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The Migration to Medina was an event where Muhammad prepared his small community of Meccan Muslims to migrate to Medina.


Mecca

Muhammad , preaching the doctrines of one God and the threat of the Day of Judgment, did not at first have much success in the city of Mecca . His tribe, the Quraysh , which was in charge of the Kaaba , persecuted and harassed him continuously.


Migration

He and his followers (the " Muhajirun ") emigrated to the city of Yathrib, 320 km north of Mecca, in September 622 CE.

:''Narrated Abu Bakr: I was with the Prophet in the Cave. When I raised my head, I saw the feet of the people. I said, "O Allah's Apostle! If some of them should look down, they will see us." The Prophet said, "O Abu Bakr, be quiet! (For we are) two and Allah is the Third of us." Sahih Bukhari 58.259

Yathrib was soon renamed Madinat un-Nabi, or the City of the Prophet (though it is known as Medina in English). In the following chronology the city will be referred to as Medina, and the region surrounding it as Yathrib.


CHRONOLOGY OF THE HIJRA


  • Day 1: Thursday 26 Safar AH 1, 9 September 622

  • ---Left home in Mecca. Stayed three days in the Cave of Thawr near Mecca.

  • Day 5: Monday 1 Rabi' I AH 1, 13 September 622

  • ---Left the environs of Mecca. Traveled to the region of Yathrib.

  • Day 12: Monday 8 Rabi' I AH 1, 20 September 622

  • ---Arrived at Quba' near Medina.

  • Day 16: Friday 12 Rabi' I AH 1, 24 September 622

  • ---First visit to Medina for Friday prayers.

  • Day 26: Monday 22 Rabi' I AH 1, 4 October 622

  • ---Moved from Quba' to Medina.



EXTERNAL LINKS

  • http://www.islamonline.net/english/journey/2005/07/jour02.shtml