The second migration to Abyssinia
الهجرة الثانية إلى الحبشة
c. 616 CE
When torture intensified after the first migrants' brief return, eighty-three men — Ammar's inclusion doubtful — and eighteen or nineteen women migrated again to Abyssinia; Quraysh sent Amr ibn al-As and Abdullah ibn Abi Rabi'a to win them back, but the Negus heard Ja'far ibn Abi Talib's account and sura Maryam, refused to surrender them, and returned the envoys' gifts.
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 Abi Rabi'aAmmar ibn Yasirthe Negus of AksumSawda bint Zam'aMuhammadJa'far ibn Abi TalibAmr ibn al-As
- Caused by
- The first migration to AbyssiniaThe prostration at surat al-Najm
- Has part
- Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
- Occurred at
- MeccaAksum
- Part of
- The Prophetic Era
People and things also explored
MuhammadThe first migration to AbyssiniaMeccaThe early Muslim communityReturn of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi TalibQurayshJa'far ibn Abi TalibUmm Salama (Hind bint Abi Umayya)
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
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The second migration to Abyssinia”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/second-migration-to-abyssinia/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.