Should the Muslims leave Mecca?

In Mecca the harm against the first Muslims grew until their lives were at risk, and envoys to Yathrib found it welcoming. The decision before the Muslims: stay in their homeland and fathers' land despite the harm, or migrate to a far city where they own nothing.

The positions

the emigrant Companions

saving the faith comes first; Yathrib welcomes and shelters us

The evidence

they migrated singly and in groups until the house emptied, leaving homes and wealth

Sources: event/hijraplace/medina

fearful Quraysh

the migration builds a rival power on our border

The evidence

they chased the migrants on the road and besieged the news

Sources: place/mecca

You decide

If you were them, would you leave your home and wealth to save your faith? Write your reason.

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