Medina, May 1994

We arrived at Medina at midnight, we checked in at Al Anshar Apartment not to far from Al-Masjid al-Nabawi( Nabawi Mosque), Mosque of the Prophet.

Medina is the second holliest city in Islam and the burrial place of Prophet Muhammad.

We visited our beloved Prophet Muhammad S.A.W. tomb also the Tomb of Fatimah(Prophet Muhammad's daughter), Abu Bakr A.S.(first caliph and the father of Prophet Muhammad's wife Aisha and of Umar Ibn Khattab A.S.(the second Caliph)

We stayed at Medina about nine days so we took more than 40 times compulsary prayer(Arbain) at Nabawi Mosque.

We visited Quba Mosque, this is the first Mosque built by our Prophet Muhammad S.A.W. when he stayed at Quba Village about 2 weeks on their journey from Mecca to Medina. This place about 4 kilometre southern Medina.

We visited Masjid al-Qiblatain (Qiblatain Mosque), it means two prayer orientation. In the beginning of Islam era Moslem were ordered to face their direction for prayer to Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem the third holliest Mosque in Islam, then Allah Almighty ordered prophet Muhammad S.A.W. to change the prayer orientation . The Qibla is a direction to the Kaaba. Moslem were ordered to face their direction to The Kaaba at Masjid al-Haram (Al Haram Mosque -The Holy Mosque) in the Holliest city in Islam Mecca. The Kaaba is simply the focal point for prayer.

We also visited Jabal Uhud (Uhud Mountain) where Prophet Muhammad's uncle Syaidina Hamzah A.S. was burried.

We also visited Dates Market, they sale all variety of dates