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ter enemy of Islam was now a loyal
friend.
Prophet Muhammad [s] and Abu
Bakr [r] slowly made their way to
Yathrib, and after seven days they
reached the blessed city. The peo-
ple were overjoyed and the children
sang in the streets. There were
great celebrations and everyone
was happy, for the Prophet of Allah
had arrived.
From that day onward Yathrib
became known as, Madinat an-
Nabi, which means ‘The City of the
Prophet', or simply Madinah.
As for the journey to Madinah, it is
known as the Hijrah, or migration.
This event is most important, for
Muslims all over the world. Muslims
mark that time as the very begin-
ning of their calendar, the first day
of the first year of Islam.