20 Places to visit in Madina munawara, Ziyarat Places in Madina

Ziyarat Places in Madina :Places to visit in Madina munawara

Have You been to Madina Munawwara? It is mesmerising. Right? Here I have compiled a comprehensive list of places to visit in Madina munawara and the Ziyarat places in Madina which can be of great help.

What are the Ziyarah Places in Madinah?Where to visit in Madina?

Mecca to Madina train

What is the importance of Mecca and Medina?

Mecca and Madina munawwara are the two sacred place in Islam the third bein Baitul Muqaddas, in Palestine. In Mecca is the Kaaba, the house of Allah and in Madina is Masjid nabawi, the Mosque of Prophet Muhammad Sallalahu alaihe wa sallam. Many Sahaba abd awliya have stepped on these places and it is the resting place of many sahaba ikram radi allahu anhum.

Madinah is the second holiest city on earth and is very highly regarded in Islam. It is located 400km north of Mecca, in the west of Saudi Arabia. People from all over the world come to visit it every year during the Holy Hajj and Umrah pilgrimage.

If You Want to Check the Ziyarat Place in Mecca, You can check this article :Ziyarat Place in Mecca

And What is the meaning of Ziyarat? Ziyarat is an Arabic word, meaning “visit” 

Some Facts about virtue of Madina:

1. Before the rise of Islam, this city was originally known as Yathrib and was renamed as Madinat an-Nabi (the Prophet’s City or city of the Prophet) after Prophet Mohammad’s death and later as al-Madinah al-Munawwarah (The Enlightened City). Not only is it the city with the fourth highest population but is also the capital of Madinah Province of Saudi Arabia.
2. The Prophet’s Mosque or Al-Masjid An-Nabawi was the second site built by the Holy Prophet in the first year of Hijra when he emigrated from Makkah to Madinah.
3. Located 6 km away from Madinah, the Quba Mosque was built in the village of Quba. It is believed that this might be the first mosque in the world that is in existence from the time of the Holy Prophet in the 7th century CE.
4. The Garden of Heaven or Jannat-al-Baqi, is amongst the first cemeteries of Madinah. This is the resting place of various scholars, companions and the Prophet’s family.
5. Do you know which was the first museum built in Madina? Al-Madinah Museum was the very first museum that was built in the city of Madinah. It portrays the history of Islam and also holds various archaeological collections, rare images of the city and visual galleries. There are at least 2000 artefacts depicting the rich and vibrant Islamic heritage in the museum.

Virtue of Madina Munawara:

“For the believer, Madina is the best place. If only they could understand it’s virtue fully, they would never leave it, and whoever departs from Madina, having become disenchanted with it, Allah will send someone better to replace him. And whoever bears patiently the ordeals of Madina, for him shall I be an intercessor(or witness) on the Day of Qiyamah.” [Muslim]

MADINA IS IMMUNE TO DAJJAL “There will be no town which Ad-Dajjal (the anti-Christ) will not enter except Makkah and Madinah, and there will be no entrance (road) but the angels will be standing in rows guarding it against him, and then Madinah will shake with its inhabitants thrice and Allah will expel all the nonbelievers and the hypocrites from it.” [Bukhari]

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Ziyarat Places in Madina

What holy sites are in Medina?

(1) MASJID-E-QUBA

• The virtue of Masjid Quba is mentioned in the following Quranic verse in Surah Taubah: “…certainly a masjid founded on piety from the very first day is more deserving that you should stand in it…” [9:108]
• Prophet  (Sallalahu alaihe wa sallam)  said: “He who purifies himself at his home and comes to Masjid Quba and offers two rakats therein, will be rewarded the reward of an Umrah (lesser pilgrimage).” [Sunan ibn Majah] .So,If you are going on a ziyarat to Madina ,make sure you read 2 rakat of Salah in Masjid Quba because it’s reward is equal to that of Hajj.

