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The prophets followers fled to abysnia, the land ruled by the negus.there is no record of them ever setting foot in zeila during the migration.

Axum was a great Empire Negus negeshi

The Sahaba never came anywhere near Zeila. They entered the Horn of Africa from present day Eritrea and the port of Massawa before moving more inland to meet with the Axumite rulers who were stationed in Axum and Negash in the 4th century.

Zeila was only found in the 9th and 10th century. By the late 11th century the city was ruled by the Walashma Sultanate. After Yeshaq I of Abyssinia killed Sa'adadin, it was replaced by the Adal Sultanate. The Adal Sultanate only became powerful in the mid-14th century and by the time it was able to challenge Ethiopia it was the mid 15th century. Islam had entered Africa at least 5-6 centuries before it reached Zeila.

There is no mention of Zeila in any record including the Holy Quran. There is no point fabricating stories.

The oldest mosque in Africa is in Eritrea.

One of Islam's most respected scholars in the world on the subject, Dr. Abdullah Hakim Quick.



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