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Muhammad leaves Mecca for Yathrib in the Hijra that later calendars take as year one

In 622 CE Muhammad left Mecca for Yathrib in the Hijra that later Islamic calendars take as year one. In the causal graph this event strengthens Forced-Displacement Scale, a driver that strengthens People Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC) — a worsening welfare path.

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In 622 CE Muhammad left Mecca for Yathrib in the Hijra that later Islamic calendars take as year one. The move is a received forced emigration, not a tourist itinerary. Muhammad's documented role is: He left Mecca under threat and entered Yathrib. Companions emigrated; Quraysh pressure is the received cause.

Context

Abu Bakr is the companion of the road in the standard telling. The town later called Medina received him. Sharing the emigration with those who left is required. A mosque door photograph is still not his face. The setting of Muhammad leaves Mecca for Yathrib in the Hijra that later calendars take as year one is the public file around 0622-07-16. Driver 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.

Why it matters

Worsening path from Muhammad leaves Mecca for Yathrib in the Hijra that later calendars take as year one on 0622-07-16. The Hijra is a completed forced move of a community, later used as a calendar epoch. Displacement is the path stored here; Medina's later charter is a different Fact. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of Muhammad leaves Mecca for Yathrib in the Hijra that later calendars take as year one are separate paths.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Muhammad

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.56 · verified

    He left Mecca under threat and entered Yathrib. Companions emigrated; Quraysh pressure is the received cause.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — HijrahEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Muhammad, public Meccan preachingEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Britannica — Hijrah at https://www.britannica.com/event/Hijrah-Islam (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Britannica — Muhammad, emigration to Medina at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Muhammad (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Official carrier: Britannica — Hijrah (https://www.britannica.com/event/Hijrah-Islam (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Britannica — Muhammad, emigration to Medina (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Muhammad (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica).

Established: a sourced public record of Muhammad leaves Mecca for Yathrib in the Hijra that later calendars take as year one under 0622-07-16 for Muhammad. Established: a sourced public record of Muhammad leaves Mecca for Yathrib in the Hijra that later calendars take as year one under 0622-07-16.

Shared responsibility is part of Muhammad leaves Mecca for Yathrib in the Hijra that later calendars take as year one. Naming Muhammad does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 0622-07-16 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.

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.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorMuhammad
  2. contributed toFactMuhammad leaves Mecca for Yathrib in the Hijra that later calendars take as year one
  3. strengthensDriverForced-Displacement Scale
  4. strengthensIndicatorPeople Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC)

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Factrail. (2026). Muhammad leaves Mecca for Yathrib in the Hijra that later calendars take as year one. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/muh-hijra-622

https://factrail.ai/facts/muh-hijra-622

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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