al-Jurf

الجُرف

A place three miles from Medina, in the editors' reckoning; the Prophet ﷺ stopped there and Ali ibn Abi Talib (may God be pleased with him) caught up with him.

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al-Jurf: a place three miles from Medina according to the editors. The Prophet stopped there, and Ali ibn Abi Talib caught up with him. 1

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The museum's material on this place includes: events that took place here: 2.

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Site of
Ali is left in charge of the Prophet's family· The expedition of Usama ibn Zayd
Mentioned in
Muwatta 122· Muwatta 123· Muwatta 124· Muwatta 140· Muwatta 1414

People and things also explored

Muwatta, Book of Prayer· Ritual purity· Umar ibn al-Khattab· Abdullah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab· Muhammad· Sulayman ibn Yasar· Salah (the prescribed prayer)· The Battle of Mu'tah

Sources

  1. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/163
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Jurf”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/al-jurf/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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Muwatta, Book of Prayer

The Book of Prayer, first book of the Muwatta in Yahya ibn Yahya's recension (ed. Ma'ruf 1997): 590 reports in 139 babs, PDF pp. 33–303 of volume 1, from prayer times and purity through recitation, Friday, night prayer, travel, the two Eids, the qibla, the Qur'an, dhikr and du'a.