Quba Market Madina

suq Tamar the date market(image-twitter)

If you ask me , Which is the most special place of Madinah? It is definitely Masjid e Nabawi

(2) MASJID-E-NABAWI

Is Masjid al Nabawi a sacred place in Madina?

Masjid Nabawi is second to grand Mosque Haram in terms of being sacred place of Muslims.“One salah offered in my masjid is superior to one thousand salahs offered in other masjids except Masjid al-Haram (Makkah al-Mukarramah).”

Location chosen by Allah:When the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) migrated to Madinah (then called Yathrib), the chiefs of the city and his immediate followers rode around his camel in their best clothes and in glittering armour. Everyone was hoping he would stop by their house.

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) would answer everyone politely and kindly, “[This camel] is commanded by Allah; wherever it stops, that will be my home.” The camel moved on with slackened reins, reaching the site of the present masjid and knelt down.

The Prophet  (Sallalahu alaihe wa sallam) alighted and said, “This is the home” and inquired as to who owned the land. The land contained a few date trees, graves of polytheists, a resting spot for herds of cattle and was owned by two orphan brothers, Sahl and Suhail. (radi Allahu anhu) The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) purchased the land, had the trees cleared and the polytheists graves dug up and levelled

• Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) said: “Whoever performs forty salah in my masjid, not missing one salah in the masjid, for him is granted exemption from the fire of Hell, and exemption from punishment and he shall remain free of hypocrisy.” [Ahmad]
• Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) said:“One salah offered in my masjid is superior to one thousand salahs offered in other masjids except Masjid al-Haram (Makkah al-Mukarramah).” [Bukhari]
• Read 15 Rare Known facts about Masjid Nabawi

Places to visit in Madina munawara

(3)ROZA MUBARAK

• With regards visiting Madinah and performing the Ziyarah (visiting the grave of the Holy Prophet  (Sallalahu alaihe wa sallam)  the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) said: “Whoever visits me after my death is like he who had visited me during my life.” [Tabraani]
• “Whoever performs his Hajj in Makkah, then comes to Madinah with the sole aim of visiting me in my Masjid, for him shall be written (the rewards of) two accepted Hajj.” [Daylami] “
• When a person stands at my grave reciting blessings on me, I hear it; and whoever calls for blessings on me in any other place, his every need in this world and in the hereafter is fulfilled and on the day of Qiyamah I shall be his witness and intercessor.” [Bayhaqi]
• Read about My experience in Rawdah

(4) RIYAAD-UL-JANNAH The area between the Sacred Chamber and the Pulpit (Mimbar) is known as the Riadhul Jannah i.e. Garden of Paradise. It is presently distinguished by a green carpet and is also referred to as Rawdah.

• Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) said: “Between my house and my pulpit lays a garden from the gardens of Paradise, and my pulpit is upon my fountain (Al-Kauthar).” [Bukhari]
• Scholars have interpreted the above narration as follows: The Garden is parallel to a garden above it in Paradise. Or it is in reality a garden of paradise, which will be returned to paradise in the hereafter. Or it is like the gardens of paradise, because the peace and tranquility which is experienced in it when engaged in the remembrance of Allah resembles that of paradise. [Akhbar Madina tur Rasool, Ibn Najjar]
• See the Secrets Spots of Masjid Nabawi

(b) Ustuwaanah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her):

The Prophet  (Sallalahu alaihe wa sallam) used to say his prayers here and afterwards moved to the place at Ustuwaanah Hannanah. It is also called the Ustuwaanah Qu’rah. The reason for this is that Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) reports that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) said: “In this masjid is one such spot that if people knew the true blessed nature thereof, they would flock towards it in such in a manner to pray there they would have to cast such lots .”

People asked her to point out the exact spot which she refused to do. Later on, at the persistence of Abdullah bin Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) she pointed to this spot. Hence it is called Ustuwaanah Aisha, because the Hadith is reported by her and the exact spot was shown by her. It is a fact that Abu Bakr and Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) very often used to pray here.

So,Whe you go for Ziyarah, try to locate this spot .Unfortunately I do not have much information about the location of this spot because it is inaccessible to ladies.

