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Madinah
Munawwarah

Virtues and Etiquettes
Visiting the Raudha
Mubaarak
Significant Places

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ntr!ducti!n
The hear% o& ever/ Believer is closel/
a%%ached %o Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam) and his !lessed ci%/. 3ence0
ever/ Muslim aspires %o under%a.e a
4ourne/ %o visi% %he Raudha Mubaarak and
o&&er his Salaams direc%l/ %o %he mos%
!eloved o& Allah Ta`ala 5 Rasulullah
(Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam).
This 4ourne/ is a means o& grea% spiri%ual
upli&%men% and inner6puri&ica%ion.
3o-ever0 due %o lac. o& .no-ledge or
neglec%0 man/ people merel/ pass %hrough
as %ouris%s0 %here!/ depriving %hemselves
o& %he immense vir%ues and !ene&i%s. In
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&ac%0 due %o disrespec% and disregard &or
%he sanc%i%/ o& %he !lessed places0 man/
re%urn -orse o&&.
In order %o ac1uain% %he general pu!lic
-i%h %he !asic .no-ledge -i%h regard %o
%he sacred places as -ell as %he e%i1ue%%es0
a series o& %al.s -ere held in man/
Masaajid o& ur!an !/ various spea.ers.
Alhamdulillah0 %hese programs -ere
received -ell and man/ expressed %he
!ene&i% %he/ a%%ained %here &rom. This
!oo.le% in /our hand is a compila%ion o&
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%he summar/ o& %he %al.s delivered on %his
su!4ec%.
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Ma/ Allah Ta`ala ma.e i% a means o&
!ene&i% &or %he Ummah a% large and !less
ever/ person visi%ing Madinah
Munawwarah -i%h %he love o& Rasulullah
(Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) and re%urn
him7her comple%el/ puri&ied0 Aameen.


