Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah
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Fourteen centuries of light
The story of Madinah
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622 CE
The Hijrah
The Prophet ﷺ migrated from Makkah to Yathrib — renamed Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, 'the Radiant City' — marking year 1 of the Islamic calendar.
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1st
Mosque of Islam
Quba Mosque, on the city's southern edge, was the first mosque ever built — praying two rakʿah there carries the reward of an Umrah.
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625 CE
Battle of Uhud
At Mount Uhud, north of the city, seventy companions fell — among them Hamzah (RA), the Master of Martyrs.
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~10 yrs
The Madinan era
The first Islamic society took shape here: the Constitution of Madinah, brotherhood between Muhajirun and Ansar, and most of the Qur'an's laws.
Al-Masjid an-Nabawi at a glance
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1 of 3
Sacred mosques
"Do not set out on a journey except to three mosques" — and one prayer here equals a thousand elsewhere.
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Rawdah
A garden of Paradise
Between the Prophet's ﷺ house and his minbar lies "a garden from the gardens of Paradise" — visited today with a Nusuk permit.
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10
Minarets
The tallest soar 105 m above the mosque, which has grown from a palm-trunk courtyard to one of the largest buildings on Earth.
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250
Courtyard umbrellas
The piazza's giant convertible umbrellas unfurl each morning, shading hundreds of thousands of worshippers from the desert sun.
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100+
Gates
Among them the historic Bab As-Salam and Bab Jibril — enter with the right foot and the Prophet's ﷺ taught supplication.
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~340 km
To Makkah
The Haramain high-speed railway joins the Two Holy Mosques in about two and a half hours across the Hejaz.
Begin prepared
Guides written for first-time visitors and reviewed for accuracy.
Ziyarah etiquette: what to do and avoid
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