It is narrated from Ibn Ishaq that among those who emigrated to Abyssinia was Sayyiduna Amir bin Rabi'ah (may Allah be pleased with him), and with him was his wife, Sayyidah Layla bint Abi Hathmah bin Ghanim (may Allah be pleased with her).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amir bin Rabi'ah that the first of the emigrant women to arrive in Madinah riding on a camel was Sayyidah Layla bint Abi Hathmah (may Allah be pleased with her), and accompanying her was her husband, Amir bin Rabi'ah (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Sayyidah Umm Abdullah bint Abi Hathmah (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: By Allah! We were saddling up to set out for the land of Abyssinia, and Amir (my husband) had gone out on some errand, when Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) came and stood by me, while he was still a polytheist; we used to face severe afflictions and harshness from him. He asked: O Umm Abdullah! Is it departure now? I said: Yes, by Allah! We will go out into Allah's earth. You people have caused us great suffering and inflicted great oppression upon us, until now Allah has made a way (of deliverance) for us. (Hearing this) Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: May Allah be your companion and helper. I saw in him a tenderness that I had never seen before. Then he turned away and left, and I think that the news of our departure had saddened him. She related: Then Amir returned from his errand, and I said: O Abu Abdullah! If only you had seen Umar just now, his tenderness and his grief for us. Amir said: Do you have any hope of his accepting Islam? I said: Yes. Amir, seeing his severity and harshness (against Islam), said in despair: That man will not accept Islam until the donkey of al-Khattab accepts Islam. An account of Fatimah bint al-Khattab bin Nufayl (may Allah be pleased with her), the sister of Sayyiduna Umar.