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Summary of the Prophet’s biography | Episode (30-31) | The first migration to Abyssinia - the number of immigrants to Abyssinia
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
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Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.
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A Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah).
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The first migration to Abyssinia.
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When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, saw the affliction befalling his Companions,
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and the relative safety he himself enjoyed,
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due to his standing with Allah and the protection of his uncle Abu Talib,
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and realizing he was unable to shield them from the trials they were enduring,
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he said to them:
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"If you were to depart to the land of Abyssinia,
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for there is a king there under whom no one is wronged,
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and it is a land of truthfulness,
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until Allah grants you relief from your current state."
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Thereupon, the Muslims among the Companions of the Messenger of Allah set out for the land of Abyssinia,
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fearing persecution,
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and fleeing to Allah with their religion.
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This was the first migration to take place in Islam.
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Among the reasons for the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, commanding his Companions, may Allah be pleased with them,
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to migrate to Abyssinia,
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was the revelation of the words of the Almighty:
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“O my bondmen who believe! Lo! My earth is spacious. Therefor serve Me only.” (29:56)
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The Hafiz Ibn Kathir said:
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This is a command from Allah to His believing servants
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to migrate from a land where they are unable to uphold their religion
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to the vast earth of Allah,
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where it is possible to establish His religion,
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by worshipping Allah alone and serving Him as He has commanded them.
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Thus, when life became difficult for the oppressed in Makkah,
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they departed, migrating to the land of Abyssinia,
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to find security for their faith there.
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They found there the best of hosts,
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Ashama the Negus,
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the King of Abyssinia, may Allah have mercy on him,
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who sheltered them and supported them with his protection,
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and welcomed them into his lands.
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Shaykh Ali al-Tantawi said:
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The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, called them to something even more difficult than all of this:
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to depart from their homeland and leave their families behind,
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and to set out fleeing with their faith to a land that was not their own, and whose people were not of them,
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whose language was not their language,
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and whose religion was not their religion,
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to Abyssinia.
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So they left their homes and abandoned their kin,
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and traveled to Abyssinia.
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Yet the persecution of the Quraysh followed them to Abyssinia,
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as the Quraysh persisted in their disbelief, obstruction, and obstinacy.
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But can the Quraysh ever extinguish the light of Allah the Almighty?
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The number of migrants to Abyssinia.
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A group of the Companions, may Allah be pleased with them, set out then,
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slipping away secretly to the land of Abyssinia,
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fearing persecution and fleeing to Allah with their religion.
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This was the first migration to occur in Islam,
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taking place in Rajab of the fifth year of the Prophetic mission.
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They consisted of eleven men and four women,
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and their leader was Uthman Ibn Maz'un, may Allah be pleased with him.
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The Muslims stayed in Abyssinia in the best of abodes,
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with the best of neighbors,
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for the remainder of Rajab, Sha'ban, and into Ramadan,
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then they returned to Makkah, as will be detailed later.
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A Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah).
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Authored by Shaykh Musa bin Rashid al-Azimi,
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and presented by the Mawaddah Association in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
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May the blessings of Allah be upon you as long as the dew rises,
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and as long as the remainder stirs,
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[May He grant] healing.