The Prophet ﷺ had ordered some of his Companions to migrate to Abyssinia to escape in the interest of their religion and lives from the harm of the polytheists in Makkah. He ﷺ chose Abyssinia as a place to migrate to because its king, the Negus, was a just man, and among those who emigrated to it was Ja’far Ibn Abee Taalib (may Allah be pleased with him).That was before Allah ordered the Muslims to emigrate to al-Madeenah. In this hadeeth, Aboo Moosaa al-Ash’aree (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that while he was in Yemen, he heard about the mission and migration of the Prophet ﷺ to al-Madeenah. He and others wanted to migrate to him in al-Madeenah, that is, he and his brothers Aboo Ruhm and Aboo Burdah, and with them, there were another fifty-two or fifty-three men from their people who had already reverted to Islam.When they boarded the ship from Yemen to reach Makkah, they were dropped off at Abyssinia, where they met Ja’far ibn Abee Taalib (may Allah be pleased with him) and those who were with him among the Muslim immigrants. They remained with them there until they all came to al-Madeenahafter the conquest of Khaybar in the seventh year of the migration.Khaybar was a town inhabited by Jews at a distance of 153 km from al-Madeenah.I was located to the north on the road to the Levant (al-Shaam).When they came, the Prophet ﷺ allocated for them their shares and gave them a portion of the booty acquired from the conquest of Khaybar. That was after he consulted with the campaigning Muslims concerning them, and they agreed, as the narration of al-Bayhaqee portrays.He did not grant anyone who had not witnessed the invasionanything except the passengers of the ship, namely Ja’far ibn Abee Taalib (may Allah be pleased with him) and those who were with him from among the emigrants from Makkah, and Aboo Moosa al-Ash’aree (may Allah be pleased with him) and those who had emigrated with him from amongst his people to Abyssinia. This hadeeth expounds the merit and status of the early emigrants - such as Ja'far ibn Abee Taalib and Aboo Moosaa al-Ash'aree and those who were with them –and how they enjoyed two emigrations. It shows that the ruler has the right to dispose of the wealth gained from the spoils and to exclusively allocate a part of it to the deputies of the Muslims and to those who have lost their wealth, as he ﷺgave to the people of the ship. Itshows the suffering that the early Muslims endured with the Prophet ﷺ until they managed to convey the call of Allah to the people..