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{{Short description|First mosque in the world in Medina, Saudi Arabia}}
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{{Other uses|Kuba (disambiguation){{!}}Kuba}}
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The '''Quba Mosque''' ({{langx|ar|مَسْجِد قُبَاء|translit=Masjid Qubāʾ}}, {{IPA|ar|mas.dʒid qu.baːʔ|label=[[Modern Standard Arabic|standard]] pronunciation:}}, {{IPA|acw|mas.dʒɪd ɡʊ.ba}}) is a mosque located in [[Medina]], in the [[Hejaz]] region of [[Saudi Arabia]], first built in the lifetime of the [[Prophets and messengers in Islam|Islamic prophet]] [[Muhammad]] in the 7th century [[Common Era|CE]].<ref name="Michigan C 1986">{{cite book |author=Michigan Consortium for Medieval and Early Modern Studies |editor1=Goss, V. P. |editor2=Bornstein, C. V. |title=The Meeting of Two Worlds: Cultural Exchange Between East and West During the Period of the Crusades |publisher=Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University |volume=21 |page=208 |isbn=0-918720-58-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p44kAQAAMAAJ |year=1986}}</ref><ref name="Abu Sway 2011">{{cite news |author=Mustafa Abu Sway |title=The Holy Land, Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Qur'an, Sunnah and other Islamic Literary Source |publisher=[[Central Conference of American Rabbis]] |url=http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/Abusway_0.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728001911/http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/Abusway_0.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-28 }}</ref><ref name="Dyrness2013">{{cite book |author=Dyrness, W. A. |title=Senses of Devotion: Interfaith Aesthetics in Buddhist and Muslim Communities |publisher=[[Wipf and Stock]] Publishers |volume=7 |page=25 |isbn=978-1-62032-136-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=inJNAwAAQBAJ |date=2013-05-29}}</ref> It is thought to be the [[list of the oldest mosques|first mosque in the world]], established on the first day of Muhammad's [[Hijrah|emigration]] to Medina.<ref name="MaccaAryanti_11-2016">{{cite journal |first1=A. A. |last1=Macca |first2=T. |last2=Aryanti |title=The Domes: El Wakil's Traditionalist Architecture of Quba Mosque |journal=IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering |date=16–18 November 2016 |volume=180 |article-number=012092 |doi=10.1088/1757-899X/180/1/012092|s2cid=131955391 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Alahmadi, M. |author2=Mansour, S. |author3=Dasgupta, N. |author4=Abulibdeh, A. |author5=Atkinson, P. M. |author6=Martin, D. J. |date=2021 |title=Using daily nighttime lights to monitor spatiotemporal patterns of human lifestyle under covid-19: The case of Saudi Arabia. |journal=Remote Sensing |volume=13 |issue=22 |page=4633 |doi=10.3390/rs13224633 |bibcode=2021RemS...13.4633A |doi-access=free |hdl=10576/55732 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> Its first stone is said to have been laid by the prophet, and the structure completed by [[Companions of the Prophet|his companions]].<ref name="HajiInformation">{{cite web |publisher=The [[Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs|Ministry of Hajj]], Kingdom of [[Saudi Arabia]] |work=Masjid Quba' |url=http://www.hajinformation.com/main/h2022.htm |title=Masjid Quba is the first mosque in Islam's history |access-date=2010-10-19}}</ref> The mosque was subsequently modified across the centuries until the 1980s, when it was completely replaced by a new building that stands today.<ref name=":02" /><ref name=":1" />

