad's weaker followers, and in 615 he ordered 83 families to take refuge in Ethiopia. When both his beloved wife Khadija and his uncle and protector Abu Talib died in 619, he despaired of his position in Mecca. After...