Muhajirun

The Muslims who left Makkah for Madinah, leaving homes and property behind.

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The meaning

What Muhajirun means in Islam

The singular is muhajir, one who cuts ties and moves. They arrived with nothing and the Qur'an praises them alongside the Ansar as the first and foremost. Emigration from Makkah specifically ended with the conquest, when the Prophet said there is no hijrah after the opening, but striving and intention remain. He also defined the muhajir in a wider sense: the one who abandons what Allah has forbidden.

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

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Rooms that name it

Madinah Entry: City of LightThe Path · chapter 37

Words that sit beside it

AnsarThe Muslims of Madinah who took in the emigrants from Makkah and shared everything with them.الأَنْصَار
HijrahThe Prophet's migration from Makkah to Madinah in 622, the start of the Muslim calendar.الهِجْرَة
Fath MakkahThe Prophet's return to Makkah in year eight, taken almost without a fight.فَتْحُ مَكَّة
MakkahThe valley city holding the Ka'bah, where the Prophet was born and revelation began.مَكَّة
SahabahThe Companions: anyone who met the Prophet as a believer and died still believing.الصَّحَابَة