== History ==
=== Origins ===
{{See also|History of Islam}}

According to historical Islamic texts, during the ''[[hijrah]]'' (migration) of [[Muhammad]] from [[Mecca]] to [[Medina]] (Yathrib), he stopped in the village of Quba' near Medina. Depending on the sources, he stayed there for 3 to 22 days.<ref name=":2">{{EI2|last=Pedersen|first=J.|title=Masd̲j̲id; I. In the central Islamic lands|volume=6|pages=646–647|url=https://archive.org/details/volume-5/Volume%206/page/645/mode/2up}}</ref> Two different accounts of the mosque's foundation exist in relation to this event. In one, Muhammad founded the mosque himself, though there are varying explanations for how the site was chosen: it was either a {{Transliteration|ar|mirbad}} (place for drying dates) that belonged to Muhammad's host, Kulthum, or it was the place where a woman named Labba had tethered her donkey. Another version, probably a later legend inspired by the foundation story of the [[Prophet's Mosque]] in Medina, tells that Muhammad made [[Ali]] get on a camel and then built the mosque where the camel went. Muhammad is said to have laid the first stone himself, with the next ones laid by [[Abu Bakr]], [[Umar]] and [[Uthman]]. He is also said to have visited the mosque every Saturday afterwards and conducted religious service there.<ref name=":2" /> In another account, the mosque had been built prior to Muhammad's arrival by the first Muslim emigrants from Mecca and some of the [[Ansar (Islam)|''Anṣār'']] of Medina. Muhammad then prayed in the mosque with them.<ref name=":2" />

Some scholars have debated the historicity of the mosque's foundation story. [[Leone Caetani]] questioned whether Muhammad recognized other mosques in this way and argued that the story is likely a later invention, part of a trend by later Muslims to associate various mosques with Muhammad's life.<ref name=":2" /> [[Johannes Pedersen (theologian)|Johannes Pedersen]] supported the story's plausibility, arguing that there are indications in the Qur'an and other traditional sources that other mosques indeed existed and were recognized in Muhammad's time.<ref name=":2" />

Initially, the mosque was built {{convert|6|km|mile|abbr=off}} from Medina in the village of Quba', before Medina expanded to include this village.<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |author=Salo |first=Edward |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c6fOEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1010 |title=Islam: A Worldwide Encyclopedia |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2017 |isbn=978-1-61069-217-5 |editor-last=Çakmak |editor-first=Cenap |location=Santa Barbara, CA |pages=1010–1011 |language=en |chapter=Masjid al-Quba |oclc=962409918}}</ref> The first mosque would have been oriented towards [[Jerusalem]] and Muhammad most likely rebuilt it when the ''[[qibla]]'' (direction of prayer) was changed toward the [[Kaaba]] in Mecca.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last1=Algul |first1=Huseyin |last2=Bozkurt |first2=Nebi |date=2004 |title=Mescid-i Kubâ |url=https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/mescid-i-kuba |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi |language=tr}}</ref><ref name=":24" />

=== Modifications ===
The mosque was repeatedly modified and expanded in later periods. It was expanded under Caliph [[Uthman]] ({{Reign|644|656 CE}}).<ref name=":24">{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=un4WcfEASZwC |title=The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-19-530991-1 |editor-last=Bloom |editor-first=Jonathan M. |volume=2 |location= |pages=472–473 |language=en |chapter=Medina |editor-last2=Blair |editor-first2=Sheila S.}}</ref> Another expansion occurred in 684 CE, during the reign of the [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] caliph [[Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan]].<ref name=":02" /> Under his successor, [[al-Walid I]] ({{Reign|705|715}}), the mosque was rebuilt.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Flood |first=Finbarr Barry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&pg=PA187 |title=The Great Mosque of Damascus: Studies on the Makings of an Ummayyad Visual Culture |publisher=Brill |year=2001 |isbn=978-90-04-11638-2 |page=187 |language=en}}</ref> Its first "[[minaret]]" was added under [[Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz]] ({{Reign|717|720}}).<ref name=":02" /><!-- Note: see the Minaret article on WP and the sources cited there regarding the uncertain nature of "minarets" before the 9th century. The source cited here does not offer any more detail. -->

Another renovation occurred in 1044, when a [[mihrab]] (niche symbolizing the ''qibla'') was added by Sharif Abu Ya'la Ahmad ibn Hasan (or Abu Yali al-Husayni).<ref name=":02" /><ref name=":0" /> Further additions were made around 80 years later.<ref name=":02" /> Later renovations were made by the [[Zengid dynasty|Zengid]] vizier Jamal al-Din al-Isfahani in 1160.<ref name=":0" /> During the [[Mamluk Sultanate|Mamluk era]], Sultan [[al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun]] reconstructed the mosque in 1333, the ceiling was redone under [[al-Ashraf Barsbay]] in 1436, and [[Qaytbay]] made renovations in 


