Muhajir

Posted on 06/28/2012 by marina

MUHAJIR مهاجر
From hijrah, “flight.” One who performs hijrah either by (1) leaving Makkah in company with the Prophet, or (2) leaving a country ruled by an infidel power, or (3) by fleeing from what God has forbidden.

Based on Hughes, Dictionary of Islam

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