ABSTRACT
An optimal portrait is painted in the eyes of contemporary Muslims of early Islamic society. The creation of a Muslim community during the life of Muhammad in al-Madina, was considered the first attempt to bend the tribesmen to the control of some kind of central authority represented by Muhammad himself. As to the social aspect, emigrating from or to a distant place was still considered one of the criteria for gaining access to a higher social rank, and even became a focus of boasting for those whose fathers had experienced such a move. The distinction between a'rab and muhajirun was responsible for creating different policies towards two different though not legally separated classes: the upper privileged class and the lower discriminated one. The impact of the discriminatory policy against the a'rab was more crucial in the practical and the material fields.
