الهِجرَةُ Migration

1ـ رسولُ اللهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): أيُّها النّاس، هاجِروا وتَمَسَّكوا بالإسلامِ ؛ فإنَّ الهِجرَةَ لا تَنقَطِعُ ما دامَ الجِهادُ.

1– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘O people, migrate and hold on to Islam, for migration does not stop as long as struggle exists.’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 4626]
 

2ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): الهِجرَةُ هِجرَتانِ: إحداهُما أن تَهجُرَ السَّيّئاتِ، والاُخرى أن تُهاجِرَ إلَى اللّه‏ِ تعالى ورَسولِهِ، ولا تَنقَطِعُ الهِجرَةُ ما تُقُبِّلَتِ التَّوبَةُ.

2– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘There are two migrations: one of them is that you migrate away from bad deeds, and the other one is your migration to Allah Almighty and His Messenger, and migration does not stop as long as repentance is accepted.’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 46262]
 

3ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الهِجرَةُ قائمَةٌ على حَدِّها الأوَّلِ، ماكانَ للّه‏ِ في أهلِ الأرضِ حاجَةٌ مِن مُستَسَرِّ الاُمَّةِ ومُعلَنِها، لا يَقَعُ اسمُ الهِجرَةِ على أحَدٍ (إلّا) بمَعرِفَةِ الحُجَّةِ في الأرضِ، فمَن عَرَفَها وأقَرَّ بها فهُو مُهاجِرٌ، ولا يَقَعُ اسمُ الاستِضعافِ على مَن بَلَغَتهُ الحُجَّةُ فسَمِعَتها اُذُنُهُ ووَعاها قَلبُهُ.

3– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Migration stands at its original position. Allah has no need of him who secretly accepts belief or him who openly does so. Migration will not apply to anyone unless he recognises the proof [of Allah] on the earth. Whoever recognises him and acknowledges him is a migrant. The title ‘weak’[This refers to those who are incapacitated, or whom the proof and message of Allah has actually not reached, and thus are not empowered to act (ed.)] does not apply to him whom the proof [of Allah] has reached, and he hears it and his heart comprehends it.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 189]
 

4ـ الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن دَخَلَ في الإسلامِ طَوعاً فهُو مُهاجِرٌ.

4– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘He who willingly enters Islam is a migrant.’[al-Kafi, v. 8, p. 148, no. 126]