Brotherhood (Ansar and Muhajirin)

Question 1

Who were the Muhajirin?

Answer 1

• Muhajirin or the emigrants were those followers of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) who migrated from Makkah to Madinah.

Question 2

What did the prophet say about the Muhajirin and what does the Quran say about them?

Answer 2

• The prophet (PBUH) described them as favorites of Allah who will receive a splendid reward.
• the Quran says: “Those who believed, emigrated, and fought in the cause of Allah with their wealth and their lives are greater in rank in the sight of Allah. And it is those who are the attainers [of success].”
• “God will be well pleased with the first emigrants and helpers and those who followed them in good deeds, and they will be well pleased with Him.”

Question 3

Who are the Ansars?

Answer 3

• Ansars or Helpers were the Muslims of Madinah, mainly from Aws and Khazraj tribes, who received and helped the prophet (PBUH) and emigrants. They were also called Ansar-un-Nabi.

Question 4

What were the Ansar’s characteristics and what does the Quran say about them?

Answer 4

• Good-natured, soft-spoken, and pious people who were devoted to the holy prophet (PBUH)
• The Quran says: “But those who before them had homes (in Madinah) and had adopted the faith, showed their affection to those came to them for refuge and entertain no desire in their hearts for things given to the emigrants, but gave them preference over themselves even though they themselves were poor.”

Question 5

Where did the prophet assemble both of them?

Answer 5

• At the house of Anas bin Malik 5 months after migrating to Medina and told them that the Muhajirin had left all their belongings in Makkah and was now penniless and shelterless.
• He, therefore, wanted to create a brotherhood relationship between the Muhajirin and Ansar.

Question 6

How many Muslims did the prophet appoint Ansar and Muhajirin to become brothers?

Answer 6

• 90 Muslims
• The forty-five of whom were from the Ansar and the other forty-five from the migrants, as brothers.

Question 7

With brotherhood established, what does the leader of each family in Medina need to do?

Answer 7

• Provide a Muslim family from Mecca with accommodation, and share their belongings with them and they would work together.

Question 8

How did the prophet appoint each Ansar and Muhajirin as brothers?

Answer 8

• The prophet did not choose two Muslims to become brothers randomly. He investigated them carefully and appointed the best matches as brothers.

Question 9

Name some brothers.

Answer 9

• Salman al Farisi and Abu’d-Dardaa
• Ammar and Khuzaifa
• Mus’ab and Abu Ayyub
• Sa’d bin Rabi and Abdur Rahman bin Awf

Question 10

Who was the prophet’s brother?

Answer 10

• The prophet took Hazrat Ali as his brother
• “You are my brother in this world and in the hereafter”