Twelve men and four women, among them ‘Uthman and his wife Ruqayyah, the Prophet’s daughter, slip out of Makkah by night and sail from the port of Shu’aibah to Abyssinia, where the just king, the Negus, gives them refuge.
As the book dates it: Rajab, 5th year of Prophethood
Who was there
- UA‘Uthman bin ‘AffanAn early believer who married two of the Prophet’s daughters in turn and migrated to Abyssinia.
- RMRuqayyah bint MuhammadThe Prophet’s daughter and wife of ‘Uthman; she migrated with him to Abyssinia and died while the army was at Badr.
- NThe Negus (an-Najashi)The just Christian king of Abyssinia who sheltered the Muslim emigrants.