Ukaz, Also Suq Ukaz

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Ukazعكاظ

The great fair of pre-Islamic Arabia, where poets competed and the Prophet ﷺ called the tribes.

Each year Arabs gathered at Ukaz near Ta'if to trade, settle disputes and recite poetry; the prized odes were later called the Mu'allaqat. The Prophet ﷺ went among the tribes here calling them to Allah. The jinn heard the Quran on one such journey toward the market.

What does the Quran say?

What does the hadith say?

Who lived here?

Quss ibn Sa'ida

Who else is linked?

Muhammad ﷺQuraysh

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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