Top 10 Facts about Madinah city........................

Today we will know few amazing facts about Madinah Munawwara.....................

1.

Before the advent of islam Madina city was called as Yathrib. It is supposed that this name was related to an Amalekite (amalique) king, Yathrib Mahlaeil.

2.

Madina city was established 1500 years before hijrah around 9th century BCE. There were 3 prominent jewish tribes were inhabited the city

a)Banu Qaynuqa,

b)Banu Qurayza,

c)Banu Nadir.

During persian empire's domination in hejaz banu qurayza served as tax collector for persian king.

3.

Early Muslim chronicler Ibn Ishaq tells of an ancient conflict between the last Yemenite king of the Himyarite Kingdom and the residents of Yathrib.

"When the king was passing by the oasis, the residents killed his son when he saw that he the Yemenite ruler threatened to exterminate the people and cut down the palms." 

According to Ibn Ishaq, he was stopped from doing so by two rabbis from the Banu Qurayza tribe. Rabbis told him that,

"it is the place "to which a prophet of the Quraysh would migrate in time to come, and it would be his home and resting-place."

The Yemenite king thus did not destroy the town and converted to Judaism.

4.

Eventually the Banu 'Aws and the Banu Khazraj became hostile to each other and by the time of prophet Muhammad (SAW) Hijrah (emigration) to Medina in 622, they had been fighting for 120 years and were sworn enemies.

To solve the ongoing feud, concerned residents of Yathrib met secretly with Muhammad (SAW) in 'Aqaba, a place outside Mecca, inviting him and his small group of believers to come to the city, where Muhammad could serve a mediator between the factions and his community could practice its faith freely.

5.

In 622 Hazrat Muhammad SAW with thier 70 sahaba left Mecca over a period of a few months for sanctuary in Yathrib, it was an event that transformed the religious and political landscape of the city completely.

the longstanding enmity between the Aus and Khazraj tribes was dampened as many of the two Arab tribes and some local Jews embraced the new religion of Islam.

6.

In the ten years following the hijra, Medina formed the base from which Hazrat Muhammad SAW and the Muslim army attacked and were attacked.

it was from here that he marched on Mecca, entering it without battle in 630. Despite Hazrat Muhammad SAW's tribal connection to Mecca, the growing importance of Mecca in Islam, the significance of the Ka'bah as the center of the Islamic world, as the direction of prayer (Qibla), and in the Islamic pilgrimage (Hajj), Muhammad SAW returned to Medina, which remained for some years the most important city of Islam and the base of operations of the early Rashidun Caliphate.

7.

Under the first three caliphs Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman, Medina was the capital of a rapidly increasing Muslim Empire.

During the reign of 'Uthman ibn al-Affan, the third caliph, a party of Arabs from Egypt, disgruntled at some of his political decisions.

Therefore they attacked Medina in 656 and assassinated Uthman ibn al-Affan in his own home.

Hazrat Ali, the fourth caliph, changed the capital of the caliphate from Medina to Kufa in Iraq for being in a more strategic location.

Since then, Medina's importance dwindled, becoming more a place of religious importance than of political power. Medina witnessed little to no economic growth during and after Ali's reign.

8.

Madina is home to several distinguished sites and landmarks, most of which are mosques and hold historic significance.

These include the three aforementioned mosques,

a)Masjid al-Fath (also known as Masjid al-Khandaq),

b)The Seven Mosques, 

c)The Baqi' Cemetery where the graves of many famous Islamic figures are presumed to be located; directly to the southeast of the Prophet's Mosque,

d)The Uhud mountain, site of the eponymous Battle of Uhud and

e)The King Fahd Glorious Qur'an Printing Complex where most modern Qur'anic Mus'hafs are printed.

9.

Madina has the noble prophets mosque which was built by the prophet himself in the first year after hijrah (622 AD). It is one of the largest mosque in the world.

Mount Uhud is also a significant place in Madina. Mount Uhud is the place where muslim forces led by Hazrat Muhammad SAW batteled quraish army.

The mountain rises about 3,500 feet (1,077 meters), and it can be climbed to better observe the battlefield.

Nearby is the Uhud Martyrs Cemetery, where 85 of the fallen Muslim soldiers are buried. Mount Uhud is northeast of Madina’s city center.

10.

As on today the public practice of any form of religion other than Islam is illegal; as it is an intention to disrespect islamic ideology.

However, the Saudi authorities accept the private practice of religions other than Islam, and you can bring a religious text into the country as long as it is for your personal use.

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