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Madinah Munawwarah
9ords canno% descri!e %he love and
a%%achmen% %ha% ever/ Believer possesses
&or Madinah Munawwarah. I% is %he arden%
-ish and desire o& ever/ Believer %o !e
presen% in Madinah Munawwarah a% all
%imes and en4o/ %he sereni%/0 peace and
!lessings %ha% are &ound in %he !lessed
ci%/.
Virtues !f Madinah Munawwarah
Indeed0 Madinah Munawwarah is %he env/
o& all %he ci%ies in %he -orld0 &or i% holds
-i%hin i%s soil %he !es% o& all crea%ion0
Sayyiduna Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihi
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Wasallam). The grea% &or%une and
pre&erence a&&orded %o Madinah
Munawwarah can !e easil/ seen in %he &ac%
%ha% Allah Ta`ala speci&icall/ chose i% &or
%he ijrat :migra%ion;0 residence and
res%ing place o& !abi (Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam). I% is a place a!ounding -i%h
!lessings. Be i% %he s.ies0 %he sand0 %he air0
ever/%hing in Madinah Munawwarah is
!lessed. The Ahaadeeth men%ion man/
vir%ues o& Madinah Munawwarah. <e- o&
-hich are men%ioned !elo-.
"Allah Ta`ala named Madinah
Munawwarah as =Taabah# :%he pure
one;>. :Saheeh Muslim ?33#(;
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@I -as commanded %o migra%e %o such
a ci%/ %ha% devours :supersedes; all
o%her ci%ies. The/ call i% $athrib0
-hereas i% is Madinah. I% expells evil
ones 4us% as a &urnace removes %he dir%
o&& iron.> :Saheeh %ukhari ?"*(";
!abi (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) made
special &u`aa &or Madinah
MunawwarahA @O AllahB Cran% Madinah
Munawwarah dou!le %he !lessings Dou
gran%ed Makkah Mukarramah.> :Saheeh
%ukhari ?"**#;
@9hoever !ears %he di&&icul%ies and
hardships o& Madinah Munawwarah
-i%h &or!earance0 I shall in%ercede or
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!e a -i%ness &or him on %he a/ o&
'iyaamah.> :Saheeh Muslim ?3344;
Etiquettes !f Madinah Munawwarah
I% is indeed a grea% honour and privilege
&or a person %o under%a.e %his spec%acular
4ourne/ and !ecome %he neigh!our o&
Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) &or a
&e- da/s. In order %o %a.e maximum
!ene&i% &rom %his grea% ci%/ and %o avoid
re%urning emp%/6handed0 one is re1uired
%o adop% %he proper conduc%. There are
man/ aspec%s a person needs %o consider
-hile in Madinah Munawwarah0 !u% &or %he
sa.e o& !revi%/ 4us% a &e- are men%ioned
!elo-.
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One needs %o correc% his in%en%ion
&rom home. One needs %o as. onesel&
=-h/ am I under%a.ing %his 4ourne/EF
I% is indeed a grea% calami%/ &or one %o
under%a.e such a momen%ous 4ourne/
-i%h an incorrec% in%en%ion such as
!oas%ing0 sho-ing o&& or shopping0
e%c. OneFs in%en%ion should !e %o visi%
!abi (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) and %o
presen% salaam direc%l/ %o him. 9ha% a
grea% good6&or%uneB !abi (Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam) has s%a%ed0 @9hoever
comes %o visi% me -i%h no o%her
mo%ive :driving him %o come %o me;0
%hen i% is a righ% upon me %o in%ercede
on his !ehal& on %he a/ o&
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'iyaamah(> :Al)Mu`jamul *abeer
?"3"49;
uring %he 4ourne/ %o Madinah
Munawwarah0 oneFs en%husiasm and
exci%emen% should increase0 since one
is !eing !lessed -i%h %he oppor%uni%/
o& visi%ing oneFs !eloved. One should
reci%e a!undan% &ur++d as -ell as read
and discuss %he li&e o& Rasulullah
(Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam)0 so %ha% %he
love &or Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam) is increased and %he
%hough%s are &ocussed on him. These
&eelings should escala%e and increase
as one comes closer and closer %o
Madinah Munawwarah.
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One should no% harm0 spea. ill0 or
hur% %he &eelings o& %he people o&
Madinah Munawwarah. The/ are %he
neigh!ours o& Rasulullah (Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam). Go ma%%er -ha%
colour %he/ ma/ !e0 -he%her %he/ are
Ara! or no%0 -e mus% respec% %hem
!ecause %he/ are %he people o& %he ci%/
o& Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam). In one adeeth0 !abi
(Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) men%ionsA
@9hoever plo%s agains% %he people o&
Madinah Munawwarah0 he -ill !e
des%ro/ed 4us% as sal% dissolves in
-a%er.> :Saheeh %ukhari ?"*((;
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One should cons%an%l/ reci%e &ur++d
Sharee, -hile in Madinah Munawwarah.
One should ensure %ha% all his Salaah
are per&ormed in Musjid !abawi. !abi
(Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) men%ionedA
@A single Salaah in m/ Musjid is !e%%er
%han a %housand Salaah in an/ o%her
Musjid excep% Musjidul araam.>
:Saheeh %ukhari ?""9);
One should endeavour %o adop% %he
Sunnah a%%ire a% all %imes0 especiall/
-hile in Madinah Munawwarah.
$pecial care should !e sho-n %o
leng%hening %he !eard0 .eeping %he
pan%s a!ove %he an.les0 -earing %he
T+pee0 e%c.
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9omen should !e par%icular o&
o!serving ijaab and !i-aab0 ensuring
%heir &aces are covered. 9hile %his
mus% !e o!served a% all %imes0 %he ver/
leas% is %o adop% i% in %hese hol/ lands
as a %o.en o& respec%. .nshallah %here is
hope %ha% !/ a&&ording %he ijaab and
!i-aab %heir due impor%ance in %hese
lands0 one -ill !e !lessed -i%h %he
a!ili%/ o& o!serving i% %hroughou%
oneFs li&e.
One should !e -a%ch&ul o& oneFs
compan/ and should no% !e
in&luenced !/ %he -rong ideologies o&
o%hers0 since all %/pes o& people are
&ound in %hese hol/ lands.
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One mus% !e ex%remel/ cau%ious o&
commi%%ing an/ sin on %his sacred
land. Gegligence should no% !e sho-n
%o an/ sin0 more especiall/
in%ermingling o& men and -omen0
-a%ching %elevision0 %a.ing pho%os o&
anima%e o!4ec%s0 e%c. Hus% as re-ards
are mul%iplied in %hese !lessed lands0
so %oo are sins increased and regarded
more seriousl/ in %he cour% o& Allah
Ta`ala.
One should spare some %ime and visi%
%he various his%orical si%es in Madinah
Munawwarah and i%s surroundings
such as Musjid 'ubaa/ %adr/ Uhud e%c0
%o !ring !ac. %he memories o& !abi
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(Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) and %he
Sahaabah (Radiyallahu Anhum) and
%heir sacri&ices &or %he cause o& .slam.
Ma.e &u`aa &or dea%h in Madinah
Munawwarah. As Umar (Radiyallahu
Anhu) made &u`aa0 @O Allah0 gran% me
mar%/rdom in Dour pa%h and gran%
me dea%h in %he ci%/ o& Dour !eloved
(Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam).> :Saheeh
%ukhari ?"*9);