=== Modern reconstruction ===

==== King Faisal expansion (1968) ====
In {{AH|1388}}, during the reign of [[Faisal of Saudi Arabia|King Faisal bin Abdulaziz]], the mosque's exterior walls were refurbished, and the northern portico, facing Medina, was extended to include a dedicated women's entrance. Additionally, the minaret, previously located in the northwestern corner as a standalone structure, was integrated into the main building. This renovation, costing approximately 800,000 Saudi Riyals, resulted in a square-shaped mosque with dimensions of {{convert|40|by|40|m}}.<ref name="منارات الهدى في الأرض مسجد قباء">[http://islam.saidanet.com/_famous_mosque/kobaa_mosque.html الموسوعة الإسلامية صيدا]منارات الهدى في الأرض مسجد قباء {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212071944/http://islam.saidanet.com/_famous_mosque/kobaa_mosque.html |date=February 12, 2014 }}</ref>

==== King Fahd expansion (1984–1986) ====
The present-day mosque is the result of a complete reconstruction that began in 1984 under [[House of Saud|Saudi]] king [[Fahd bin Abdulaziz]].<ref name=":02" /> It expanded the mosque's size. The Egyptian architect [[Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil]] was commissioned to conceive a larger mosque. He initially intended to incorporate the old structure into his design, but it was eventually decided to tear down the old mosque and replace it entirely with the new one.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Qubbah Mosque |url=https://www.archnet.org/sites/548 |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=ArchNet}}</ref> The project aimed to maintain the mosque's traditional Islamic architectural elements while significantly increasing its capacity to accommodate 20,000 worshipers.<ref>[http://archive.aawsat.com/details.asp?section=54&article=516191&issueno=11104#.VOHiYPmsXsw الشرق الأوسط] سيمفونية من الحجر والطين في أعمال المعماري عبد الواحد الوكيل {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216205038/http://archive.aawsat.com/details.asp?section=54&article=516191&issueno=11104|date=16 February 2015}}</ref>

King Fahd laid the foundation stone for the expansion on November 3, 1984, and the project was completed two years later, with its inauguration on November 2, 1986. This expansion reshaped the mosque from a square to a rectangular layout, featuring a central courtyard accessible from all entrances. A dedicated women's prayer area was established in the northern section, spanning two floors and accommodating approximately 7,000 female worshipers.<ref name="مسجد قباء3">[https://www.amana-md.gov.sa/Pages/AboutMadinah/ReligiousTourism/Quba.aspx أمانة منطقة المدينة المنورة] مسجد قباء {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320131217/http://www.amana-md.gov.sa/Pages/AboutMadinah/ReligiousTourism/Quba.aspx|date=20 مارس 2018}}</ref>[[File:Quba Mosque - panoramio.jpg|alt=|thumb|The mosque in 2014]]Following this expansion, the mosque featured four minarets and 56 domes. It also included accommodations for [[Imam|Imams]] and [[Muezzin|Muezzins]], and a library. The mosque's land area measured {{convert|13500|m2}}, with the building itself covering {{convert|5860|m2}}.<ref name="مسجد قباء">[https://www.amana-md.gov.sa/Pages/AboutMadinah/ReligiousTourism/Quba.aspx أمانة منطقة المدينة المنورة] مسجد قباء {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320131217/http://www.amana-md.gov.sa/Pages/AboutMadinah/ReligiousTourism/Quba.aspx|date=20 مارس 2018}}</ref>

