The Hijra route

Stations

1. Leaving Mecca by night— Day 1 · c. 12 September 622 CE · 27 Safar 1 AH · Mecca
   The Prophet slipped out through a back door of Abu Bakr's house in the dead of night and took the opposite direction to Medina: south, towards Jabal Thawr about five miles from Mecca. His feet were bruised on the way and Abu Bakr carried him up to the cave at the summit (al-Raheeq pp. 163-164).The Hijra
2. Three nights in the cave of Thawr— Day 1 · Ghar Thawr (Cave of Thawr)
   They stayed three nights in the cave. Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr spent the nights with them and returned to Mecca each morning for news, Amir ibn Fuhayra grazed his sheep nearby and brought them milk at night, and the Quraysh search party reached the mouth of the cave without seeing them (al-Raheeq pp. 164-166).The three nights in the cave of Thawr
3. The coastal track, and Suraqa's pursuit— Day 4 · 16 September 622 CE · 1 Rabi' I 1 AH · Qudayd
   The hired guide Abdullah ibn Urayqit brought the two mounts on the night of Monday 1 Rabi' I. He led them south towards Yemen, then west to the coast and north along the Red Sea on a little-used track: below Mecca, along the shore, crossing the road below Usfan and below Amaj, past Qudayd. On this stretch Suraqa ibn Malik caught up with them; his horse's legs sank into the ground, he asked for safe conduct and turned back (al-Raheeq pp. 166-169; Ibn Hisham 1/491-492).
4. The tent of Umm Ma'bad— Day 5 ≈ · Laqf
   The party passed al-Kharrar, Thaniyyat al-Marra and Laqf. On this stretch, by the account in Zad al-Ma'ad, they stopped at the tent of Umm Ma'bad of Khuza'a, who had no food to offer; the Prophet prayed over a ewe that had never been mated, milked it, the company drank, and he left her the full vessel (al-Raheeq pp. 167, 169; Zad al-Ma'ad 2/53-54).
5. Stages through the wadis— Day 6 ≈ · Dhi Kashr
   Mudlajat Laqf, Mudlajat Majah, Marjih Mahaj, Marjih Dhi al-Ghudwayn, then the valley of Dhi Kashr: places Ibn Ishaq lists in the order of the road, most of which cannot be located precisely today (Ibn Hisham; al-Raheeq p. 167).
6. Al-Arj: the rock, the milk and meeting al-Zubayr— Day 7 ≈ · al-Arj
   Over al-Jadajid, al-Ajrad, Dhu Salam and al-Ababid, past al-Faja and down to al-Arj. On the road came the story of the rock and the milk (al-Bukhari 1/510), the meeting with Burayda al-Aslami who embraced Islam with his companions, and the meeting with al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam returning from Syria with a party of Muslims, who dressed the two travellers in white (al-Raheeq pp. 167-170).
7. Arrival at Quba— Day 11 · 23 September 622 CE · 8 Rabi' I 1 AH · Quba
   Thaniyyat al-A'ir to the right of Rakuba, then the valley of Ri'm, then Quba, on Monday 8 Rabi' I. The people of Medina had been going out each morning to the lava field to wait for him; a Jew who saw him called out that the awaited one had come, and they went out to meet him. He stayed at Quba four days on Ibn Ishaq's preferred account and founded its mosque (al-Raheeq pp. 170-172).The sojourn at Quba
8. Friday prayer at Banu Salim and the entry into Medina— Day 15 · 24 September 622 CE · 12 Rabi' I 1 AH · Medina
   He rode on Friday with Abu Bakr behind him; the Friday prayer found him among Banu Salim ibn Awf, where he led a hundred men in the mosque of the valley floor. Then he entered Medina while the people competed for the reins of his camel, each wanting to host him, until the camel knelt at the site of the Prophet's Mosque by the house of Abu Ayyub (al-Raheeq pp. 172-173).