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VST"# T$E RAUDHA
MUBAARAK
Virtues !f %isiting the Raudha
Mubaarak:
Presen%ing onesel& in %he cour% o&
Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) is
one o& %he grea%es% ac%s o& -orship0 &or
-hich grea% re-ards and vir%ues have
!een promised in %he Ahaadeeth.
3ereunder are a &e- vir%uesA
@M/ in%ercession !ecomes necessar/
&or %he one -ho visi%s m/ grave.>
:Sunan &aara-utni ?269#7Shu`abul .maan
?3*62;
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@Iisi%ing me a&%er m/ dea%h is a.in %o
visi%ing me during m/ li&e%ime.> :Sunan
&aara-utni ?26947Shu`abul .maan ?3*##;
@The one -ho visi%s me -i%h %his !eing
his sole in%en%ion -ill !e in m/
compan/ on %he da/ o& 'iyaamah.>
:Shu`abul .maan ?3*#6;
:A de%ailed discussion on %he au%hen%ici%/ o& %hese
narra%ions can !e seen in %he !oo. Shi,aaus Si-aam
li 0iyaarati *hairil Anaam o& %he adeeth Mas%er
Ta-iyyud &een As)Subki :Rahimahullah; and o%her
de%ailed -or.s on %his su!4ec%.;
One o& %he grea%es% vir%ues is %ha% -hen a
person presen%s himsel& !e&ore Rasulullah
(Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) and o&&ers his
salaam0 Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi
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Wasallam) personall/ lis%ens and replies %o
his salaam. :$ee Shi,aaus Si-aam and Al-+ulul
%adee` o& Shamsud &een As)Sakhaawi Rahimahullah;
Toge%her -i%h %he vir%ues0 visi%ing %he
Raudha Mubaarak has al-a/s !een %he
prac%ice o& %he Ummah since %he %ime o&
%he Sahaabah (Radiyallahu Anhum).
Mulla `Ali 'ari :Rahimahullah; 5 %he grea%
'ari0 Mu,assir0 Muhaddith and 1a-eeh 5
-ri%esA @Iisi%ing Rasulullah (Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam) is one o& %he grea%es% ac%s
o& -orship0 mos% vir%uous o& deeds0 mos%
promising means o& a%%aining high ran.s
and is close %o %he posi%ion o& %he
compulsor/ ac%s according %o %he
consensus o& %he Muslims0 regardless o&
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%hose -ho oppose %his vie-.> :Manaasik
Mulla `Ali 'ari pg. #)2;
B/ %his las% s%a%emen% Mulla `Ali 'ari
:Rahimahullah; re&ers %o some people -ho
do no% ascri!e %o an/ Mazhab. Jnder %he
pre%ex% o& direc%l/ &ollo-ing %he 'uraan
and adeeth %he/ con%radic% %he en%ire
Ummah and !aselessl/ claim %ha% i% is
impermissi!le %o %ravel %o Madinah
Munawwarah -i%h %he in%en%ion o& visi%ing
Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam).
3o-ever0 %his vie- is agains% %he prac%ice
o& %he Sahaabah and Taabi`een and is %he
direc% resul% o& a!andoning %he &ollo-ing
o& %he illus%rious .maams o& 1i-h.
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'aadhi `.yaadh :Rahimahullah; sa/sA
@Iisi%ing %he 'abr o& Rasulullah (Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam) is an accep%ed and
unanimousl/ agreed prac%ice amongs% %he
Muslims and an encouraged vir%uous
deed.> :Shi,aaus Si-aam pg. #3;
Etiquettes !f %isiting the Raudha
Mubaarak:
9hen visi%ing %he Raudha Mubaarak is
such an impor%an% and meri%orious ac%0
%hen o!viousl/ i% deserves u%mos% respec%
and e%i1ue%%e. There are man/ e%i1ue%%es
o& visi%ing %he Raudha Mubaarak0 %he
de%ails o& -hich are no% -i%hin %he scope
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o& %his ar%icle. 3o-ever a &e- shall !e
lis%ed !elo-A
In principle0 -e should unders%and
%ha% during %he en%ire 4ourne/ %o
Madinah Munawwarah and %he visi% %o
%he Raudha Mubaarak0 %he main
elemen% is love. I& one has %rue love
&or Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam)0 %hen no one needs %o
ins%ruc% him ho- he should conduc%
himsel& in %he es%eemed presence o&
Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam).
All %hese e%i1ue%%es -ould !e
displa/ed ins%inc%ivel/ !/ him.
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The in%en%ion &or visi%ing Madinah
Munawwarah should !e purel/ %o visi%
Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam).
One should no% &eel %ha% he is visi%ing
a dead person0 ra%her i% is %he !elie& o&
%he Ahlus Sunnah wal 2amaa`ah %ha%
Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam) is alive in his grave. :8e&er %o
Shi,aaus Si-aam/ Al-+ulul %adee` and o%her
de%ailed !oo.s on %his su!4ec%.;
Jpon reaching Madinah Munawwarah0
one should se%%le do-n as 1uic.l/ as
possi!le :-i%hou% rushing;0 %a.e a
!a%h0 -ear oneFs !es% clo%hes and
appl/ `.tr :as one does on %he da/s o&
2umu`ah and `3id;.
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Proceed %o %he Musjid !abawi .eeping
in mind %he sacredness o& %he land
upon -hich one is -al.ing. Be
a!solu%el/ gra%e&ul %o Allah Ta`ala &or
!es%o-ing one -i%h %his grea%
oppor%uni%/ despi%e no% !eing -or%h/
o& i%.
I% is pre&era!le %o give some Sada-ah
!e&ore presen%ing onesel& a% %he
Raudha Mubaarak.
Kn%er %he Musjid &ul&illing all %he
e%i1ue%%es.
8ead %-o Rakaats o& Tahiyyatul Musjid0
pre&era!l/ in %he Riyaadhul 2annah i&
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possi!le0 o%her-ise in an/ o%her place
in %he Musjid.
Kngage in &u`aa0 !/ &irs%l/ %han.ing
Allah Ta`ala &or a&&ording one %his
grea% oppor%uni%/ and secondl/
!egging 3im &or 3is &orgiveness.
Therea&%er0 one should implore Allah
Ta`ala %o cleanse oneFs hear% and ma.e
one !e&i%%ing o& appearing !e&ore %he
augus% presence o& Rasulullah
(Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam).
Proceed %o %he Raudha Mubaarak -i%h
u%mos% respec%0 -i%h %he hear%
!rimming -i%h %he love o& Rasulullah
(Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) and -i%h
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%he %ongue cons%an%l/ engaged in
&ur++d.
Presen% onesel& !e&ore Rasulullah
(Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) and o&&er
oneFs Salaam %o him imagining him
repl/ing %o %he Salaam and -i%h %he
&ull convic%ion %ha% he does repl/ %o
%he Salaam.
Ins%ead o& reading %he Salaam &rom a
card or !oo. in parro%6&ashion0 one
should ra%her o&&er shor% &orms o&
Salaam -i%h &ull concen%ra%ion0 e.g.
"As Salaatu was Salaamu `alaika ya
Rasulallah4 or "As Salaamu `alaika
Ayyuhan !abiyyu wa rahmatullahi wa
%arakaatuh4.
2#

