Islam: The Influence of Hijra on the Development of the Religion
How did the Hijra influence the development of Islam?
Hijrah influenced the development of Islam because:
- With the Islamic, Hijrah can be introduced to areas that do not know the religion.
- With the emigration of the Prophet Muhammad, it introduced that Islam is a doctrine that regulates human relations with God, also a religion that is concerned with the formation of society.
- Islam came to the areas it entered with a sympathetic and tolerant attitude, not forcing people to change their religion and convert to Islam.
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Further explanation
The word Hijrah comes from Arabic, which means to leave, distance from and move. In the historical context of Hijrah, Hijrah is a transfer activity carried out by the Prophet Muhammad and his companions from Mecca to Medina, with the aim of maintaining and enforcing the rules of Allah, in the form of Islamic creed and sharia.
Hijrah is a principle of life, we must always explain it clearly. In Hijrah language means leaving. Someone is said to migrate if he meets two conditions, namely:
- First, there is something left.
- And secondly, there is something that is intended (the goal).
Both must be done by someone who will emigrate. Abandon all things that are bad, negative, conditions that are not conducive, lead to better conditions, positive and conditions conducive to upholding the teachings of Islam.
In the historical reality of Hijrah is always associated with leaving a place, namely, the event of the emigration of the Prophet and his companions leaving precisely that is not conducive to preaching. Even the Hijrah event was the basis of the Muslims as the beginning of the Hijriyah year.