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THE HIJRAH OR EMIGRATION TO MEDINA
(622A.D.)
Hijrah
The Hijrah is a significant event in Islamic history and a turning point in the life of Holy Prophet. The Hijrat era dates from the Hijrat. It was introduced by the Caliph Hazrat Umar (Rad.A) in

637 A.D. The Hijrah marks the beginning of a new phase in the life of Holy Prophet. With the Hijrah the Makkhan period of the Holy Prophet’s life ended and the Medina period began. The years of rejection, persecution and seeming failure came to an end and the years of honour and success dawned in the life of Muhammad (PBUH).1 He left the city of his birth as a despised Prophet but entered the city of his adoption as an honoured preceptor, guide and leader. To commemorate his entrance to Yathreb, the Yathrebites named their city Medina. The people of Medina accepted Islam. They gave houses, lands and all sorts of help to the Makkhan emigrants. Events

In the eleventh year of Prophethood, some people from Medina came to Makkah for Hajj, met the Holy Prophet and embraced Islam showing great enthusiasm about Islam. Next year a
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batch of seventy-five persons from Medina came to perform Hajj and embraced Islam at the hands of the Holy Prophet about whom they had already heard a lot. To show their sincerity and love for the Holy Prophet, they invited him to come and settle at Medina. They promised to safeguard the life and honour of the Holy Prophet and his followers and to give them all possible assistance. They knew well that by inviting the Holy Prophet and by providing him shelter they would surely face the wrath of Quraysh of Makkah. But they made a firm pledge to face all consequences. It is known in Islamic history as ”Second Allegiance at Uqbah”.
Meanwhile the Quraysh of Makkah had conspired to attack and kill the Holy Prophet jointly, appointing one man from each tribe. This plan was approved so as to avoid revenge at the hands of the Holy Prophet’s tribe, Bani Hashim. The Holy Prophet came to know about the plan through revelation and migrated to Medina, during the same night appointed for his assassination. The Holy Prophet ordered Hazrat AH to sleep on his bed, which he did. Later on Hazrat Ali disclosed that he never had such a sound sleep as on that particular night.”