al-Safa

الصفا

Mecca

A small hill beside the Kaaba at Mecca; the Prophet ﷺ climbed it to summon the clans of Quraysh and warn them, and the house of al-Arqam ibn Abi al-Arqam (may God be pleased with him), his centre for the call, stood on it.

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Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia
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Mecca

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Overview

al-Safa: a small hill on the right of someone entering Mecca from the direction of the Ka'ba. The Prophet climbed it, gathered the clans of Quraysh, and called out to them a warning (the proclamation from al-Safa). 1.

In The Sealed Nectar

The book mentions it in two places: when the Prophet climbed it and called out "O Banu Fihr" and "O Banu Adi", and the tribes gathered to him; and when the house of al-Arqam ibn Abi al-Arqam was on al-Safa, and the Prophet made it the centre of his call and of his gatherings with the Muslims. 1 2. There Hamza struck Abu Jahl with his bow when he insulted the Prophet in its presence, and he became a Muslim. 3.

What is not mentioned here

The book does not describe the hill or the places of circling and running around it; the rulings of jurisprudence about them need their own sources.

For young visitors

Al-Safa is a small hill near the Ka'ba. The Prophet climbed it and called the people of Mecca to hear his message.

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Located in
Mecca
Contains
Dar al-Arqam

People and things also explored

Dar al-Nadwa· The Kaaba· Al-Masjid Al-Haram· Idol worship in the Jahiliyya and its rites· The offices of Quraysh at Mecca· Abu Jahl's plan to crush the Prophet's head with a stone· Abu Talib gathers Banu Hashim and Banu al-Muttalib· The three years of the secret call

Sources

  1. al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, p.79
  2. al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, p.92
  3. al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, p.100
  • al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Safa”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/al-safa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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Dar al-Nadwa

The council house founded by Qusayy on the north side of the mosque of the Kaaba, with its door into the mosque; Quraysh deliberated its grave matters and married off its daughters there.