The emigrants to Abyssinia
مهاجرة الحبشة
Ibn Ishaq's term for the Companions who emigrated to Abyssinia; the sira groups them by how they returned: those carried to Khaybar on the two ships, those who arrived after Badr or later, and those who died in Abyssinia, then the women and those born there.
At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia · East Africa & Swahili coast
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Refugees, migrants and diaspora
Summary
"The Abyssinian emigrants" is the expression by which Ibn Ishaq gathers the Prophet's companions who emigrated to the land of Abyssinia; he divides them by their return to the Prophet: those carried in the two ships to Khaybar, then "the rest of the Abyssinian emigrants", then the women emigrants, then the children born there. 1
The categories and numbers
- Those carried in the two ships: sixteen men. 2
- The rest of the emigrants — those who came only after Badr or later, or died in Abyssinia: thirty-four men. 3
- The men who died in Abyssinia: seven persons, plus one of the sons. 3
- The women emigrants, those who came and those who died: sixteen women, besides their daughters born there. 3
- Those born there: five males and five females. 4
The list
The full list by clan is in the Abyssinian emigrants roster, and the return details in the arrival of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib. 1
Connections
People and things also explored
The second migration to AbyssiniaAbdullah ibn al-Harith the PoetAbdullah ibn al-Muttalib ibn AzharAbdullah ibn Hudhafa al-SahmiAbdullah ibn Ja'farAbdullah ibn Sufyan al-MakhzumiAbu al-Rum ibn UmayrAbu Hatib ibn Amr
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/3-11
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/5
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/10
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/11-12
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The emigrants to Abyssinia”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/muhajirun-of-abyssinia/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.