Migration to Abyssinia: Difference between revisions

After the second migration of some Muslims to Abyssinia, heads of [[Quraysh]] sought to counteract. Since they had commercial transactions and friendly relationships with people and the government of Abyssinia, they sent [['Amr b. 'As]] and [['Abd Allah b. Abi Rabi'a]], with some presents, to [[Ashama b. Abjar]], the king of Abyssinia in order to convince him to return the migrants. 'Amr b. 'As told the king that the migrants were silly slaves who abandoned their religion, and he wants them back. The king preferred to ask the migrants themselves. So he gathered the religious seniors of his country and in their presence, he asked the Muslims about the reason why they migrated to Abyssinia. [[Ja'far b. Abi Talib]] replied:

: We were ignorant idolaters, we used to eat the meat of dead animals, we used to shed bloods, and we used to commit adultery, until God sent us a prophet whose genealogy we know and in whose truthfulness and honesty we trust. He has called us to God and [[monotheism]] and prohibited [[idolatry]], he called us to truthfulness and relations with our family and goodness to our neighbors. However, these people were being hostile to us and want to force us back to idolatry. Thus we migrated to your lands and preferred you over others.