Quba
قباء
A village at the southern approach of Medina where the Prophet stopped on 8 Rabi' I 1 AH, stayed four days on Ibn Ishaq's account, and founded the first mosque 'upon taqwa'.
At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Summary
A village at Medina's southern edge where the Prophet alighted, coming from the Hijra, on Monday 8 Rabi' al-Awwal 1 AH — 23 September 622 CE 1.
The stay
The Prophet stayed at Quba four days on Ibn Ishaq's account, which the author chose — al-Bukhari has fourteen nights and also thirteen — then rode to Medina on Friday 2.
He founded the mosque of Quba there and prayed in it — the first mosque founded on piety after the prophethood 2. The Prophet lodged with Kulthum ibn al-Hidm — the sounder account — though it was said Sa'd ibn Khaythama 3.
Connections
- Home of
- Umm Haram bint Milhan
- Site of
- The HijraThe sojourn at Quba
- Part of
- Medina
- Contains
- Quba Mosque
People and things also explored
Abu Bakr al-SiddiqMuhammadThe HijraThe brotherhood of the Muhajirun and AnsarThe change of the qiblaThe Constitution of MedinaThe prescription of the Ramadan fastThe first Friday prayer
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, p. 170
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, p. 172
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, p. 171
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
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islam.museum contributors. “Quba”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/quba/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.