The ''Muhajirun'' ( ar, المهاجرون, al-muhājirūn, singular , ) were the first converts to Islam and the Islamic prophet

Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, di ...

's advisors and relatives, who emigrated with him from

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, the event known in Islam as the '' Hijra''. The early Muslims from

are called the '' Ansar'' ("helpers").

During Muhammad's era

About a month after Hamzah's unsuccessful attack in the first caravan raid, Muhammad entrusted a party of sixty ''Muhajirun'' led by Ubaydah to conduct another operation at a Quraysh caravan that was returning from Syria and protected by one hundred men. The leader of this caravan was Abu Sufyan ibn Harb. The Muslim party went as far as Thanyatul-Murra, a watering place in

Hejaz The Hejaz (, also ; ar, ٱلْحِجَاز, al-Ḥijāz, lit=the Barrier, ) is a region in the west of Saudi Arabia. It includes the cities of Mecca, Medina, Jeddah, Tabuk, Yanbu, Taif, and Baljurashi. It is also known as the "Western Provin ...

. No fighting took place, as the Quraysh were quite far from the place where Muslims were in the offing to attack the caravan. Nevertheless, Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas shot an arrow at the Quraysh. This is known as the first arrow of Islam. Despite this surprise attack, no fighting took place and the Muslims returned empty-handed. It is believed that Ubaydah was the first to carry the banner of Islam; others say Hamzah was the first to carry the first banner.Witness Pioneer "Pre-Badr Missions and Invasions"
/ref> Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas was ordered to lead the third raid. His group consisted of about twenty Muhajirs. This raid was done about a month after the previous. Sa'd, with his soldiers, set up an ambush in the valley of

Kharrar The military career of Muhammad (''c.'' 570 – 8 June 632), the Islamic prophet, encompasses several expeditions and battles throughout the Hejaz region in the western Arabian Peninsula which took place in the final ten years of his life, fro ...

on the road to Mecca and waited to raid a returning Meccan caravan from Syria. But the caravan had already passed and the Muslims returned to Medina without a fight.Mubarakpuri, The Sealed Nectar p. 127Mubarakpuri, Sealed Nectar, P 147 Book contains a list of battles of Muhammad in Arabic. English versio
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/ref> Muḥammad Ibn ʻAbd al-Wahhāb, Mukhtaṣar zād al-maʻād, p. 345. The fourth raid, known as the invasion of Waddan, was the first offensive in which Muhammad took part personally with 70, mostly Muhajir, troops. It is said that twelve months after moving to Medina, Muhammad himself led a caravan raid to Waddan ( Al-Abwa). The aim was to intercept the caravans of the Quraysh. The raid party did not meet any Quraysh during the raid. The fifth raid, known as the

invasion of Buwat The Patrol of Buwat took place in October 623 or 2 Hijri year, A.H. of the Islamic calendar, in Rabi' al-awwal, Rabi' al-Awwal. Muhammad went with a force of 200 men in order to raid parties of the Quraysh. Muhammad stayed at Buwat for some time an ...

, was also commanded by Muhammad. A month after the raid at al-Abwa, he personally led 200 men including Muhajirs and Ansars to Bawat, a place on the caravan route of the Quraysh merchants. A herd of 1,500 camels, accompanied by 100 riders under the leadership of Umayyah ibn Khalaf, a Quraysh. The purpose of these raids was to get back what they had lost when they migrated from Mecca to Medina to avoid persecution by Quraysh for practicing their religion. Quraysh seized the property and belongings left behind by Muslims and sold those.Muḥammad Ibn ʻAbd al-Wahhāb, Mukhtaṣar zād al-maʻād, p. 346. The caravan was led by 100 Quraysh and 2,500 camels were with them.Mubarakpuri, The Sealed Nectar (Free Version), p. 128

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* Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib, uncle of Muhammad * Al-‘Abbas ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib, uncle of Muhammad, and the progenitor of Banu Abbas *

Salman the Persian Salman the Persian or Salmān al-Fārsī ( ar, سَلْمَان ٱلْفَارِسِيّ), born Rūzbeh Khoshnūdān ( fa, ), was a Persian companion (Sahaba) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was raised as a Zoroastrian in Sasanian Persia, t ...