==== King Salman expansion ====
On April 8, 2022, [[Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia|Crown Prince]] [[Mohammed bin Salman]] announced the launch of the largest expansion in the history of the Quba Mosque, along with the development of its surrounding area. The project was named after [[Salman of Saudi Arabia|King Salman bin Abdulaziz]]. This expansion aims to increase the mosque's total area tenfold, from {{convert|5035|to|50000|m2}}, increasing its capacity to 66,000 worshipers.<ref>{{cite web|title=تطوير مسجد قباء.. رمزية المكان والأثر|url=https://www.alarabiya.net/politics/2022/04/11/%D8%AA%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF-%D9%82%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AB%D8%B1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412080908/https://www.alarabiya.net/politics/2022/04/11/%D8%AA%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF-%D9%82%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AB%D8%B1|archive-date=2022-04-12}}</ref> The project is focused on connecting the existing mosque with covered plazas on all four sides, functionally and visually linked to independent prayer areas not structurally attached to the existing building. When completed, it will also provide all necessary services for the mosque, improve the efficiency of the existing building and its associated services, and enhance the surrounding road network and infrastructure to improve crowd management, accessibility, and the safety and security of worshipers. Additionally, it aims to develop and revitalize several historical sites and landmarks within the mosque and its surrounding areas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spa.gov.sa/2344530|title=سمو ولي العهد يُعلن إطلاق مشروع الملك سلمان لتوسعة قباء كأكبر توسعة في تاريخ المسجد|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409000103/https://www.spa.gov.sa/2344530|archive-date=9 April 2022}}</ref>

In March 2023, the responsibility for overseeing and operating the Quba Mosque was transferred to the [[Al Madinah Region Development Authority]] from the [[Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah, and Guidance]].<ref>{{cite web|date=2023-03-16|work=Okaz|language=Arabic|last=المنورة)|first=«عكاظ» (المدينة|title=أمير المدينة يشهد مراسم نقل الإشراف على مسجد قباء وتشغيله إلى هيئة تطوير المنطقة|access-date=2023-03-20|archive-date=2023-03-20|url=https://www.okaz.com.sa/news/local/2129068|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320194818/https://www.okaz.com.sa/news/local/2129068}}</ref>

== Religious significance ==
Performing ''[[Wudu|Wuḍūʾ]]'' ('ablution') in one's home, then offering two ''[[Rakat|Rakaʿāt]]'' of ''[[Nafl prayer|Nafl]]'' (optional) prayers in the Quba Mosque, is considered to be equal to performing one''ʿ[[Umrah]]''. Muhammad used to go there, riding or on foot, every Saturday and offer a two ''rakaʿāt'' prayer. He advised others to do the same, saying, "Whoever makes ablutions at home and then goes and prays in the Mosque of Quba, he will have a reward like that of an 'Umrah."<ref>{{cite news |title=Quba — the first mosque in the history of Islam |url=https://www.arabnews.com/news/600996 |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=Arab News |date=12 July 2014 |language=en}}</ref> This ''[[hadith|ḥadīth]]'' was reported by [[Ahmad ibn Hanbal]], [[Al-Nasa'i]], [[Ibn Majah]] and [[Hakim al-Nishaburi]].{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

=== Mention in the Qur'an ===
The mosque is believed to be the one which the [[Quran]] mentions as being founded on piety and devoutness (''Masjid al-Taqwa''):<ref>{{Qtaf|en:ibk|9|108}}</ref>
{{Blockquote|There are also those ˹hypocrites˺ who set up a mosque ˹only˺ to cause harm, promote disbelief, divide the believers, and as a base for those who had previously fought against Allah and His Messenger. They will definitely swear, "We intended nothing but good," but [[Allah]] bears witness that they are surely liars. Do not ˹O Prophet˺ ever pray in it. Certainly, a mosque founded on righteousness from the first day is more worthy of your prayers. In it are men who love to be purified. And Allah loves those who purify themselves.|{{qref|9|108|c=y}}}}

