Hijira asalin kalmar Larabci ce da aka arota zuwa yaran Hausa, (ma'anar kalmar shine kaura daga wani guri zuwa wani guri,amman galibi domin samun salama) wanda kalmar zata dace da ita a hausa itace Kaura, amman ma'anan kalmar a addinin Musulunci na nufin:- "Hijiran da Manzon Allah yayi tare da Abubakar Siddiq daga Makkah zuwa Madinah (Yasrib) a shekarar 622) bayan kafiran makkah sun tsara su kashe shi a watan Janairu 622, sai Allah ya umurci Annabi da yayi Hijira daga Makkah zuwa Madinah,wanda a wancan lokacin ana kiran garin da Yasriba, zuwan Annabi garin keda da wuya, sai aka sama garin suna da Madina ma'ana Birni Hakan yasa Musulmai suka samu kalandar da ake kiran shi da suna Hijira kalanda Marom, Roy (Fall 2017). "Approaches to the Research of Early Islam: The Hijrah in Western Historiography". Jama'a. 23: vii. Moojan Momen (1985), An Introduction to Shi'i Islam: History and Doctrines of Twelver Shi'ism, Yale University Press, New edition 1987, p.