Najran
نجران
A large town some seven stages south of Mecca toward Yemen, remembered in the prophetic sources as comprising seventy-three villages and a powerful Christian community whose delegation reached Medina in 9 AH.
At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
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Summary
A great town seven stages from Mecca toward Yemen; the sira sources know it for its seventy-three villages and a Christian community whose delegation came to Medina in 9 AH 1.
The place's account
Al-Mubarakpuri describes Najran as a great town comprising seventy-three villages — a day's journey for a swift rider — able to field a hundred thousand fighters on the Christian religion 1. Its people came as a delegation in 9 AH, sixty men among them twenty-four nobles led by the 'Aqib, the Sayyid and the Bishop 1. The Prophet made peace with them for the jizya, under God's covenant and His messenger's covenant, with full freedom in their religion; Islam thereafter spread among them 2.
For young visitors
An ancient city in the peninsula's south whose people were Christians; a delegation of them came to the Prophet and made peace with him.
Connections
People and things also explored
The delegation of NajranDhu Nuwas (Yusuf Asʾar Yathʾar)The Massacre of Najran (Ashab al-Ukhdud)Pre-Islamic ArabiaAbu Haritha ibn AlqamaFaymiyun the monkal-Qullays (the Yemeni Kaaba)Abraha
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, p. 450
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, p. 451
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
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islam.museum contributors. “Najran”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/najran/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.