Migration (HIJRAH

God and His Messenger and the struggle for His cause, then wait until God fulfills His decree. God does not guide the disobedient people.” (Quran, 9:24) In this verse, all the things that are mentioned are, in themselves, lawful, and none of them is inherently forbidden. Yet the believers are told to leave all of them behind and move toward God, and those who do not do so are declared to be fasiq, that is, breakers of their covenant. God had made this demand of our predecessors, the noble Companions (Sahaba), who entered into a covenant with their Lord through the Final Prophet, committing themselves to devote all their strength to the cause of upholding God’s word. When twenty years had passed since this pledge, and they had consistently proven through sustained sacrifice that they were ready to give up everything for the sake of the faith, then, after their return from the journey of Tabuk in 9 AH, God declared the