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Migration to Abyssinia
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Why did they go to Abyssinia
Lessons from Jafar (RA)'s speech
When the Muslims started to suffer from the Mecans some Muslims went to Abyssinia because the prophet told them to the Muslims went in a small group which was approximately eleven men and four women then Jafar (RA) gave a speech to the king of Abyssinia.
To stay confident if you know that you are saying the truth.
Have trust in Allah when you are trying to give Daw'ah.
Even ewhen you are in danger speak the truth.
Do Daw'ah in the wisest way possible.
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Migration to Abyssinia
Abyssinia is present day Ethiopia. Jafar Ibn Abi Talib, brother of Ali Ibn Abi Talib gave a speech over there to the king who was at that time Negus. Jafar (RA) had a good character and he is also named as Jaffar bin Tayyar.
Speech of Jafar (RA)
"O King, we were a people in a state of ignorance and immorality, worshipping idols and eating the flesh of dead animals, committing all sorts of abomination and shameful deeds. breaking the ties of kinship, treating guests badly and the strong among us exploited the weak. "We remained in this state until Allah sent us a Prophet, one of our own people whose lineage, truthfulness, trustworthiness and integrity were well-known to us. "He called us to worship Allah alone and to renounce the stones and the idols which we and our ancestors used to worship besides Allah.
Who Was Negus
Negus is a royal title in the ethiopian languages Negus was the king of Abyssinia at the time of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW). Over there Jafar (RA) tried to give Daw'ah to him and he accepted Islam.
"We believed in him and what he brought to us from Allah and we follow him in what he has asked us to do and we keep away from what he forbade us from doing.
"Thereupon, O King, our people attacked us, visited the severest punishment on us to make us renounce our religion and take us back to the old immorality and the worship of idols.
"They oppressed us, made life intolerable for us and obstructed us from observing our religion. So we left for your country, choosing you before anyone else, desiring your protection and hoping to live in Justice and in peace m your midst."
"He commanded us to speak the truth, to honor our promises, to be kind to our relations, to be helpful to our neighbors, to cease all forbidden acts, to abstain from bloodshed. to avoid obscenities and false witness, not to appropriate an orphan's property nor slander chaste women.
"He ordered us to worship Allah alone and not to associate anything with him, to uphold Salat, to give Zakat and fast in the month of Ramadan.