Wadi al-Qura
وادي القرى
A valley of villages north of Medina on the Syrian road; Zayd ibn Haritha (may God be pleased with him) fought Banu Fazara there twice, wounded in the first and victorious in the second when Umm Qirfa was killed; al-Mas'udi notes that some counted the Prophet ﷺ's return from Khaybar through Wadi al-Qura as a separate expedition.
At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Overview
A valley north of Medina, where Zayd ibn Haritha met Banu Fazara twice. See The raid of Zayd on Banu Fazara. 1
On the differing counts of expeditions
Al-Mas'udi mentions that whoever counted the expeditions at twenty-seven distinguished the Prophet's return from Khaybar to Wadi al-Qura as another expedition. See The disagreement over the number of expeditions. 2
Connections
- Site of
- Zayd ibn Haritha's raid on Banu Fazara and the killing of Umm Qirfa
- Mentioned in
- Muwatta 769· Muwatta 1296· Muwatta 1322
People and things also explored
Muwatta, Book of Jihad· Abdullah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab· Khaybar· Banu Fazara· Muwatta, Book of Zakat· Abu Hurayra· Mas'ada ibn Hakama ibn Malik ibn Hudhayfa ibn Badr al-Fazari· Muhammad
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/265
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.579
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Wadi al-Qura”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/wadi-al-qura/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.