Editing Uthman (section)

=== Migration to Abyssinia ===
Uthman and his wife, [[Ruqayya bint Muhammad|Ruqayya]], migrated to [[Abyssinia]] (modern Ethiopia) in April 615, along with ten Muslim men and three women. Scores of Muslims joined them later.<ref name="Ishaq">Muhammad ibn Ishaq, ''Sirat Rasul Allah'', translated by Guillaume, A.; (1955), ''The Life of Muhammad'', pp. 146–148, Oxford, [[Oxford University Press]].</ref><ref name="Saad1">Muhammad ibn Saad, ''Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir'', translated by Haq, S. M. (1967), ''Ibn Sa'd's Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir, Volume I, Parts I & II'', Delhi, Kitab Bhavan.</ref>{{rp|235–236}} As Uthman already had some business contacts in Abyssinia, he continued to practice his profession as a trader and he continued to flourish.<ref name="ReferenceC">''Hazrat Usman'' – by Rafi Ahmad Fidai, publisher: Islamic Book Service, page: 32</ref>

After four years, the news spread among the Muslims in Abyssinia that the Quraysh of Mecca had accepted Islam, and this acceptance persuaded Uthman, Ruqayya and 39 Muslims to return. However, when they reached Mecca, they found that the news about the Quraysh's acceptance of Islam was false. Nevertheless, Uthman and Ruqayya re-settled in Mecca.<ref name="Ishaq"/>{{rp|167–169}}<ref name="Saad1"/>{{rp|238}} Uthman had to start his business afresh, but the contacts that he had already established in Abyssinia worked in his favour and his business prospered once again.<ref name="ReferenceC"/>