First Migration to Abyssinia

Due to severe persecution, the Prophet ﷺ instructed a group of Muslims to migrate to Abyssinia (modern Ethiopia) under the protection of the just Christian king, Negus (an-Najashi). About 15 Muslims made this first migration, including Uthman ibn Affan and his wife Ruqayyah (the Prophet's daughter). The Prophet said: 'In Abyssinia there is a king under whom no one is oppressed.' This was the first hijrah in Islam.