Life In Madinah

The mosque of the Holy Prophet (PBUH):

Mosque of holy prophet this was the first important
thing that holy prophet did. The land for the mosque
was bought from two orphans and Holy prophet with
his companions worked very hard to complete the
construction of the mosque. This mosque was known
as "Mosque of Holy Prophet" or as Masjid-e-Nabawi.
The walls of mosque were made of unbaked bricks
and the roof of mud and date palm leaves, trunks of
date palm trees were used as pillars.
large platform was made in the corner with thatched
roof. This is known as Suffah. It became a training
center of Islamic education and also shelter for poor
Muslims.
Azan:
In order to call Muslims for offering congregational
prayers Azan was introduced, as suggested by Hazrat
Umar. Hazrat Bilal was appointed as Muezzin.
Settlement of Muhajirin
Muslims in Madinah were of two categories one who
migrated from Makkah to Madinah were known as
Muhajirin and second were Ansar who belonged to
Madinah and gave shelter to emigrants (Muhajirins).
Holy prophet established brotherhood between these
two groups, he told ansar that Muhajirins are in need
of help and they should help them, Ansars accepted
and gave Muhajirins place to live in their houses and
treated them as brothers.
Treaty with Jews:
There were three major tribes of Jews: Banu
Qainaiqa, Banu Nazir and Banu Quraiza.
Holy prophet realized that foundation of Islamic
empire would be very weak without the support of all
people of Madinah. Particularly Muslims had threat
from Quraish. Then holy prophet called Muslims and
Jewish tribes for a consultation. He invited them to
consider any system for safety of Madinah. After
exchange of views agreement reached equal rights. It
stated that the Muslims and Jews were allies and
would help each other and in case of attack on
Madinah both would defend it.
Importance:
the holy prophet was able to prevent the rise of
hostility between Muslims and Jews the way it had
been in Makkah between Muslims and Quraish.
this set an example for Muslims that how they can set
peace between non-Muslims under their rule
the treaty gave Muslims hope as both Muslims and
Jews would defend Madinah if any attack was done
on Madinah
the status of Holy Prophet was raised quite high as he
was recognized as undisputed leader by the people of
Madinah.
Hypocrites: