At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Overview
al-Safa: a small hill on the right of someone entering Mecca from the direction of the Ka'ba. The Prophet climbed it, gathered the clans of Quraysh, and called out to them a warning (the proclamation from al-Safa). 1.
In The Sealed Nectar
The book mentions it in two places: when the Prophet climbed it and called out "O Banu Fihr" and "O Banu Adi", and the tribes gathered to him; and when the house of al-Arqam ibn Abi al-Arqam was on al-Safa, and the Prophet made it the centre of his call and of his gatherings with the Muslims. 1 2. There Hamza struck Abu Jahl with his bow when he insulted the Prophet in its presence, and he became a Muslim. 3.
What is not mentioned here
The book does not describe the hill or the places of circling and running around it; the rulings of jurisprudence about them need their own sources.
For young visitors
Al-Safa is a small hill near the Ka'ba. The Prophet climbed it and called the people of Mecca to hear his message.
Connections
- Located in
- Mecca
- Contains
- Dar al-Arqam
- Mentioned in
- Qur'an 2:158
People and things also explored
Dar al-Nadwa· The Kaaba· Al-Masjid Al-Haram· Idol worship in the Jahiliyya and its rites· The offices of Quraysh at Mecca· Restoration of the Abbasid Khutba in the Two Harams in 479· Abu Jahl's plan to crush the Prophet's head with a stone· Abu Talib gathers Banu Hashim and Banu al-Muttalib
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.79
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.92
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.100
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Safa”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/al-safa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.