Middle East
Saudi Arabia
Medina Region

Prophet’s Mosque

The Prophet's Mosque is the second mosque built by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in , after the Quba Mosque, as well as the second largest mosque and holiest site in Islam, after the in , in the region of the .
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Photo: Mondephile, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Mosque
  • Description: mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia
  • Also known as: “Al-Masjid Al-Nabawī Al-Sharīf”, “Al-Masjid an-Nabawī”, “Mosque of the Prophet”, and “المسجد النبوي الشريف”
  • Address: قبرالجسد الطاهر محمدبن عبدالله المصطفى ص اله, المدينة المنورة
Photo: Omar Chatriwala, CC BY 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Green Dome and Maqbara Al Baqeea.

Building
Photo: Abdul Hafeez Bakhsh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a green-coloured dome built above the tombs of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the first two Rashidun caliphs, Abu Bakr and Umar. The dome was built above Aisha's house where Muhammad is believed to have died and been buried. is situated 120 metres south of Prophet’s Mosque.

Cemetery
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 4.0.
Jannat al-Baqī is the oldest and first Islamic cemetery of located in the region of present-day . It is also known as Baqi al-Gharqad. is situated 570 metres southeast of Prophet’s Mosque.

Mosque
Photo: Imam Khairul Annas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mosque of Al-Ghamamah is a , located in , . The mosque is located at 500 m west of As-Salam door of Al-Masjid an-Nabawi. is situated 530 metres southwest of Prophet’s Mosque.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Medina.

Photo: Medineli, Public domain.
, officially known as Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah, is a city in the region of . Commonly referred to as the "cradle of Islamic culture and civilisation", it is Islam's second holiest city.