5)Masjid E Juma

This is the first mosque where our Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad  (Sallalahu alaihe wa sallam)  offered the first Khutba of Juma Mubarak on Friday (Yum Al Juma).

6)Masjid Al Bilal

Masjid Bilal is named after a Companion of Muhammad SAW. Bilal was a former Abyssinian slave who accepted Islam. He was freed by Abu Bakar r.a. who purchased Bilal while Bilal was under torture by his master for revealing that he was a Muslim. He is well known for being the first Muslim to call the Adhan.

7)Masjid Abu Bakr

This was Home of Hazrat Abu Bakar Siddique which was later converted to a Masjid by Saudi Authroirities.

8) Bir Shifa

It is the Well of Shifa in Madina E Munawwara. This well had poisonous water it was converted into Well of Shifa after Mohammed  (Sallalahu alaihe wa sallam)  Spitted into the well (loaab e dahen) During the battle of Badr. Its Water is still Sweet.

9)Bir Uthman

There was a time in Madina when it faced huge shortage of water, due to lack of rainfall. All the wells were dried and barren. Only one well owned by a Jew had water in it. The Jew owner was very biased and sold water on very high prices to the Muslims, and offered absolutely free water to the Jews.

When this news reached the Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم he asked all the Muslims, “Anyone who wants a house in JANNAT should buy that well for the Muslims.”

This saying of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم reached Hazrat Usman bin Affan رضي الله عنه, that only buying a well can make house in Jannat, he instantly decided to buy that well. He went to that Jew and asked him his price for that well but he said to sell only half of it. Hazrat Usman رضي الله عنه bought half of the well and made it Waqf for the Muslims i.e. they could have as much free water as they wanted.

Now no one purchased water from that Jew, so he asked Hazrat Usman to buy the other half as well which he did happily. Since then this well is known as Bir Uthman.

10)Site of Battle of Trench (Khandaq)

The Battle of Khandaq took place during the time of Prophet  (Sallalahu alaihe wa sallam).It is also called as battle of Confederates and Surah Al Ahzab was revealed  to denote the confederacy of non-believers and Jews against Islam.Here there are Seven Masjids . A Trench was dug on the idea of Salman Al Farsi (Raliallahu Anhu). Prophet (Peace be upon him)

11)Bir e Ali

“Bir-e-Ali” or the Well of Ali [ra]. It is said that When returning from an expedition, the army of Ali radi allahu anhu once ran out of water. He dug this well from which water continues to flow even today. This place is not too far from Masjid Shajarah (Miqat)

(12)JANNAT-UL-BAQI

It is praiseworthy to ask Allah Ta’ala for a death in the city of His Final Messenger (Allah bless him and grant him peace), the illuminated Madinah. There is also a great significance in being buried in the al-Baqi’ graveyard. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) said, “On the day of Qiyamah my grave shall be opened first and I shall step forth. Then shall Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) step forth and then Umar (may Allah be pleased with him).

Then shall I proceed to Baqi and take all its inmates with me. Then shall we await the inmates of the graveyard of Makkah, who shall meet me halfway between Makkah and Madinah.”[Tirmidhi]

(13)MASJID-E-QIBLATAIN

This is Masjid Qiblatain (Mosque of the Two Qiblas). It is historically important to Muslims as this is where in Rajjab 2 AH the revelation of the Quran came to change the direction of the Qibla from Bait-al-Maqdis in Jerusalem to the Ka’bah in Makkah. THE START OF HOSTILITY BETWEEN JEWS AND MUSLIM

• The Jews were eagerly waiting for the arrival of a prophet who, according to their scriptures, would appear in Madinah. They used to taunt the local Arabs that when he did arrive, according to their prophesies, the Jews would destroy the pagans as the ancient people of Aad and Thamud had been destroyed for their idolatry. However, when they realized that the final prophet was chosen among the Arabs rather than from the Jews their pride got the better of them and they rejected him even though as the Quran mentions (in 2:146) they recognized him as they recognize their sons. In spite of this, there were some Jews who embraced Islam, most notably Hussain bin Salam, one of their most learned Rabbis. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) changed his name to Abdullah bin Salam.

