Was the land of Abyssinia a land of Islam when the Companions migrated to it?
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The questioner:
You mentioned (may Allah preserve you) that the Companions migrated twice, the first time to Abyssinia.
The Shaykh:
Not all of them; not every Companion migrated both times. Did they all migrate both times? No, except for a group among them, such as Uthman ibn Affan (may Allah be pleased with him), who migrated both times: the migration to Abyssinia and the migration to Madinah. Yes.
The questioner:
He asks (may Allah reward you): Was the land of Abyssinia a land of Islam?
The Shaykh:
No, at first it was not a land of Islam, but the Negus was just and did not wrong anyone under his protection, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said thatSunan al-Bayhaqi 16:369. So they migrated to him even though he was a Christian, then Allah granted him Islam and he became a Muslim. Yes.
You mentioned (may Allah preserve you) that the Companions migrated twice, the first time to Abyssinia.
The Shaykh:
Not all of them; not every Companion migrated both times. Did they all migrate both times? No, except for a group among them, such as Uthman ibn Affan (may Allah be pleased with him), who migrated both times: the migration to Abyssinia and the migration to Madinah. Yes.
The questioner:
He asks (may Allah reward you): Was the land of Abyssinia a land of Islam?
The Shaykh:
No, at first it was not a land of Islam, but the Negus was just and did not wrong anyone under his protection, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said that
no one is wronged under his protection
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Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل أرض الحبشة كانت أرض إسلام لما هاجر إليها الصحابة؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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