Names of the Companions Who Migrated to Abyssinia
The migration to Abyssinia was a pivotal moment in early Islamic history, marking the first time Muslims sought refuge outside the Arabian Peninsula. Facing severe persecution in Mecca, a group of Prophet Muhammad’s ﷺ companions fled to the Christian kingdom of Abyssinia, where a just king offered them protection. This article lists the names of those noble companions who participated in both the first and second migrations to Abyssinia.
Names of the Companions Who Migrated to Abyssinia (First Migration)
The names of the honorable companions—may Allah be pleased with them all—who migrated during the first migration:
- Uthman ibn Affan
- Ruqayyah, the daughter of the Prophet ﷺ, wife of Uthman
- Abu Hudhayfah ibn Utbah
- Sahlah bint Suhayl, wife of Abu Hudhayfah
- Zubayr ibn al-Awwam
- Musab ibn Umair
- Abdur-Rahman ibn Awf
- Abu Salamah ibn Abd al-Asad
- Umm Salamah bint Abi Umayyah, wife of Abu Salamah
- Uthman ibn Mazun
- Amir ibn Rabi'ah al-Anazi
- Layla bint Abi Hathmah and her husband Amir
- Abu Sabrah ibn Abi Ruhm
- Hatib ibn Amr
- Suhayl ibn Bayda
- Abdullah ibn Masud
Names of the Companions Who Migrated to Abyssinia (Second Migration)
A list of the honorable companions—may Allah be pleased with them all—who migrated during the second migration:
- Jafar ibn Abi Talib
- Asma bint Umays, wife of Jafar
- Amr ibn Sa'id ibn al-As
- Fatimah bint Safwan, wife of Amr
- Khalid ibn Sa'id
- Aminah bint Khalaf, wife of Khalid
- Uthman ibn Mazun
- Abdullah and Ubaydullah, sons of Jahsh
- Umm Habibah bint Abi Sufyan, wife of Ubaydullah
- Qays ibn Abdullah
- Barakah bint Yasar, wife of Qays
- Muayqib ibn Abi Fatimah
- Abu Musa al-Ashari
- Utbah ibn Ghazwan
- Yazid ibn Zum'ah
- Amr ibn Umayyah
- Tulayb ibn Umair
- Suwaybit ibn Sa'd
- Jahm ibn Qays
- Umm Harmalah bint Abd al-Aswad, wife of Jahm
- Amr and Khuzaymah, sons of Jahm
- Abu al-Rum ibn Umair
- Firas ibn al-Nadr
- Amir ibn Abi Waqqas
- Al-Muttalib ibn Azhar
- Ramlah bint Abi Awf, wife of Al-Muttalib
- Abdullah and Utbah, sons of Masud
- Al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad
- Al-Harith ibn Khalid
- Raytah bint al-Harith, wife of Al-Harith
- Amr and Shammas, sons of Uthman
- Habbar ibn Sufyan
- Abdullah ibn Sufyan
- Hisham ibn Abi Hudhayfah
- Salamah ibn Hisham
- Ayyash ibn Abi Rabi'ah
- Muattib ibn Awf
- Qudamah and Abdullah, sons of Mazun
- Al-Saib ibn Uthman
- Hatib ibn al-Harith
- Fatimah bint al-Mujallil, wife of Hatib
- Muhammad and Al-Harith, sons of Hatib
- Khattab ibn al-Harith
- Fakiha bint Yasar, wife of Khattab
- Sufyan ibn Muammar
- Hasnah, wife of Sufyan
- Jabir and Junadah, sons of Sufyan
- Shurahbil ibn Hasnah
- Uthman ibn Rabi'ah
- Khunays ibn Hudhafah
- Abdullah ibn al-Harith
- Hisham ibn al-As
- Qays and Abdullah, sons of Hudhafah
- Abu Qays, Al-Harith, Muammar, Al-Saib, Bishr, and Said – sons of Al-Harith
- Said ibn Qays
- Umair ibn Riab
- Muammar ibn Abdullah
- Urwah ibn Abd al-Uzza
- Adi ibn Nadlah
- Al-Nu'man ibn Adi
- Abdullah ibn Mukhramah
- Abdullah ibn Suhayl
- Sulayt and Al-Sukran, sons of Amr
- Sawdah bint Zum'ah, wife of Al-Sukran
- Malik ibn Zum'ah
- Amrah bint al-Sa'di, wife of Malik
- Abu Hatib ibn Amr
- Abu Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah
- Suhayl ibn Bayda
- Amr ibn Abi Sarh
- Iyad ibn Zuhayr
- Amr ibn al-Harith
- Uthman ibn Abd Ghannam
- Said and Al-Harith, sons of Abd Qays
Introduction to the Migration to Abyssinia
The migration of the Muslims to Abyssinia took place in the fifth year of the Prophethood, after the harm and persecution by the polytheists against the Muslims had increased. While the emigrants were there, an incident occurred which led them to believe that Quraysh had embraced Islam. The incident was that the Prophet ﷺ recited Surat al-Najm at the Ka'bah in the presence of a large gathering of Meccan elites. When he reached the verse of prostration, he prostrated, and both the believers and the polytheists prostrated with him, due to being awestruck by what they heard.
When the emigrants returned, they discovered the truth and some of them went back to Abyssinia. This time, a larger number followed them. In the first migration, they were twelve men and four women. In the second migration, they were eighty-three men and eighteen women.
Abyssinia was chosen because it had a just king under whom no one was wronged, as the Prophet ﷺ said. Quraysh tried to bring them back, but they failed in their efforts.