=== Mentions in ''hadith''s ===
The merits of the mosque are mentioned in nineteen ''[[Sahih al-Bukhari]]'' hadiths; thirteen ''[[Sahih Muslim]]'' hadiths; two ''[[Sunan Abi Dawud]]'' hadiths; six ''[[Muwatta Imam Malik|Al-Muwatta]]'' hadiths.<ref>[http://allahu-ahad.org/hadith/search.php?q=quba*mosque&p=1 Enter ''Quba Mosque'' in the "Search the Hadith" box and check off all hadith collections.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021212501/http://allahu-ahad.org/hadith/search.php?q=quba*mosque&p=1 |date=October 21, 2014 }}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=Please cite a proper reliable and published source per [[WP:RS]].|date=November 2024}}

Muhammad frequented the mosque and prayed there. This is referred to in a number of hadith:
{{Blockquote|Narrated 'Abdullah bin Dinar:
[[Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab|Ibn 'Umar]] said, "The Prophet used to go to the Mosque of Quba every Saturday (sometimes) walking and (sometimes) riding." 'Abdullah (Ibn 'Umar) used to do the same|Collected by [[Muhammad al-Bukhari]]|''Sahih al-Bukhari Volume 2, Book 21, Number 284''<ref>{{Hadith-usc|bukhari|usc=yes|2|21|284}}</ref>}}

{{Blockquote|Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
The Prophet used to go to the Mosque of Quba (sometimes) walking and sometimes riding. Added [[Nafi Mawla Ibn Umar]] (in another narration), "He then would offer two Rakat (in the Mosque of Quba)."|Collected by Muhammad al-Bukhari|''Sahih al-Bukhari Volume 2, Book 21, Number 285''<ref>{{Hadith-usc|bukhari|usc=yes|2|21|285}}</ref>}}

== Architecture ==

=== Early form ===
[[File:Qubaorig.jpg|thumb|The mosque prior to 1900]]

The original mosque is said to have been a square or rectangular walled enclosure with an open court inside it. In Muhammad's time, a roofed area supported by columns was added on the [[qibla]] side. Other historical descriptions of the mosque mostly date from periods after it had already been expanded by others.<ref name=":0" /> For much of its history prior to the 1980s reconstruction, it maintained its generally [[Umayyad architecture|Umayyad form]], with a covered prayer hall and an internal courtyard surrounded by galleries with rows of arches.<ref name=":24" /><ref name=":02" />

The Umayyad structure at the time of [[Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz]]'s renovations (early 8th century) was made from [[cut stone]] and [[Lime (material)|lime]], with a ceiling made of valuable timber. It was also decorated with [[Mosaic|mosaics]], probably created with the help of [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] craftsmen who also worked on a renovation of the [[Prophet's Mosque]] in Medina around the same time.<ref name=":0" /> According to descriptions in the [[Abbasid period]], such as those of {{Interlanguage link|Ibn Shabba|ar|عمر بن شبة}}, the mosque measured approximately {{Convert|32 by 32|m|ft}} and contained an interior courtyard measuring around {{Convert|24 by 12.5|m|ft}}, while Its walls were around {{Convert|9|m|ft}} high and its minaret was roughly {{Convert|24|m|ft}}.<ref name=":0" />

The early 19th-century renovations initiated by [[Mahmud II]] replaced the originally flat ceiling of the mosque with a new ceiling of shallow domes supported by arches and columns. Prior to its modern reconstruction, the mosque's western entrance was also fronted by a façade with Ottoman ''[[Tughra|tughras]]'' (calligraphic signatures) and an inscription recording Mahmud II's works.<ref name=":0" /> In the late 19th century, the writer Ibrahim Rifat Pasha reported that the mosque measured some {{Convert|40 by 40|m|ft}} with a ceiling around {{Convert|6|m|ft}} high.<ref name=":0" />

=== Present-day ===
[[File:Quba Mosque SA.jpg|thumb|Front view of the mosque (in 2019)|alt=]]

The new mosque consists of a rectangular prayer hall raised on a second story platform. The prayer hall connects to a cluster containing residential areas, offices, ablution facilities, shops and a library.{{Citation needed|date=January 2017}}

