The Life of the Prophet Muhammad by Ibn Kathir - Volume 2 of 4

VOLUME I1
Chapter: Concerning the migration of those Companions of the Prophet (MAS)
who escaped from persecution with their faith from Mecca to Abyssinia.
It has been recounted above how the polytheists abused those believers who
lacked power or protection and treated them with severe violence and great
humiliation.
God, Almighty and Glorious is He, had kept them away from His Messenger
(SAAS), and had given him the protection of his uncle, Aha Tdib, as was
mentioned above. And all praise and recognition is due to God.
Al-Waqidi has related that their passage to Abyssinia occurred in the month
of Rajah in the fifth year of the Mission, and that the first group to migrate
consisted of eleven men and four women. He told how they made their way to
the sea, either on foot or riding, and there they hired a boat to Abyssinia at a cost
of one-half of one dinar.
These persons were: Wthmm b. 'Aff~n and his wife Ruqayya, daughter of the
Messenger of God (SAAS), Aba Hndhayfa b. Wtba and his wife Sahla, daughter
of Suhayl, al-Zubayr b. al-'Aww%m, Mus'ab b. Wmayr, 'Abd al-Rahnan b.
'Awf, Aba Salama b. 'Abd al-Asad and his wife Umm Salama, daughter of Aba
Umayya, Wthman b. Mq'un, 'Amir b. Rabi'a al-'Anzi, his wife Lay[%, daughter
of Aba Hathma, Aha Sabra b. Abii Ruhm, H%