Lonve/ %he Salaams o& o%hers in %his
manner0 "As Salaatu was Salaamu
`alaika ya Rasulallah min :%he personFs
name;>.
8e1ues% Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam) &or his in%ercession on %he
a/ o& 'iyaamah.
Kngage in &u`aa %o Allah Ta`ala &or all
oneFs needs. There is grea% hope o&
%his &u`aa !eing accep%ed.
8emain s%anding in &ron% o& %he
Raudha Mubaarak &or as long as one
remains &ocused.
Move sligh%l/ %o %he righ% and o&&er
Salaam %o Abu %akr (Radiyallahu Anhu)
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in %hese -ords0 "As Salaamu `alaika ya
Aba %akr40 and move &ur%her %o %he
righ% and o&&er Salaam %o `Umar
(Radiyallahu Anhu) sa/ing0 "As
Salaamu `alaika ya `Umar4.
I& one &ollo-s %hese &e- guidelines0 -i%h
concen%ra%ion and %he correc% &rame o&
mind0 i% -ill !e a means o& receiving
%remendous !ene&i% &rom %his visi% %o %he
Raudha Mubaarak0 .nsha)Allah.
Ma/ Allah Ta`ala !less us -i%h %he
oppor%uni%/ o& presen%ing our impure
souls and !odies in %he es%eemed cour% o&
Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) over
and over again -i%h %rue love and respec%0
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and %hen re%urning &rom %here puri&ied
and &orgiven0 Aameen.

