and their noble lineage—deep-rooted as it was—reckoning (1) all of it with Allah and considering every sacrifice insignificant beside His good pleasure.

Yet, despite the shelter Umm Salamah and her companions found under the Negus (2)—may Allah illuminate his face in Paradise—the longing for Mecca, the cradle of revelation, and the yearning for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, the fountain of guidance, tore at her heart and her husband’s with unrelenting pain.

Soon thereafter, reports reached the emigrants in Abyssinia that the Muslims in Mecca had multiplied, and that the Islam of Hamza ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib and ʿUmar ibn al-Khattab had strengthened their ranks (3) and curbed some of Quraysh’s aggression. A group of them therefore resolved to return to Mecca, urged on (4) by longing and summoned by homesickness