Muhammad's Hijra: Migration from Mecca to Medina
622 CE · Late Antiquity
In 622 CE, Prophet Muhammad and his followers migrated from Mecca to Yathrib (later renamed Medina) to escape persecution by the Quraysh tribe. Muhammad, accompanied by Abu Bakr, completed the journey in September 622 to a community that had invited him as mediator and leader. He established the first mosque and negotiated the Constitution of Medina, a formal agreement among Muslim, Jewish, and Arab tribes that created the first Islamic polity. Caliph Umar later designated 622 CE as Year 1 AH, establishing the epoch for the Islamic Hijri calendar.
Key Figures
Prophet MuhammadAbu Bakr
Locations
Medina (Yathrib)
Topics
IslamProphet MuhammadIslamic Golden AgeHijraIslamic calendar
Connected Events — 4 Connections
Immediately preceded — Hijra enabled the Constitution of Medina Constitution of Medina
Became the epoch of the Islamic calendar established sixteen years later Establishment of the Islamic Hijri Calendar
Muhammad birth into the Banu Hashim clan of the Quraysh tribe shaped the tribal dynamics that later forced his migration from Mecca to Medina The Birth of Muhammad
Fulfilled the arc begun by the Hijra eight years earlier Muhammad's Conquest of Mecca and Cleansing of the Kaaba
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