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Significant &laces in
Madinah Munawwarah
The en%ire ci%/ o& Madinah Munawwarah is
!lessed. Hus% as %he soil o& Madinah
Munawwarah is sacred0 li.e-ise %he s.ies
a!ove Madinah Munawwarah are also
!lessed. The ci%/ -hich -as chosen %o !e
%he residence o& %he Crea%es% o& all
humani%/ and %he Meader o& %he Prophe%s
:Alayhimus Salaam; can never !e 4us% li.e
an/ o%her ordinar/ %rac% o& land. Allamah
Samh++di :Rahimahullah; enumera%es
nine%/ nine vir%ues o& Madinah
Munawwarah in his magnum opus0 Wa,aa
ul Wa,aa/ and %herea&%er adds0 @N%hese
-ere %he vir%ues %ha% I could remem!er.
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3o-ever0 %he reali%/ is %ha% %arakaat
:special !lessings o& Allah Ta`ala; are
-idespread all over %he en%ire ci%/>.
3o-ever0 %here are cer%ain places -i%hin
Madinah Munawwarah %ha% have addi%ional
signi&icance. The purpose &or visi%ing
%hese places should !e %o re.indle %he
.maani spiri% -i%hin ourselves and our
&amilies. I% mus% no% !e a =mere %ourF o&
%hese Mubaarak places. 8a%her0 -e should
re%urn &illed -i%h %he grea% -eal%h o&
.maan0 admira%ion0 respec%0 and love &or
Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) and
%he Sahaabah :Radiyallahu Anhum;. This can
!e achieved !/ educa%ing ourselves and
our &amilies -i%h %he grea%ness o& %hese
3)

