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The Prophet stayed in the blessed village of Quba upon arriving near Medina, establishing the first mosque in Islam.
When the Prophet ﷺ and his companion Abu Bakr reached the outskirts of Medina, they stayed at Quba, where the locals welcomed them with joy. During his stay, the Prophet founded the blessed Mosque of Quba, praised in the Qur'an as founded on piety from the first day, with early Muslims enthusiastically helping lay its stones.
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The pivotal first stop of the Prophet ﷺ and Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may God be pleased with him) on the outskirts of Medina in Rabi' al-Awwal of the first year of the Hijra (September 622 CE). Lodging with Kulthum ibn al-Hidm (may God be pleased with him) among the clan of Banu Amr ibn Awf at Quba, the Prophet spent several days laying the foundation for the Mosque of Quba, commemorated in the Qur'an as the mosque founded upon piety from its very first day. Marking the safe conclusion of the Hijra and the threshold of the Medinan commonwealth, Quba remained a venerated site that the Prophet visited regularly.
Summary
The welcome
Medina's Muslims would go out each morning to the harra watching for him until the midday heat drove them back, until a Jew sighted them from atop a fort and cried at the top of his voice: people of Arabia — here is your awaited fortune! The Muslims leapt to arms and went out to meet him 2 3. They received him and greeted him with the greeting of prophethood; Abu Bakr rose before the people while the Prophet ﷺ sat silently, until Abu Bakr shaded him with his cloak and the people knew him 2.
The stay and the mosque
The Prophet lodged with Kulthum ibn al-Hidm — the likelier view — or, it is said, Sa'd ibn Khaythama; he stayed at Quba four days on Ibn Ishaq's account, which the author chose (Bukhari has twenty-four, fourteen-odd and fourteen nights), and he founded Quba's mosque and prayed in it — the first mosque founded on God-consciousness after the prophethood 4.
Ali caught up with them at Quba after staying three days in Mecca to return on the Prophet's behalf the deposits people had left with him, then emigrating on foot 5 6.
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Connections
- Had participant
- Kulthum ibn al-Hidm· Muhammad· Ali ibn Abi Talib· Abu Bakr al-Siddiq
- Occurred at
- Quba
- Part of
- The Hijra
People and things also explored
The Hijra· The journey from the cave of Thawr to Medina and the entry into the city· The Battle of Badr· The Prophet's escape from his house on the night of the Hijra and the hiding in the cave of Thawr· Mecca· Medina· The first Friday prayer· The three nights in the cave of Thawr
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , pp. 170-172
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p. 171
- Sahih al-Bukhari
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p. 172
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , pp. 171-172
- Zad al-Ma'ad — Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi
- Wafa al-Wafa bi-akhbar dar al-Mustafa — al-Samhudi (older print)
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islam.museum contributors. “The sojourn at Quba”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/quba-sojourn/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-25.