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The Second Migration to Abyssinia
After the Sahaabah (radhiyallahu ‘anhum) returned from Abyssinia, the disbelievers began to persecute the Muslims even more than before. Hence, Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) once again permitted the Sahaabah (radhiyallahu ‘anhum) to migrate to Abyssinia.
Thereafter, when the Quraish saw that the Sahaabah (radhiyallahu ‘anhum) were living in peace and safety in Abyssinia and they were practising Islam in peace, they held an urgent meeting in which they appointed ‘Amr bin ‘Aas and ‘Abdullah bin Abi Rabee‘ah as their representatives to Najaashi, the Emperor of Abyssinia, as well as his ministers, in order to try and win them over to the side of the Quraish.