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unusual facts about Abu Jahl



Caravan raids

The belligerent attitude of the Quraysh was exposed in the heated argument between Sa'd ibn Mu‘ādh and ’Amr ibn Hishām after the Hijrah.


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Abū Lahab

When the rest of the Quraysh went to Badr to protect their merchant-caravan from an expected attack, Abu Lahab remained in Mecca, sending in his place Abu Jahl's brother al-‘Āṣ ibn Hishām ibn al-Mughīra who owed him four thousand dirhams that he could not pay.

Caravan raids

A party of 30 to 40 men assembled at the seacoast near al-Is, between Mecca and Medina, where Amr ibn Hishām (Abu Jahl), the leader of the caravan was camping with 300 Meccan riders.