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Why Did the Hijra Lead to a New Political Society? - Building the Umma: Survival and Institution in Early Islam | Sleepy Facts About History
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In 622, a man in his early fifties hid in a narrow cave south of Mecca while searchers passed nearby, preparing to flee through the desert toward an oasis that had not offered him sanctuary, but had asked him to settle their blood feuds. This episode explores how Medina became the first Muslim community, examining not the founding of an empire, but the creation of a functioning society built from shared obligations, marketplace regulations, and a deliberate replacement of kinship with a…
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