Second migration to Abyssinia her children died on the return journey "from drinking foul water".<ref name="Ibn Ishaq/Guillaume p. 530">Ibn Ishaq/Guillaume p. 530.</ref> Ibn Ishaq also names seven men and three women who died in Abyssinia. Abu Bakr wished to spare A'isha the discomforts of a journey to Ethiopia and tried to bring forward her marriage to Mut`am's son. Mut`am refused because Abu Bakr had converted to Islam. During this migration, the prophet Muhammad married Ramlah bint Abu Sufyan while not present there, since her husband relapsed to Christianity. They returned to Mecca after some years under the protection of Ashama ibn Abjar, the Emperor
Migration to Abyssinia sources) under Ashama ibn-Abjar, the ruler of the Kingdom of Aksum. This group included Uthman ibn Affan, who later became the third caliph. Mohammed chose Uthman bin Maz'oon, one of his most important companions, as the leader of this group. After a year the exiles heard rumors that the Quraysh had accepted Islam, which prompted them to return to Mecca. Confronted with the reality, they set out to Abyssinia again in ( according to other sources), this time accompanied by others, 83 men and 18 women in all. S. M. Darsh argues that the decision to return was motivated by