Abyssinia

Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf (c. 580-652 CE) was among the earliest converts to Islam and one of the Ten Promised Paradise. A renowned merchant who built great wealth in Medina and gave lavishly in charity, he served on the council that chose the third caliph, Uthman.

Islamic Ethiopia spans the history of Islam in the Horn of Africa, from the first Hijra of refuge in Christian Axum (615 CE), through sultanates like Ifat and Adal, to the Muslim communities that form about a third of modern Ethiopia, developing alongside an ancient Christian civilization.

Umm Habiba, born Ramla bint Abi Sufyan, was a wife of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) and daughter of the Quraysh leader Abu Sufyan. She accepted Islam early, emigrated to Abyssinia, and her marriage to the Prophet was contracted there by proxy through the Negus.