The first mosque in Islam is the Quba Mosque, located in what is now the city of Medina, Saudi Arabia. When and Why Was It Built? In the year 622 CE, when the Prophet Muhammad migrated from Mecca to Medina—a journey known as the Hijra—he stopped in a small village just outside of Medina called Quba. During his short stay…
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