Mubaarak places. 3ence0 -e -ill !egin %o
realise %he signi&icance o& %hese places and
no% regard %hem li.e an/ o%her holida/
des%ina%ion0 -here %he o!4ec% is mere
en%er%ainmen%.
<ur%hermore0 %hese places have %arakah0
and !/ visi%ing %hem one a%%ains %hese
!lessings. On %he occasion o& Mi`raaj0 !abi
(Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) -as ins%ruc%ed
%o per&orm Salaah on Moun% $inai0 -here
Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta`ala) spo.e %o Musa
:Alaihis Salaam;. Therea&%er0 he -as %a.en
%o %ait 5aham :Be%hlehem; %o per&orm
Salaah -here .saa :Alayhis Salaam; -as
!orn0 and %herea&%er %o %ait ul Mu-addas
:Sunan !asai ?4#";. The Muhadditheen
3"

explain %ha% Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam) -as %a.en %o %hese places due %o
%heir addi%ional signi&icance. There are
numerous Ahaadeeth a!ou% %he Sahaabah
:Radiyallahu Anhum; visi%ing %hose places
-here Ga!i (Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam) had per&ormed his Salaah.
Abdullah ibn Umar (Radiyallahu
Anhuma) -ould per&orm salaah in %hose
places -hich Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam) visi%ed en6rou%e %o Makkah
Mukarramah :Saheeh %ukhari ?4*3;. On %he
occasion o& %he con1ues% o& Makkah -hen
Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam) en%ered %he *a`bah 0 .bnu Umar
:Radiyallahu Anhuma; rushed %o %ilal
:Radiyallahu Anhu; %o en1uire &rom him
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exac%l/ -here Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam) per&ormed his Salaah :Saheeh
%ukhari ?39(;. Salama ibn Akwa`
:Radiyallahu Anhu; -ould %a.e pains in
per&orming his Salaah a% %he spo% &rom
-here Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam) -ould lead %he Salaah :Saheeh
%ukhari ?#)2;.
These are a &e- examples o& %he Sahaabah
:Radiyallahu Anhum; o!%aining %arakah
&rom %hese sacred places.
Amongs% %he signi&ican% places o& Madinah
Munawwarah areA
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The Raudah 'garden( !f Jannah
8asulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) has
men%ionedA @The area !e%-een m/ house
and m/ Mimbar :pulpi%; is a garden o&
2annah.> :Saheeh %ukhari ?""9#; The
ma4ori%/ o& scholars are o& %he vie- %ha%
%his adeeth is in i%s li%eral sense. In reali%/
%ha% land is &rom 2annah and -ill !e
re%urned %o 2annah. SubhanallahB 9ha%
privilege can %here !e grea%er %han %hisEB
9i%hin %his garden o& 2annah0 %here are
cer%ain pillars -hich mar. signi&ican%
places. $ome o& %hese pillars areA
Ustuwaanatu )Aaisha 6 Pillar o& 2Aaisha
:Radiyallahu Anha;. Once0 a group o&
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s%uden%s -ere in %he house o& 2Aaisha
:Radiyallahu Anha; -hen she said %o
%hemA @I heard !abi (Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam) sa/ing0 @In m/ Musjid %here is a
cer%ain place0 had people .no-n %he
vir%ue o& i%0 %he/ -ould cas% lo%s in order
%o ge% a chance %o per&orm salaah %here.>
:Al)Mu`jamul Awsat ?*62; Ma%er on0 2Aaisha
:Radiyallahu Anha; poin%ed ou% %his spo% %o
her nephe-0 2Urwah bin 0ubayr
:Rahimahullah;. Toda/ %here is a pillar
!uil% a% %his spo% .no-n as Ustuwaanah
`Aaisha :The pillar o& 2Aaisha;. The
Muhaajireen :Radiyallahu Anhum; -ould
ga%her around %his pillar.
3#

