Muhajirun

[ moo-hah-juh-roon, -hah-juh-roon ]

plural noun

, singular Mu·ha·jir [m, oo, -, hah, -jir].

1. those who accompanied Muhammad on the Hijra.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Muhajirun¹

From the Arabic word muhājirūna

Example Sentences

From that day onwards, they took the name of "Muhajirun," or emigrants.

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The Prophet lodged with Kulsum ibn Hidmi; Abu Bakr with Khubib ibn Saf, while the other Muhajirun took up their quarters with Sad ibn Khazimah, one of the Najibs.

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But as Ali belonged to the Muhajirun, the Ansars might have been vexed because the Apostle did not choose a brother in their ranks.

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As for the Muhajirun, they had all been generously and hospitably welcomed by the Ansars, proud and joyful to receive beneath their roof-trees those of the strangers who fell to them by lot.

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In order to avoid such dangerous contingencies and create real family ties for the exiles, Mohammad profited by the cloudless exaltation uniting Muhajirun and Ansars just then, to issue a decree of perfect brotherhood between them.

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