• While it was a day of joy for the Muslims, it was a day of mourning for the Jews. The Muslims had now become completely independent of them and a prophecy in their old books had been fulfilled that the last of the great prophets would change the orientation of the religion of Allah from Jerusalem to the Ancient House of Ibrahim (upon him be peace). Their elders went as a body to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) and said that if he would change his orientation back to Jerusalem, then they would follow him.
• Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) revealed in the Quran in Surah al-Baqarah: “And even if thou broughtest unto those who have received the Scriptures all kinds of portents, they would not follow thy Qibla, nor canst thou be a follower of their Qibla; nor are some of them followers of the Qibla of others. And if thou shouldst follow their desires after the knowledge which has come unto thee, then surely wert thou of the evil doers.”[2:145]
• The Muslims began to have a distinctive character while the Jews began to grow closer to the hypocrites and the polytheists. Many of the Hypocrites reverted to either Judaism or paganism, thereby purifying the ranks of the Muslims.

(14)Mount Uhud :

uhud is a mountain of heaven and jabl-e Ayr,the second largest mountain after Uhud located at the southern boundery of madina is described as a mountain of hell.

• The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) declared, “Uhud is a mountain which loves us and which we love, it is upon the Gate of Heaven”adding, “And Ayr is a place which hates us and which we hate, it is upon the Gate of Hell.”
• ‘Ayr’ means a ‘wild ass’, whereas Uhud is derived from Ahad, meaning ‘one’, — so called because it is fated to be the place of victory to those who worship one God. The very names, say Muslim sages, make it abundantly evident that even as the men of Al-Madinah were of two parties, friendly and hostile to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him), so were these mountains.

(15)WADI-E -JINN

Last but not the least the thrill of visiting Madina is incomplete without visiting the wadi-e-jinn.It is around 30-40 km from Madina. here your car will run at 120kmph even when your engine is switched off and when  water is poured in the slope,it flows against the slope.

Well there are scientific theories behind this place but if you wan’t to amaze someone go to this place.It is a thrill to be there.

Reference: (1) The life of Muhammad – Tahia Al-Ismail(2)History of Madinah Munawwarah – Dr. Muhammad Ilyas Abdul Ghani, (3)Wikipedia,

Masjid Ghamama

Masjid Ghamama,The Prophet ﷺ led Eid prayer here More famously known as the location the Prophet ﷺ prayed for rain

Finally,

16. Do visit the Old market of Madina and the Noor mall.

Visiting Old Bazaar is an out-of-the-world experience as you look for the souvenirs, Islamic designs and unique Arabian products. Located on one of the major streets of Madinah, it is crowded at all times. It is a great place to explore during the weekends. Check out various interesting themes, vibrant designs, and Arabian merchandise here.

Noor mall is open from 10 AM to 11 PM from Monday to Thursday and Saturday to Sunday. On Fridays, it is open from 1:30 AM to 11 PM.

17. Madina Media museum

If you have time, you can also visit the Madina Media Museum. In the museum, there are many artefacts that will give you a deeper insight into the rise of Islam and various events that followed. First specialized museum in Madinah, it showcases the rich history and culture of the city while also recounting the life of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). The museum also displays a huge collection of rare paintings and images of Madinah. There is a theatre too for enjoyment.

18. Garden of Hazrat Salman Farsi (RA)

This garden is located near Masjid Quba. The garden still has those date palms and grows tons of dates. 

The garden where Muhammad sallalahu alaihe wa sallam planted 300 date tress to free Salman Al Farsi ra.

19. Islamic University

The Islamic University was founded in 1961 by the government of Saudi Arabia and specializes in Islamic subjects.

20. yanbu

It is the a round 2 and half hour from Madina. I have lived here for 2 years alhumdulillah. It is beautifies with beautiful scenery of the beaches. Alhumdulillah !

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