The first migration to Abyssinia
الهجرة الأولى إلى الحبشة
c. 615 CE
In Rajab of the fifth year of prophethood, twelve men and four women — led by Uthman ibn Affan with the Prophet's daughter Ruqayya — slipped away by night to the port of Shu'ayba and sailed in two merchant ships to the kingdom of the Negus, 'a just king under whom no one is wronged'; most returned in Shawwal on the false report that Quraysh had converted.
At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Refugees, migrants and diaspora
Connections
- Had participant
- Abdullah ibn JahshAbdullah ibn Mas'udJa'far ibn Abi TalibMus'ab ibn Umayrthe Negus of AksumUmm Salama (Hind bint Abi Umayya)Utba ibn GhazwanUthman ibn AffanThe early Muslim communityThe MuhajirunMuhammadRuqayya bint Muhammad
- Occurred at
- MeccaAksum
- Caused by
- The persecution of the vulnerable Muslims
- Led to
- The second migration to Abyssinia
- Part of
- The Prophetic Era
- Revealed in
- Qur'an 39:10
People and things also explored
MeccaThe HijraMuhammadThe Battle of BadrThe second migration to AbyssiniaReturn of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi TalibThe early Muslim communityMedina
Sources
- Ibn Ishaq / Guillaume, The Life of Muhammad (1955)
- Watt, Muhammad at Mecca (1953)
- Lings, Muhammad (1983)
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- Zad al-Ma'ad — Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The first migration to Abyssinia”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/first-migration-to-abyssinia/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.