The Muhajirun (the Emigrants)

“The Emigrants” — the Muslims who left Mecca for Madinah in the Hijra, abandoning home and wealth for their faith. In the Quran they are consistently named before the Ansar (e.g. 9:100), a mark of their higher rank.

How they appear in the Seerah (EP 026–030)

• Emigration began quietly, “ones and twos.” Estimated at ~300–400 (with women and children); 82 Muhajir men fought at Badr. “They lacked quantity but had quality.”
• Stories of sacrifice: Suhayb al-Rumi surrendered his whole fortune; the family of Abu Salama was torn apart by Quraysh; Umm Salama crossed the desert escorted by the (then-pagan) Uthman ibn Talha; Ayyash and Hisham were tricked back and imprisoned, then rescued by al-Walid ibn al-Walid.
• The Prophet ﷺ was among the last to emigrate; Ali stayed behind to return the Meccans’ entrusted deposits.

The ruling of Hijra

For that generation, emigration to Madinah was fard ayn (see Hijrah (Emigration) — the concept & its rulings); those who stayed without excuse were rebuked (4:97), the genuinely weak excused (4:98–99). The Prophet ﷺ later declared “no Hijra after the Conquest of Mecca.”

Cross-references

The Ansar (the Helpers of Madinah) · The Hijrah (Emigration to Madinah) · Hijrah (Emigration) — the concept & its rulings · Mecca · Madinah (Yathrib) · Suhayb al-Rumi (ra) · Ali ibn Abi Talib (ra) · Muhammad ﷺ

Sources

• S005 — Yasir Qadhi Seerah EP 026–030. Draws on Quran (9, 4), Sahih Bukhari & Muslim, Ibn Ishaq.