Hijrah

The Prophet's migration from Makkah to Madinah in 622, the start of the Muslim calendar.

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The meaning

What Hijrah means in Islam

The word means to leave something behind and cut ties with it. He left with Abu Bakr, hid three nights in the cave of Thawr while Quraysh searched, and reached Madinah to build a mosque and a community that could finally live its faith openly. Umar later chose this event, not the Prophet's birth or the first revelation, as year one, because it was the moment the community became a community. The Prophet also said the true muhajir is the one who leaves what Allah forbade.

Evidence · Qur’an · Stated directly in the Qur’an

Read beside it

Rooms that name it

Hijrah: Cave of ThawrThe Path · chapter 34
Surah Al-A'rafSurah 7 · The Heights
Suraqah: Horse SinksThe Path · chapter 35

Words that sit beside it

Ghar ThawrThe cave south of Makkah where the Prophet and Abu Bakr hid three nights during the Hijrah.غَارُ ثَوْر
MuhajirunThe Muslims who left Makkah for Madinah, leaving homes and property behind.المُهَاجِرُون
AnsarThe Muslims of Madinah who took in the emigrants from Makkah and shared everything with them.الأَنْصَار
Hijri CalendarThe Muslim lunar calendar, counting years from the Hijrah and running about eleven days shorter than the solar year.التَّقْوِيمُ الهِجْرِيّ
MadinahThe oasis city that took the Prophet in, where he governed, died and is buried.المَدِينَة