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A Time for Readjustment
Most migrants arrived in Medina with only a few possessions. Before their migration
some had been in a position to re-establish their wealth, but as they had been forced to
leave their homes in secrecy they were unable to take most of their possessions with
them and everything they had left behind was now seized by the Koraysh.
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The Bonding of the Ansar and Muhajirin
Shortly after his arrival, the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) called the
Muslims
together in the house of Anas, Malik’s son. He took one man from the Ansar and another
from the Muhajirin then announced: "Each of you is a brother to the other," whereupon
each Ansari household took a Muhajirin family into its own and shared all they
possessed with them. The Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) took Ali for his brother
Most migrants arrived in Medina with only a few possessions. Before their migration
some had been in a position to re-establish their wealth, but as they had been forced to
leave their homes in secrecy they were unable to take most of their possessions with
them and everything they had left behind was now seized by the Koraysh.
2
The Bonding of the Ansar and Muhajirin
Shortly after his arrival, the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) called the
Muslims
together in the house of Anas, Malik’s son. He took one man from the Ansar and another
from the Muhajirin then announced: "Each of you is a brother to the other," whereupon
each Ansari household took a Muhajirin family into its own and shared all they
possessed with them. The Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) took Ali for his brother