The city to which Muhammad and his followers migrated during the Hijrah?

The city to which Muhammad and his followers migrated during the Hijrah?

• A. Mecca
• B. Medina
• C. Jerusalem
• D. Cairo

Answer: (B)

During the Hijrah, Muhammad and his followers moved from Mecca to Medina, a city then known as Yathrib. This move was driven by the need to escape persecution and to establish a secure community where Muslims could organize, practice their faith, and create a cohesive ummah with political and social structures. Medina became the center where they formed treaties with local tribes and laid the foundations for an early Muslim state, making it the focal point of Islamic governance in that period. Mecca remained the spiritual heart of Islam because of the Kaaba, but it was not the destination of the migration. Jerusalem is linked to a later event in Muhammad’s life, the Isra and Mi’raj, not the Hijrah, and Cairo is not part of this early migration narrative.