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Mr Ariff
IKIM VIEWSBy Dr Mohd Zaid Ismail Senior Fellow / Director, Centre for Sciemce and Environment Studies,IKIM. The basic spirit of hijrah as highlighted by Prophet Muhammad is to progress to a truly better life and situation and move away from whatever is bad, evil and harmful. THAT the migration (hijrah) of the Prophet Muhammad and his early companions from a hostile Mecca to a conducive Yathrib, thereafter renamed al-Madinah (the locus where the din – the real religion – blossoms to the full), is so consequential to Muslims has been well-attested to by their unanimous affixing it to their calendar year, thus rendering such a momentous event an abiding symbol at the very least. Numerous important writings have been compiled and produced throughout the ages to record the event...
