The Islamic Conception of Migration

Abstract

This article discusses migration as viewed by classical Islamic law, a corpus of disparate juridical institutions and concepts accumulated since the seventh century which is based on two principal sources, The Qur'an and the Sunnah of Muhammad. The Qur'an; the first source of Islamic law, collects the revelation transmitted by God to Muhammad between 610 and 632 A.D., date of his death. Muslims believe that the author of this book is not Muhammad but God himself. The present text was established fifteen or twenty years after the death of Muhammad. The Sunnah of Muhammad is the second source of Islamic law. This term designates sayings, accounts and facts, called also hadiths, attributed to Muhammad, infallible model according to the Qur'an and interpreter of God's will. These hadiths are reported in many collections and in the biographies whose authenticity is often questioned.