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The Quba Mosque ( Arabic: مَسْجِد قُبَاء, romanized : Masjid Qubāʾ) is a mosque located in Medina, in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia, built in the lifetime of the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the 7th century C.E. [ 1][ 2][ 3] It is thought to be the first mosque in the world, built on the first day of Muhammad's emigration to ...
The Prophet's Mosque ( Arabic: ٱلْمَسْجِد ٱلنَّبَوِي, romanized : al-Masjid an-Nabawī, lit. 'Mosque of the Prophet') is the second mosque built by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in Medina, after that of Quba, as well as the second largest mosque and holiest site in Islam, after the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, in the Saudi ...
The Seven Mosques ( Arabic: المساجد السبعة, romanized :al-Masājid al-Saʿba) is a complex of six small historic and often visited mosques in the city of Medina, Saudi Arabia. Despite only consisting of six mosques, the complex is called seven because some think it originally consisted of seven mosques. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Another reason ...
Medina, [a] officially Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah (Arabic: المدينة المنورة, romanized: al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah, lit. 'The Luminous City', Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: [al.maˈdiːna al.mʊˈnawːara]) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (المدينة, al-Madina), is the capital of Medina Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia.
The State of Medina at its greatest peak, 632 AD. The first Islamic State, better known as State of Medina[ 2] was the first Islamic state established by Islamic prophet Muhammad in Medina in 622 CE under the Constitution of Medina. It represented the political unity of the Muslim Ummah (nation). After Muhammad's death, his companions known as ...
Adhan. The athan[ a] ( [ʔaˈðaːn], Arabic: أَذَان, romanized : adhān) is the first Islamic call to prayer, usually recited by a muezzin at five times of the day in a mosque, traditionally from a minaret. The adhan is also the first thing recited in the ear of a newborn baby. It is often the first thing recited in a new home.
Muhammad in Medina. Muhammad, the final Islamic prophet, was born and lived in Mecca for the first 53 years of his life ( c. 570–622 CE) until the Hijra. This period of his life is characterized by his proclamation of prophethood. Muhammad's father, Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib, died before he was born.
Masjid al-Haram ( Arabic: ٱَلْمَسْجِدُ ٱلْحَرَام, romanized : al-Masjid al-Ḥarām, lit. 'The Sacred Mosque'), [ 4] also known as the Sacred Mosque or the Great Mosque of Mecca, [ 5] is considered to be the most significant mosque in Islam. [ 6][ 7] It encloses the vicinity of the Kaaba in Mecca, in the Mecca Province ...