Madinah, Also Yathrib, Taybah, Tabah, al-Madinah al-Munawwarah, Medina: City in Islamic History | Quran Universe

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CityAlso Yathrib, Taybah, Tabah, al-Madinah al-Munawwarah, Medina

Madinahالمدينة المنورة

The oasis that welcomed the Prophet ﷺ and became the first home of the Muslim community.

An oasis called Yathrib, home of the Aws, the Khazraj and Jewish tribes. In 622 its people welcomed the Prophet ﷺ, and it became the first Muslim community and the capital of the first caliphs. The Prophet ﷺ is buried here, and he said faith will return to Madinah as a snake returns to its hole.

What does the Quran say?

33:13 9:101 9:120 63:8 59:9

What does the hadith say?

Sahih al-Bukhari 1871 Sahih al-Bukhari 1876 Sahih al-Bukhari 1881

Who lived here?

Abu Bakr Umar ibn al-Khattab Uthman ibn Affan Talhah ibn Ubaydullah Al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf Sa'id ibn Zayd Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib Uthman ibn Maz'un Suhayb al-Rumi Umm Ayman Asma bint Umays As'ad ibn Zurarah Sa'd ibn Mu'adh Abu Talhah al-Ansari Ubayy ibn Ka'b Zayd ibn Thabit Umm Sulaym bint Milhan Rufaydah al-Aslamiyyah Al-Shifa bint Abdullah Umm Kulthum bint Uqbah Asma bint Yazid Usamah ibn Zayd Al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad Abu Hurayrah Abdullah ibn Umar Abu Sa'id al-Khudri Jabir ibn Abdullah Abdullah ibn Salam Abu Lubabah Ka'b ibn Malik Hilal ibn Umayyah Hatib ibn Abi Balta'ah Hassan ibn Thabit Sawdah bint Zam'ah Aishah bint Abi Bakr Hafsah bint Umar Zaynab bint Khuzaymah Umm Salamah Zaynab bint Jahsh Juwayriyah bint al-Harith Maria al-Qibtiyyah Rayhanah bint Zayd Zaynab bint Muhammad Ruqayyah bint Muhammad Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad Fatimah al-Zahra Ibrahim ibn Muhammad Hasan ibn Ali Umamah bint Abi al-As Ali ibn Abi al-As Zaynab bint Ali Umm Kulthum bint Ali Ali Zayn al-Abidin Fatimah bint Asad Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah Sukaynah bint al-Husayn Fatimah bint al-Husayn Ibn Sayyad Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib Zayd ibn Haritha Abdullah ibn Umm Maktum Khawlah bint Tha'labah The Three Who Stayed Behind Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib Urwah ibn al-Zubayr Al-Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr Amrah bint Abd al-Rahman Aisha bint Talhah Nafi' mawla Ibn Umar Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri Ja'far al-Sadiq Malik ibn Anas Nafi' al-Madani

Who else is linked?

Muhammad ﷺ Ali ibn Abi Talib Abdullah ibn Ubayy State of Madinah Rashidun Caliphate Ottoman Empire Saudi Arabia Aws and Khazraj (the Ansar)

Everyone and everything in the timeline

People named in the Quran and the hadith, the Prophet's ﷺ family and Companions, scholars, rulers, the nations of the Quran, the world's empires and the places where it all happened. Where scholars differ, each entry says so.

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