At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia · East Africa & Swahili coast
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Refugees, migrants and diaspora
Summary
"The Abyssinian emigrants" is the expression by which Ibn Ishaq gathers the Prophet ﷺ's companions who emigrated to the land of Abyssinia; he divides them by their return to the Prophet: those carried in the two ships to Khaybar, then "the rest of the Abyssinian emigrants", then the women emigrants, then the children born there. 1
The categories and numbers
- Those carried in the two ships: sixteen men. 2
- The rest of the emigrants — those who came only after Badr or later, or died in Abyssinia: thirty-four men. 3
- The men who died in Abyssinia: seven persons, plus one of the sons. 3
- The women emigrants, those who came and those who died: sixteen women, besides their daughters born there. 3
- Those born there: five males and five females. 4
The list
The full list by clan is in the Abyssinian emigrants roster, and the return details in the arrival of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib. 1
Connections
People and things also explored
The second migration to Abyssinia· Abdullah ibn al-Harith the Poet· Abdullah ibn al-Muttalib ibn Azhar· Abdullah ibn Hudhafa al-Sahmi· Abdullah ibn Ja'far· Abdullah ibn Sufyan al-Makhzumi· Abu al-Rum ibn Umayr· Abu Hatib ibn Amr
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/3-11
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/5
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/10
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/11-12
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The emigrants to Abyssinia”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/muhajirun-of-abyssinia/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.