Should the Muslims leave Mecca?
In Mecca the harm against the first Muslims grew until their lives were at risk, and envoys to Yathrib found it welcoming. The decision before the Muslims: stay in their homeland and fathers' land despite the harm, or migrate to a far city where they own nothing.
The positions
the emigrant Companions
saving the faith comes first; Yathrib welcomes and shelters us
The evidence
they migrated singly and in groups until the house emptied, leaving homes and wealth
Sources: event/hijraplace/medina
fearful Quraysh
the migration builds a rival power on our border
The evidence
they chased the migrants on the road and besieged the news
Sources: place/mecca
You decide
If you were them, would you leave your home and wealth to save your faith? Write your reason.
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