The recent new construction of the Quba Mosque that happened in 1984 include many new additions, such as 7 main entrances, 4 parallel minarets, and the 56 mini domes that surround the perimeter of the mosque from an overhead point of view.<ref name=":02"/> The courtyard of this mosque is composed of black, red, and white marble,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.3dmekanlar.com/en/masjid-al-quba.html|title=Masjid al-Quba – 3D Virtual Tour|website=www.3dmekanlar.com|access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref> and majority of the structure and interior structures such as the [[minbar]] and [[mihrab]] are all composed of white marble. Originally, there was one minaret, the new renovations included the addition of the other three minarets, they rest on square bases, have octagonal shafts which take on a circular shape as they reach the top.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

The prayer hall is arranged around a central courtyard, characterised by six large domes resting on clustered columns. A [[portico]], which is two bays in depth, borders the courtyard on the east and west, while a one-bayed portico borders it on the north, and separates it from the women's prayer area.

The women's prayer area, which is surrounded by a screen, is divided into two parts as a passageway connects the northern entrance with the courtyard.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}} When Quba Mosque was rebuilt in 1986, the Medina architecture was retained – ribbed white domes, and basalt facing and modest exterior – qualities that recalls Madina's simplicity. The courtyard, is flagged with black, red and white marble. It is screened overhead by day from the scorching heat with shades. [[Arabesque (Islamic art)|Arabesque]] [[latticework]] filters the light of the palm groves outside. Elements of the new building include work by the [[Egyptian architecture|Egyptian architect]] Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil, Pakistani architect Hassan [[Khan (title)|Khan]] [[Sayyid]] and the Stuttgart tensile architect [[Mahmoud Bodo Rasch]],<ref>{{citation |chapter-url=http://www.islamische-zeitung.de/?id=2092 |chapter=Alles muss von innen kommen |title=Gespräch mit dem Stuttgarter Architekten |author=Dr. Rasch |publisher=Islamische Zeitung |date=6 November 2002}}</ref> a student of [[Frei Otto]].

<gallery widths="150" class="center" caption="The present-day mosque">
File:Quba Mosque 2013 02.jpg|Rear view of the mosque
File:Quba Mosque Wall Walkway.jpg|Outside wall walkway
File:Quba Mosque Entrance Gate 1.jpg|One of the side entrances
File:Quba Mosque Foyer.jpg|Interior courtyard
File:Masjid Quba (Umroh Ramadhan 2023)-4.jpg|Interior of the prayer hall
File:Quba Mosque 10.jpg|The [[mihrab]], with one of the six main domes above
</gallery>

== See also ==
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* [[Demolition of Masjid al-Dirar]] (former mosque near the Quba Mosque)
* [[Holiest sites in Islam]]
* [[List of mosques in Saudi Arabia]]
** ''[[Mosque of the Companions|Masjid As-Sahabah]]'' in [[Massawa]], [[Eritrea]]
* [[Timeline of Muslim history]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite book |author1=Adil, Hajjah Amina |title=Muhammad: The Messenger of Islam |year= |publisher= |location= |isbn= |page=286 }}
*  {{cite book |author1=Kabbani, Hisham |author1-link=Hisham Kabbani |title=The Naqshbandi Sufi Tradition Guidebook of Daily Practices and Devotions |year= |publisher= |location= |isbn= |page=301 }}
*  {{cite book |author1=Walker, Derek |author1-link=Derek Walker (architect) |author2=Addis, Bill |title=Happold: The Confidence to Build |date=June 21, 2005 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TdJ5AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA81 |publisher= Taylor & Francis|location= |isbn= 978-1-135-80613-2|page=81 |via=[[Google Books]] }}

== External links ==
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* {{cite web |url=http://abdurrahman.org/umrah/virtues-masjid-quba.html |title=Virtues of Masjid Quba, Madina |work=abdurrahman.org |author1=Ibn Kathir, Tafsir |author2=Hadith, Saheeh |date= January 22, 2014}}

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[[Category:Mosques in Medina]]
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[[Category:Religious buildings and structures completed in the 620s]]
[[Category:Mosque buildings with domes in Saudi Arabia]]
[[Category:Mosque buildings with minarets in Saudi Arabia]]