Migration to Abyssinia 622 and made the hijra to Medina with Muhammad, while a second wave in came to Medina in 628, about 6 years later. The first list of emigrants reported by Ibn Ishaq included the following eleven men and four women: Migration to Abyssinia The Migration to Abyssinia (, "al-hijra ʾilā al-habaša"), also known as the First Hegira ( "hijrah"), was an episode in the early history of Islam, where Prophet Muhammad's first followers (the "Sahabah") fled from the persecution of the ruling Quraysh tribe of Mecca. They sought refuge in the Christian Kingdom of Aksum, present-day Eritrea and Ethiopia (formerly
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