Migration to Abyssinia

This is a sub-article to Muhammad before Medina and Muhammad in Medina According to Islamic tradition, twelve male and twelve female Sahaba , the Muslims who originally converged in Mecca, sought refuge from Quraysh persecution in the Kingdom of Aksum (modern-day Ethiopia ) in of 7 BH (614 CE ). This act is known as the First migration to Abyssinia ; Abyssinia in this incident because of the Arabic word, al- Habasha , whence "Abyssinia" is derived. They returned after three months to Arabia due to misinformation, only to find that the persecution had not halted.

The Hijrah of Mohammed and other earlier Muslim migrations. The Migration to Abyssinia ( al-hijraʾilā al-hābsḥa ), also known as the First Hijrah ( hijrah , or hijrat ), was an episode in in the early history of Islam when, totalling 83 people both men and women, of the Prophet Mohammed 's first followers (the Sahabah ) fled from the persecution of the ruling Quraysh tribe of Mecca . They sought refuge in the Kingdom of Aksum , present-day Ethiopia and Eritrea (formerly referred to as Abyssinia , a name derived from the Arabic Al-Habash ), for nearly 15 years, from 7 BH (615 CE ) to 7 AH (628/629 CE).

They sought refuge in the Christian Kingdom of Aksum , present-day Ethiopia and Eritrea (formerly referred to as Abyssinia , an ancient name whose origin is debated), in 9 BH (613 CE ) or 7 BH (615 CE ). The Aksumite monarch who received them is known in Islamic sources as the Negus ( najāšī ) Ashama ibn Abjar . Modern historians have alternatively identified him with King Armah and Ella Tsaham. Some of the exiles returned to Mecca and made the hijra to Medina with Muhammad, while others remained in Abyssinia until they came to Medina in 628. Africa from the Seventh to the Eleventh Century . Muhammad: Prophet and Statesman .

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