:''This is a sub-article to [[Muhammad before Medina]].
Following the failed attempt from the [[Mecca]]n polytheistpolytheists to have those [[Muslim]]s who were part of the [[second migration to Abyssinia]] expelled and handed back to [[Persecution of Muslims by the Meccans|their persecutors]], the Meccans tried to negotiated with Muhammad's protector and uncle [[Abu Talib ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib]], who was still in Mecca with his nephew to have Muhammad [[ostracizeostracized]], a significant demand from the meccansMeccans considering that [[social death]] would often result in death or slavery in the [[Pre-Islamic Arabia]]n culture {{istr|Jahiliyyah}}.
Historical resourcessources do not give the exact date of these two meetings with Abu Talib. They seem, however, seem more likely to have taken place in {{BH|7|614|+}} with a brief lapse of time in between.<ref name=sunnipath2>[[The Sealed Nectar]] on [http://www.sunnipath.com/Resources/PrintMedia/Books/B0033P0017.aspx sunnipath.com]</ref>
==Second deputation==
[[Abu Talib ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib]] held significant power in Mecca as the head of the [[Banu Hashim]], and this protection made it impossible to have Muhammad silenced or subjected to the kind of [[Persecution of Muslims by the Meccans|torture meted out against the Muslims without protection]].<ref name=sunnipath2/> The [[Polytheism|polytheist]] Meccan leaders approached Abu Talib again and insisted he put toa stop to his nephew, Muhammad's preaching of [[monotheism]] {{istr|tawhid}}, warning that itotherwise he would otherwisebe himfaced intowith severe hostility.<ref name=sunnipath2/>
Their enmity and open threats of a breach between Abu Talib's clan, the [[Banu Hashim]] and the rest of the [[Quraysh (tribe)|Banu Quraish]] caused distressed Abu Talib who was aware of the cost that his nephew Muhammad had to pay if deserted . Abu Talib sent for Muhammad and told him the news, ''"Spare me and yourself and put not burden on me that I can’t bear"''. Muhammad thought that his uncle would let him down and would no longer support him, so he replied: ''"O my uncle! [[by Allah|by God]] if they put the sun in my right hand and the moon in my left on condition that I abandon this course, until God has made me victorious, or I perish therein, I would not abandon it."'' Muhammad got up, and as he turned away, his uncle called back and then said ''"Go and preach what you please, for by God I will never forsake you."''. Abu Talib then recited two lines of verse with meanings of full support to Muhammad.<ref name=sunnipath2/>
