Just as the inception of prophethood commenced with Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) being shown pious and true dreams, similarly the inception of the hijrah (migration) commenced with pious and true dreams.

At the beginning, Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) was shown the place of his migration in dreams, but was not told the name of the place. Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) was merely shown that the place of his migration was a place with abundant date palms. It is for this reason that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) had thought that the place of his hijrah will perhaps be Yamaamah or Hajar.

While Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) was still reflecting over this, Allah Ta‘ala revealed wahi specifying Madinah Munawwarah as the chosen place of migration. Hence, on the command of Allah Ta‘ala, Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) instructed his Sahaabah (radhiyallahu ‘anhum) to perform hijrah to Madinah Munawwarah.