
The Hijra — The Prophet's Migration from Mecca to Medina
You follow the migration of the Prophet who left Mecca for Medina in 622, fleeing persecution. From the home he left, where the Kaaba stands, to the house of prayer first raised in a new land across the desert, and at last to the mosque where the first Muslim community rose — you pass, one by one, the three places of the journey where a religion, and the Islamic calendar, began.