Ruqayya al-Kubra bint Ali · Islam Museum

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At a glance

Roles: companion-family
Era: The Prophetic Era
Region: Arabia
Identifiers: Wikidata

Life in time

The Early Abbasid Caliphate · The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: Abd al-A'la ibn Abdallah ibn Amir · Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan · Abd al-Malik ibn Abi Hurra · Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan · Abd al-Malik ibn Umayr

In space

Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph

Place in the story

Sunni (transmitted)

Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

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Connections

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Born in: Medina
Buried in: Mausoleum of Sayyida Ruqayya, Cairo

People and things also explored

Mosque of the Two Qiblas· Prophet's Mosque· The Sanctuary of Medina· Judaism in Arabia before Islam· Medina's society at the Hijra· Sabil (public water fountain)· The utum (tower-fortresses) of Yathrib· Restoration of the Abbasid Khutba in the Two Harams in 479

Sources

al-Alam — al-Zirikli

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islam.museum contributors. “Ruqayya al-Kubra bint Ali”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ruqayya-bint-ali/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-11.

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Mosque of the Two Qiblas

The Banu Salama mosque of Medina, named 'of the two qiblas' because the qibla was turned in it: Ibn Zabala reports that a man of Banu Salama reached them at dawn prayer with word of the change and they turned mid-prayer to the Kaaba — while al-Zamakhshari and the sira tradition make the change fall at zuhr when the Prophet had prayed two rak'as with his Companions, then turned to face the Mizab, the men and women exchanging places; Ibn Hajar reconciles the reports, and al-Majd notes that on Ibn Zabala's version Quba mosque would better deserve the name. Ibn Zabala ascribes the mosque to Banu Sawad ibn Ghanm of Banu Salama by al-Midhad, against al-Matari's ascription to Banu Haram.