* Bilal ibn Rabah *

Khunais ibn Hudhaifa Khunays ibn Ḥudhāfa (Arabic: خنيس بن حذافة) (d. 2 AH/624) was a companion of Muhammad. He died at the beginning of twenty-five months after Muhammad emigrated to Medina. Biography Khunays was the son of Hudhafa ibn Qays from the ...

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Abu Dharr al-Ghifari Abu Dharr Al-Ghifari Al-Kinani (, '), also spelled Abu Tharr or Abu Zar, born Jundab ibn Junādah (), was the fourth or fifth person converting to Islam, and from the Muhajirun. He belonged to the Banu Ghifar, the Kinanah tribe. No date of birt ...

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/ref> * Miqdad ibn Aswad *

Ammar ibn Yasir Abū 'l-Yaqẓān ʿAmmār ibn Yāsir ibn ʿĀmir ibn Mālik al-ʿAnsīy al-Maḏḥiǧī ( ar, أبو اليقظان عمار ابن ياسر ابن عامر ابن مالك العنسي المذحجي) also known as Abū 'l-Yaqẓān ʿAmmār i ...

* Abu Buraidah al-Aslami *

Khalid ibn Sa`id Khālid ibn Saʿīd ibn al-ʿĀṣ ( ar, خالد بن سعيد بن العاص; d. 634 CE), was a companion to the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a general under the Rashidun Caliphate. He was one of the members of Banu Umayya of Quraysh. Khal ...

Sunni Rashidun *

Abu Bakr Abu Bakr Abdallah ibn Uthman Abi Quhafa (; – 23 August 634) was the senior companion and was, through his daughter Aisha, a father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, as well as the first caliph of Islam. He is known with the honor ...

, senior companion & father-in-law of Muhammad. Father of

Aisha Aisha ( ar, , translit=ʿĀʾisha bint Abī Bakr; , also , ; ) was Muhammad's third and youngest wife. In Islamic writings, her name is thus often prefixed by the title "Mother of the Believers" ( ar, links=no, , ʾumm al-mu'min, muʾminīn), ...

. *

Umar ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb ( ar, عمر بن الخطاب, also spelled Omar, ) was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634 until his assassination in 644. He succeeded Abu Bakr () as the second caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate o ...

, senior companion & father-in-law of Muhammad. Father of

Hafsa Hafsa or Hafsah ( ar, حفصة; which is very often confused with ''Hafza'' and ''Hafiza'', but all three of them are different names) is an Arabic female given name. It originated from Hafsa, the fourth wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and d ...

. * Uthman, second cousin & son-in-law of Muhammad. Husband of Umm Kulthum & Ruqayyah. *

Ali ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam. ...

, cousin & son-in-law of Muhammad. Husband of Fatimah.

Women

Sawda bint Zamʿa Sawdah bint Zamʿah ( ar, سودة بنت زمعة) was the second wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and therefore regarded as, Umm-ul-Mu'mineen (Arabic: أمّ المؤمنين, romanized: ''ʾumm al- muʾminīn''), "Mother of the ...

second wife of Muhammad *

third wife of Muhammad * Fatimah bint Asad, wife of Abu Talib, mother of ‘Ali, and an aunt of Muhammad * Asmā' bint Abi Bakr, wife of

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, and sister-in-law of Muhammad. * Lubaba bint al-Harith, wife of Al-‘Abbas, and an aunt and sister-in-law of Muhammad *

Umm Ruman Umm Rumān Zaynab bint ʿĀmir ibn ʿUwaymir ibn ʿAbd Shams ibn ʿAttab al-Kinānīyya (died 628 CE; 6 AH), known by her '' kunya'' "Umm Rumān" ( ar, أمّ رومان زينب بنت عامر بن عويمر بن عبد شمس بن عتاب � ...

, wife of

, and mother-in-law of Muhammad through Aisha.

Daughters of Muhammad

* Fatimah, daughter of Muhammad and the wife of Ali ibn Abi Talib * Ruqayyah, daughter of Muhammad and a wife of Uthman ibn Affan * Umm Kulthum, daughter of Muhammad, and a wife of Uthman Ibn Affan * Zaynab, daughter of Muhammad and a wife of Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi' * Umamah bint Zainab, grand daughter of Muhammad and a wife of Ali ibn Abi Talib

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