During Ramadan, before and after Maghrib, the streets of Madinah are crowded with Muslims making duas. Local helpers clean and decorate the mosque and equip it with essential supplies. They prepare Iftar tables with dates, rice, meat, juices, coffee, tea, and Zam Zam water inside and outside the mosque. The poor and needy are also invited, which strengthens the sense of companionship and brotherhood among people.

Madinah is home to many of the most important sites of the seerah. Masjid Quba was the first place of worship in Islam, built shortly after the hijrah from Makkah to Madinah in 1 AH (622 CE). Around 4 km from the Masjid an-Nabawi in Madinah. The original construct was built with mud bricks and date palm trunks.

Whilst in Madinah, you should also visit Masjid Qiblatain, also known as the Mosque of the Two Qiblas, it is where the Qibla was shifted from Al Quds (Jerusalem) to Makkah in 2 AH. During prayer, the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) was commanded by a Quranic revelation to change direction to the Kaaba in Makkah. All the Sahaba immediately followed suit. It is one of the few mosques in the world to have contained two mihrabs (niches indicating the qibla) facing in different directions.

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