Ustuwaanat ut Taubah ) Pillar o&
8epen%ance. This is -here Abu 5ubaabah
:Radiyallahu Anhu; %ied himsel& in
a%onemen% &or his crime. &u`aas are
accep%ed a% %his spo%. This -as also %he
place -here Abdullah ibn Umar
:Radiyallahu Anhuma; and .maam Maalik
:Rahimahullah; -ould si%. I% is recorded in
Wa,aa ul Wa,aa %ha% !abi (Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam) -ould si% !/ %his pillar a&%er ,ajr
salaah.
Ustuwaanat us Sareer ) Pillar o& %he Bed.
This is -here Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam) -ould sleep during .`tikaa,.
Ustuwaanat ul Wufood ) Pillar o&
elega%ions. This is -here Rasulullah
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(Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) -ould receive
delega%ions and %each %hem a!ou% Islam.
Ustuwaanat ul Haras ) Pillar o& %he
Cuard. This is -here some Sahaabah li.e
2Ali :Radiyallahu Anhu; -ould si%0
guarding Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam) -hils% he -as a% home. :Wa,aa
ul Wa,aa)
Jannatul Baqee`
The grave/ard o& Madinah Munawwarah. I%
is also .no-n as %a-ee` ul 6har-ad. .maam
Maalik :Rahimahullah; is 1uo%ed %o have
said %ha% TKG T3OJ$AG Sahaabah
:Radiyallahu Anhum; are !uried here
:Wa,aa ul Wa,aa).
3(

The &irs% person %o s%and up &rom his
grave0 a% %he %ime o& resurrec%ion0 -ill !e
Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam)0
&ollo-ed !/ Abu %akr :Radiyallahu
Anhu; and Umar :Radiyallahu Anhu;.
Therea&%er %he/ -ill proceed %o %he
inma%es o& %a-ee2 and su!se1uen%l/ %he/
-ill !e resurrec%ed. :Musnadul %azzaar
?6"43;
2Aaisha :Radiyallahu Anha; repor%s %ha%
a&%er %he ajjatul Widaa` :The <are-ell
3a44;0 Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam) -ould visi% 2annatul %a-ee`
-henever i% -as her %urn %o !e -i%h 3im
(Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam). :Sunan !asai
?2)4";
3*

Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) -as
commanded !/ Allah Ta`ala %o see.
&orgiveness on !ehal& o& %he inma%es o&
%a-ee`. 3ence0 one nigh% !abi (Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam) -en% %o %he grave/ard
and spen% a long %ime -i%h his hands
raised in &u`aa &or %he people o& %a-ee`.
:Saheeh Muslim ?22#67Sunan !asai ?2)39;
Amongs% %he s%ars o& guidance O%he
Sahaabah :Radiyallahu anhum;P -ho are
!uried here is none o%her %han 2Uthmaan
:Radiyallahu Anhu;. 3ence0 ever/ visi%or %o
Madinah Munawwarah should visi% %a-ee`
a% leas% once0 &ul&illing %he Sunnah o&
Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) and
ma.ing &u`aa &or %he inma%es o& %a-ee`.
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Bear in mind %he &u`aa o& 2Umar
:Radiyallahu Anhu;A O AllahB Cran% me
mar%/rdom in /our pa%h and allo- m/
grave %o !e in %he ci%/ o& Dour Rasul
(Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam). 8e&lec% over
%he sel&less sacri&ice o& %he Sahaabah
:Radiyallahu Anhum; and %he ex%en% o& %he
sinceri%/ o& %he love %he inma%es o& %a-ee`
had0 %ha% Allah Ta`ala has !lessed %hem
-i%h %he compan/ o& Rasulullah (Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam) &orever. O AllahB Dou
gran% us a &rac%ion o& %heir love and gran%
%hem %he !es% o& re-ards. Aameen.
Musid !ubaa
The ver/ &irs% Musjid %o !e !uil% a&%er %he
ijrah -as Musjid 'ubaa. !abi (Sallallahu
4)

Alaihi Wasallam) himsel& par%icipa%ed in i%s
cons%ruc%ion. Allah Ta`ala has descri!ed i%
as =a Musjid -hich has !een &ounded on
Ta-waF. !abi (Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam) -ould visi% %he Musjid o& 'ubaa
ever/ $a%urda/. Usayd bin 0uhayr
:Radiyallahu Anhu; repor%s %ha% !abi
(Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) saidA @:The
re-ard o&; a Salaah in Musjid 'ubaa e1uals
:%he re-ard o&; an Umrah.> :Sunan Tirmizi
?324;
Umar :Radiyallahu Anhu; once visi%ed
Musjid 'ubaa and per&ormed %-o Rakaah
o& Salaah. Therea&%er he as.ed &or a !room
and !egan s-eeping %he Musjid -i%h his
o-n hands. On %his occasion he
4"

men%ioned %o %hose around him0 @3ad
%his Musjid :o& 'ubaa; !een in some
remo%e corner o& %he -orld0 I -ould have
de&ini%el/ under%a.en a 4ourne/ %o visi%
i%.> (Wa,aa ul Wa,aa)
9hile visi%ing 'ubaa0 re&lec% on %he grea%
sacri&ice o& Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam) and %he Sahaabah :Radiyallahu
anhum;. 8e&lec% on ho- %he/ sacri&iced
%heir -eal%h0 &riends0 ci%/ and prac%icall/
ever/%hing &or %he sa.e o& &een. A% %he
leas%0 -e should sacri&ice our desires &or
%he sa.e o& Allah Ta`ala and !abi (Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam).
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M!unt Uhud and Martyrs
To %he nor%h o& Musjid !abawi lies %he
moun%ain o& Uhud. Apar% &rom %he vir%ues
%his Moun%ain holds0 i% also has a grea%
impor%ance in %he his%or/ o& .slam.
@<our moun%ains are &rom 2annah>0 !abi
(Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) is repor%ed %o
have said. :Al)Mu`jamul Awsat ?(6(3;
Amongs% %he &our0 !abi (Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam) men%ioned Moun% Uhud and
Moun% T++r. The a%%achmen% o& !abi
(Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) -i%h %his
moun%ain and i%s love &or 3im can !e
gauged &rom %he &ollo-ing adeeth
-herein !abi (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam)
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saidA @This :Uhud; is a moun%ain %ha% loves
us and -e love i%.> (Saheeh %ukhari 7899:)
9ha% a privilege &or Moun% UhudB A
%es%imon/ !/ none o%her %han Allah#s Rasul
(Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam)B A% leas% -e
can visi% Moun% Uhud -i%h %his &rame o&
mindA @O AllahB Ou% o& love &or %his
moun%ain -e are visi%ing i%0 and %his is %he
!eloved o& Dour Rasul (Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam). O AllahB I& a roc. can !e !lessed
-i%h his love0 Dou also !less us -i%h his
love.>
A %emporar/ de&ea% -as su&&ered in %he
!a%%le o& Uhud -hen some Sahaabah
:Radiyallahu Anhum;0 due %o a
misunders%anding0 le&% %he posi%ion %ha%
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Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) had
commanded %hem %o remain on. As a
resul%0 seven%/ Sahaabah :Radiyallahu
Anhum; -ere mar%/red. Amongs% %hem
-as %he !eloved uncle o& Rasulullah
(Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam)0 amzah
:Radiyallahu Anhu;. Our re&lec%ion -hen
visi%ing Uhud should !e on %he
impor%ance o& holding &irm %o %he Sunnah
and %eachings o& Rasulullah (Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam).
`Abbad bin Abi Saalih :Radiyallahu
Anhu; repor%s %ha% !abi (Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam)0 Abu %akr0 `Umar and `Uthmaan
:Radiyallahu Anhum; -ould visi% %he
Shuhadaa o& Uhud. :Wa,aa ul Wa,aa;
4#

These are !u% a &e- signi&ican% places in
Madinah Munawwarah. The reali%/ has
alread/ !een declared !/ Allamah
Samh++di :Rahimahullah) (@N%hese -ere
%he vir%ues %ha% I could remem!er.
3o-ever0 %he reali%/ is %ha% %arakaat
:special !lessings o& Allah Ta`ala; are
-idespread all over %he en%ire ci%/>;.
<inall/0 %he posi%ion o& Madinah
Munawwarah can !e unders%ood &rom %his
adeeth o& Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam)A @There is no piece o& land in
%his en%ire -orld more !eloved %o me %ha%
I !e !uried in0 %han Madinah
Munawwarah.> :Muwatta Maalik P;( <=9;

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A humble re-uest is made t+ the >isit+r t+ the
blessed lands +, the ?ity +, Madinah
Munawwarah t+ in?lude in his@her &u`aa all
th+se wh+ assisted in ?+mpilin; this b++klet(