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a) Seeing the persecutions happening on Muslims, the Holy Prophet was
extremely worried and was looking for help from Allah SWT. After the
revelation of Surah az-Zumar which state “Allah’s earth is spacious”,
Holy Prophet got the instruction to allow his followers to migrate and
he instructed some of the Muslims to migrate to Abyssinia, a decision
he arrived at after careful consideration. Abyssinia was headed by King
Negus who after Abraha had took charge of the place and was a just
man. The first group of Muslims who migrated included twelve men
and five women which also included Hazrat Usman and his wife Hazrat
Ruqayya. Holy Prophet did not migrate himself as instructions for him
to migrate had not yet come. The Muslims set out for Abyssinia in a
boat as they were lesser in number and reached before the Quraysh
could catch up to them. After an 8-day travel they reached there where
they were warmly welcomed and given refuge. Everything was going
well when the news came that Surah Najam had been revealed which
has caused everyone to accept Islam. The news was false as many had
accepted Islam but there were still many who had not. Upon hearing
the news these people migrated back to Makkah in the hopes of living
safely in their homeland. When they arrived back they got to know that
the news is false and the persecutions on them doubled. Seeing the
condition of Muslims, Holy Prophet allowed the Muslims a second
migration. This time the migration participants increased, there were a
total of eighty-three men and nineteen women who were led by the
cousin of Holy Prophet, Hazrat Jaffar. They all made their journey
secretly to Abyssinia. Quraysh got to know about this move of the
Muslims and rather than being happy about it they sent two of their
men (Abdullah ibn Abi Rabia and Amr ibn al Aas) alongside loads of
expensive gifts to Abyssinia. These two men were sent to tell Negus that
these men are here to spread a new religion and plague Makka. Upon
reaching Abyssinia both these men entered the kingdom of Negus and
told him that some people have come over to his city to spread a new
religion and that they have destroyed religion back in Makka. They