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5. The Hijrah

From Makkah to Madinah

An invitation, a murder plot, a cave, and a new city.

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In 622 the Prophet ﷺ leaves Makkah for Yathrib, soon called Madinah. That journey, the Hijrah, turns a persecuted group into a community. The Islamic calendar begins with it.

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