Hijrah

The Hijrah, also Hegira (from <a href="/facts/Medieval_Latin/gyLMjaCX">Medieval Latin</a>), was the journey the <a href="/facts/Prophets_and_messengers_in_Islam/WPWy6Gdp">Islamic prophet</a> <a href="/facts/Muhammad/5VcA7XrT">Muhammad</a> and his followers took from <a href="/facts/Mecca/udqyuk0k">Mecca</a> to <a href="/facts/Medina/nbDykVmK">Medina</a>. The year in which the Hijrah took place is also identified as the <a href="/facts/Epoch/ow9RnUFC">epoch</a> of the <a href="/facts/Islamic_calendar/7n4UBAYy">Lunar Hijri</a> and <a href="/facts/Solar_Hijri_calendar/1kpt7Rxc">Solar Hijri</a> calendars; its date equates to 16 July 622 in the <a href="/facts/Julian_calendar/EQBtA1ML">Julian calendar</a>.
Early in Muhammad's preaching of <a href="/facts/Islam/zDLbL45C">Islam</a>, his followers only included his close friends and relatives. Most of his tribesmen, the <a href="/facts/Quraysh/pzkoyCK8">Quraysh</a>, however, were indifferent to his activities, as they did not appear to be particularly interested in devotional meetings, and accordingly, Muhammad did not encounter any serious opposition from them; that was the case until he began to challenge their beliefs, which caused tensions to arise.
In May 622, after having convened twice with members of the Medinan tribes of <a href="/facts/Banu_Aws/hhXDfHgE">Aws</a> and <a href="/facts/Khazraj/Gg3H75E1">Khazraj</a> at al-'Aqabah near <a href="/facts/Mina%2c_Saudi_Arabia/9aHERpUa">Mina</a>, Muhammad secretly left his home in Mecca to emigrate to their city, along with his friend, father-in-law and <a href="/facts/Sahabah/ev5xGHLt">companion</a> <a href="/facts/Abu_Bakr/oIJ8E4fm">Abu Bakr</a>.

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