At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia · East Africa & Swahili coast
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Summary
Ibn Ishaq says the Prophet's Companions who had remained in the land of Abyssinia stayed there until the Prophet sent Amr ibn Umayya al-Damri to the Negus; the Negus carried them in two ships and they came to the Prophet while he was at Khaybar, after al-Hudaybiyya. 1
Who was in the two ships
Ibn Ishaq enumerates those who came in the two ships by their clans — sixteen men in all. 2
With them were "women of the wives of the Muslims who had died there", in his wording. 3
The clans named in the two ships: Banu Hashim, Banu Abd Shams, Banu Asad, Banu Abd al-Dar, Banu Zuhra, Banu Taym, Banu Jumah, Banu Sahm, Banu Adi, Banu Amir, Banu al-Harith ibn Fihr. 2
The journey
See the return of the Abyssinian emigrants to Khaybar. Ibn Ishaq names neither the port nor the journey's route. 1
The numbers
The chapter's closing lists gather thirty-four men who missed Badr, arrived afterward, or were not carried by the Negus in the two ships, and sixteen women among the emigrant women. 4
Connections
- Occurred at
- Aksum· Khaybar
- Had participant
- Muhammad· Amr ibn Umayya al-Damri· the Negus of Aksum
- Part of
- Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
- Has part
- The emigrants' return from Abyssinia to Khaybar
People and things also explored
The second migration to Abyssinia· Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib· The first migration to Abyssinia· Ja'far ibn Abi Talib comes before the Prophet at Khaybar· Ruqayya bint Muhammad· Umm Habiba Ramlah bint Abi Sufyan· Umm Salama (Hind bint Abi Umayya)· Muhammad
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/3
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/3-5
- 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
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The Negus carries the emigrants to the Prophet in two ships”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/emigrants-carried-in-two-ships/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.