# Some of Muhammad's early followers migrate to Abyssinia as a received refuge

Date: 615

## The fact

Around 615 CE, as later sira dates it, some of [Muhammad](/people/muhammad)'s early followers crossed to Abyssinia to escape Meccan pressure. The crossing is a received refuge, not a census. Muhammad's documented role is: He authorised a crossing to Aksumite territory. Followers travelled; the Negus court received them as later told.

## Context

Aksum is a Christian court in the received story. Ja'far is a named spokesman in later telling. Sharing the voyage with those who sailed is required. 622 remains a different row. The setting of Some of Muhammad's early followers migrate to Abyssinia as a received refuge is the public file around 0615-01-01. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Driver [forced-displacement-scale](/drivers/forced-displacement-scale) is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

## Evidence and sources

Official locator: Britannica — Muhammad, Abyssinian migration at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Muhammad (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Fordham Internet History Sourcebooks — Islamic history excerpts at https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/islam/islamsbook.asp (Fordham University). Official carrier: Britannica — Muhammad, Abyssinian migration (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Muhammad; Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Fordham Internet History Sourcebooks — Islamic history excerpts (https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/islam/islamsbook.asp; Fordham University).

Official or archival record: Britannica — Muhammad, Abyssinian migration (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Muhammad; Encyclopaedia Britannica).

## Significance

Worsening path from Some of Muhammad's early followers migrate to Abyssinia as a received refuge on 0615-01-01. A dated refuge migration is a displacement path. It is not the 622 Hijra to Yathrib. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Do not merge Abyssinia with 622. Do not invent a unique headcount. Mixed effects of Some of Muhammad's early followers migrate to Abyssinia as a received refuge are separate paths.

## What is established and what is not

Established: a sourced public record of Some of Muhammad's early followers migrate to Abyssinia as a received refuge under 0615-01-01 for Muhammad. Established: a sourced public record of Some of Muhammad's early followers migrate to Abyssinia as a received refuge under 0615-01-01.

Shared responsibility is part of Some of Muhammad's early followers migrate to Abyssinia as a received refuge. Naming Muhammad does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 0615-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

The attached driver is forced-displacement-scale. The welfare reading used in this dossier is worsening. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

## People

- Muhammad: https://factrail.ai/people/muhammad

## Drivers

- Forced-Displacement Scale: https://factrail.ai/drivers/forced-displacement-scale

## Sources

- https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/islam/islamsbook.asp
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Muhammad

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/muh-abyssinia-615