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The Muhajirun

المهاجرون

The Emigrants — those who left Makkah and migrated to Madinah for the sake of their faith.

The Hijrah was a migration, and it cost people almost everything they owned. The Muhajirun arrived in Madinah as guests with very little, and were received by the Ansar. Nearly every early Makkan Muslim you will meet in SahabaMate belongs to this group, which is why it is a useful second lens after the Early Muslims.

The Muhajirun were a large group. SahabaMate currently holds entries for a small number of them.

Members

Companions in this group

أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيق

Abu Bakr as-Siddiq

First Caliph

Muhajir · Companion of the Hijrah

عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّاب

Umar ibn al-Khattab

Al-Faruq

Second Caliph · Muhajir

عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّان

Uthman ibn Affan

Dhun-Nurayn

Third Caliph · Muhajir

عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِب

Ali ibn Abi Talib

Fourth Caliph

Cousin of the Prophet ﷺ · Early Muslim

بِلَالُ بْنُ رَبَاح

Bilal ibn Rabah

The first mu'adhdhin

Early Muslim · Muhajir

مُصْعَبُ بْنُ عُمَيْر

Mus'ab ibn Umayr

First teacher sent to Madinah

Early Muslim · Fell at Uhud

الزُّبَيْرُ بْنُ الْعَوَّام

Zubayr ibn al-Awwam

Hawari

Early Muslim · Cousin of the Prophet ﷺ · Muhajir

أَسْمَاءُ بِنْتُ أَبِي بَكْر

Asma bint Abi Bakr

Dhat an-Nitaqayn

Early Muslim · Of the Hijrah

عَائِشَةُ بِنْتُ أَبِي بَكْر

Aishah bint Abi Bakr

Umm al-Mu'minin

Teacher · Great narrator · Daughter of Abu Bakr

خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيد

Khalid ibn al-Walid

Sayf Allah

Commander · Accepted Islam before Makkah opened

طَلْحَةُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّه

Talhah ibn Ubaydullah

Shielded the Prophet ﷺ at Uhud

Early Muslim · Muhajir

عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَٰنِ بْنُ عَوْف

Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf

Merchant of Madinah

Early Muslim · Muhajir

سَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِي وَقَّاص

Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas

Commander at al-Qadisiyyah

Early Muslim · Muhajir

سَعِيدُ بْنُ زَيْد

Sa'id ibn Zayd

Early Muslim

Cousin of Umar · Muhajir

أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْجَرَّاح

Abu Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah

Amin al-Ummah

Commander in Syria · Muhajir

أُمُّ سَلَمَة

Umm Salamah

Counsel at Hudaybiyyah

Of the Hijrah · Narrator

أُمُّ حَبِيبَة

Umm Habibah

Of Abyssinia

Daughter of Abu Sufyan · Early Muslim

أُمُّ أَيْمَن

Umm Ayman

She raised him as a child

Early Muslim · Of the Hijrah

خَبَّابُ بْنُ الْأَرَتّ

Khabbab ibn al-Aratt

Early Muslim

Enslaved in Makkah · Blacksmith

جَعْفَرُ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِب

Ja'far ibn Abi Talib

Spoke before the Negus

Cousin of the Prophet ﷺ · Fell at Mu'tah

زَيْدُ بْنُ حَارِثَة

Zayd ibn Harithah

He chose to stay

Early Muslim · Commander at Mu'tah

عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَر

Abdullah ibn Umar

Exact in following

Son of Umar · Stayed out of the fighting

عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْعُود

Abdullah ibn Mas'ud

First to recite it aloud in Makkah

Early Muslim · Teacher of Kufa

فَاطِمَةُ بِنْتُ مُحَمَّد

Fatimah bint Muhammad ﷺ

Daughter of the Prophet ﷺ

Of the Hijrah · The first of his family to follow him

عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ حُذَافَةَ السَّهْمِيّ

Abdullah ibn Hudhafah as-Sahmi

Emigrant to Abyssinia

Carried the Prophet's ﷺ letter to Persia · Held by Rome

عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَحْش

Abdullah ibn Jahsh

Cousin of the Prophet ﷺ

First given a sealed command · Buried with Hamzah at Uhud

سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ الْجُمَحِيّ

Sa'id ibn Aamir al-Jumahi

Governor of Homs

Lived as though he governed nothing · Explained himself plainly to Umar

عُتْبَةُ بْنُ غَزْوَان

Utbah ibn Ghazwan

Among the earliest Muslims

Emigrated to Abyssinia · Founder of Basra

عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُوم

Abdullah ibn Umm Maktum

Blind Companion of Makkah

Called the second adhan · Left in charge of Madinah

عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاص

Amr ibn al-As

He asked to be forgiven first

Commander in Egypt · Of Banu Sahm

زَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ جَحْش

Zaynab bint Jahsh

She worked with her hands

Cousin of the Prophet ﷺ · Of the Hijrah

أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْد

Usamah ibn Zayd

Given command of an army while very young

Son of Zayd ibn Harithah and Umm Ayman · Called the beloved, son of the beloved

حَفْصَةُ بِنْتُ عُمَر

Hafsah bint Umar

Daughter of Umar

The Qur'an collection was kept with her · Widow of Khunays ibn Hudhafah

سَوْدَةُ بِنْتُ زَمْعَة

Sawdah bint Zam'ah

Married after Khadijah died

Emigrant to Abyssinia · Gave her turn to Aishah

أَسْمَاءُ بِنْتُ عُمَيْس

Asma bint Umays

Emigrated to Abyssinia with Ja'far

Later married Abu Bakr, then Ali · Narrator

فَاطِمَةُ بِنْتُ الْخَطَّاب

Fatimah bint al-Khattab

Sister of Umar

Wife of Sa'id ibn Zayd · Early Muslim

رُقَيَّةُ بِنْتُ مُحَمَّد

Ruqayyah bint Muhammad ﷺ

Daughter of the Prophet ﷺ

Wife of Uthman · Emigrated to Abyssinia and Madinah

الشِّفَاءُ بِنْتُ عَبْدِ اللَّه

Ash-Shifa bint Abdullah

Literate, and taught writing

Given a role connected to Madinah's market by Umar

أُمُّ كُلْثُومٍ بِنْتُ مُحَمَّد

Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad ﷺ

Daughter of the Prophet ﷺ

Married Uthman after her sister Ruqayyah died

زَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ مُحَمَّد

Zaynab bint Muhammad ﷺ

Eldest daughter of the Prophet ﷺ

Wife of Abu-l 'As · Injured emigrating to Madinah

Sources & review

Draft content — undergoing review

As-Sirah an-Nabawiyyahالسيرة النبوية
Classical biography · Ibn Hisham, from the recension of Ibn Ishaq
Kitab at-Tabaqat al-Kabirالطبقات الكبرى
Classical biography · Ibn Sa'd
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