Prophet’s Mosque

Latitude
24.46865° or 24° 28′ 7″ north
Longitude
39.61117° or 39° 36′ 40″ east
Open location code
7GPXFJ96+FF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 461699097
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q486080
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Prophet’s Mosque” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Meuseujid Nabawi”
  • Afrikaans: “Al-Masdjid an-Nabawi”
  • Albanian: “Xhamia e Profetit”
  • Arabic: “الحرم المدني”
  • Arabic: “الحرم النبوي الشريف”
  • Arabic: “الحرم النبوي”
  • Arabic: “المسجد النبوي الشريف”
  • Arabic: “المسجد النبوي”
  • Armenian: “Ալ-Մասջիդ ալ-Նաբավի”
  • Armenian: “Մասջիդ ան-Նաբավի”
  • Assamese: “মছজিদে নববী”
  • Avaric: “Масжиду ан-Набави”
  • Azerbaijani: “Məscid ən-Nəbəvi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Məscidül-Nəbi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Peyğəmbər məscidi”
  • Bashkir: “Ән-Нәбәүи мәсете”
  • Bashkir: “Мәсжид ән-Нәбәүи мәсете”
  • Basque: “Al-Masjid al-Nabawi”
  • Basque: “Masjid al-Nabawi Meskita”
  • Basque: “Masjid al-Nabawi”
  • Basque: “Profetaren meskita”
  • Bengali: “মসজিদে নববি”
  • Bengali: “মসজিদে নববী”
  • Bosnian: “Poslanikova džamija”
  • Breton: “Al-Masjid an-Nabawi”
  • Bulgarian: “Масджид ал-Набави”
  • Bulgarian: “Масджид ал-Набауи”
  • Bulgarian: “Месджид и-Небеви”
  • Catalan: “mesquita del Profeta”
  • Catalan: “Mesquita del Profeta”
  • Central Kurdish: “مزگەوتی پێغەمبەر”
  • Chechen: “Ан-Набави маьждиг”
  • Chechen: “Масджиду-н-Набави”
  • Chinese: “先知寺”
  • Chinese: “先知清真寺”
  • Chinese: “穆罕默德陵墓”
  • Chuvash: “Ан-Набави миçечĕ”
  • Croatian: “Poslanikova džamija u Medini”
  • Czech: “Al-Masjid al-Nabawi”
  • Czech: “Masdžid an-Nabawi”
  • Czech: “Prorokova mešita”
  • Danish: “Al-Masjid al-Nabawi”
  • Dutch: “Masjid al-Nabawi”
  • Dutch: “Masjid an-Nabawi”
  • Dutch: “Moskee van de Profeet”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المسجد النبوى الشريف”
  • Esperanto: “Moskeo de la Profeto”
  • Finnish: “Al-Masjid al-Nabawi”
  • Finnish: “Masjid al-Nabawi”
  • Finnish: “Profeetan moskeija”
  • French: “Grande mosquée de Médine”
  • French: “Masjid al-Nabawi”
  • French: “Masjid An-Nabawi”
  • French: “Mosquée du Prophète”
  • Georgian: “ალ-მასჯიდ ალ-ნაბავი”
  • Georgian: “მასჯიდ ალ-ნაბავი”
  • German: “Al-Masdschid an-nabawi”
  • German: “Prophetenmoschee”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Al-Masjid Al-Nabawī Al-Sharīf”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Mosque of de Prophet”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Prophet’s Mosque”
  • Greek: “Μασγίντ αλ-Ναμπαουί”
  • Greek: “Τέμενος του Προφήτη”
  • Hausa: “Al-Masjid Al-Nabawī Al-Sharīf”
  • Hausa: “Masallacin Annabi”
  • Hebrew: “מסגד הנביא”
  • Hindi: “मस्जिद ए नबवी”
  • Hindi: “मस्जिद-ए-नबवी”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Nabawi”
  • Ingush: “Масжид ан-Набавий”
  • Italian: “moschea del Profeta”
  • Italian: “Moschea del Profeta”
  • Japanese: “預言者のモスク”
  • Japanese: “預言者モスク”
  • Javanese: “Masjid Nabawi”
  • Kashmiri: “مَسجدِ نبوی”
  • Kashmiri: “نبی ﷻ سٕنٛز مشیٖد”
  • Kazakh: “Mäsjïd-ün-Näbï”
  • Kazakh: “Әл-Набави мешіті”
  • Kazakh: “Мәсжид ән-Нәбәуи”
  • Kazakh: “Мәсжид-үн-Нәби”
  • Kazakh: “Пайғамбар мешіті”
  • Kazakh: “ٴماسجىيد-ٴۇن-ٴنابىي”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Masjid al-Nabawi”
  • Korean: “예언자의 모스크”
  • Kurdish: “Mescîda Nebewî”
  • Latvian: “Nabavi mošeja”
  • Lithuanian: “Pranašo mečetė”
  • Macedonian: “Месџид ал-Небеви”
  • Macedonian: “Џамија на Пророкот”
  • Malay: “Al-Masjid al-Nabawi”
  • Malay: “Masjid al-Nabawi”
  • Malay: “Masjid an-Nabawi”
  • Malay: “Masjid Nabawi”
  • Malayalam: “Al-Masjid al-Nabawi”
  • Malayalam: “മസ്ജിദുന്നബവി”
  • Minangkabau: “Musajik Nabawi”
  • N'Ko: “ߊ߬ߟߑߡߊߛߑߖߌߘ ߊ߲ߣ-ߣߓߊ߬ߥߌ”
  • N'Ko: “ߟߊ߬ߝߐ߬ߓߊ߮ ߟߊ߫ ߡߌ߬ߛߙߌ”
  • N'Ko: “ߡߊ߬ߘߌߣߊ߫ ߡߌ߬ߛߙߌ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Al-Masjid an-Nabawi”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Masjid al-Nabawi”
  • Norwegian: “Al-Masjid an-Nabawi”
  • Persian: “آرامگاه محمد”
  • Persian: “ارامگاه محمد بن عبدالله”
  • Persian: “ارامگاه محمد”
  • Persian: “حرم پیامبر”
  • Persian: “حرم محمد بن عبدالله”
  • Persian: “حرم محمد”
  • Persian: “حرم نبوی”
  • Persian: “مسجد النّبی”
  • Persian: “مسجد پیامبر اسلام”
  • Persian: “مسجد پیامبر”
  • Persian: “مسجد محمد”
  • Persian: “مسجد نبوی”
  • Persian: “مسجد و حرم پیغمبر”
  • Persian: “مسجدالنبی”
  • Persian: “مسجدالنّبی”
  • Polish: “Meczet Proroka”
  • Portuguese: “Al-Masjid an-Nabawi”
  • Portuguese: “Mesquita do Profeta”
  • Pushto: “نبوي جومات”
  • Pushto: “نبوي مسجد”
  • Romanian: “Moscheea Profetului din Medina”
  • Romanian: “Moscheea Profetului”
  • Russian: “Масджид ан-Набави”
  • Russian: “Мечеть Пророка”
  • Scots: “Al-Masjid al-Nabawi”
  • Serbian: “Ел Месџид ен Набави”
  • Serbian: “Посланикова џамија”
  • Serbian: “Пророкова џамија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Poslanikova džamija”
  • Sindhi: “حرم نبوي”
  • Sindhi: “مسجد نبوي”
  • Sindhi: “مسجد نبي”
  • Slovenian: “Al Masdžid an Nabavi”
  • Slovenian: “Prerokova mošeja”
  • Slovenian: “Velika medinska mošeja”
  • Somali: “Masjidka Nabiga”
  • Spanish: “Masjid al Nabawi Al Shareef”
  • Spanish: “mezquita de Medina”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita del Profeta”
  • Sundanese: “Masjid Nabawi”
  • Swedish: “Al-Masjid al-Nabawi”
  • Swedish: “Al-Masjid an-Nabawi”
  • Swedish: “Masjid al-Nabawi”
  • Swedish: “Masjid an-Nabawi”
  • Swedish: “Masjid Nabawi”
  • Swedish: “Profetens moské”
  • Tajik: “Масҷиди Набавӣ”
  • Tajik: “Масҷиди Пайғамбар”
  • Tamil: “அல்-மஸ்ஜித் அந்-நபவி”
  • Tamil: “நபியின் பள்ளி”
  • Tamil: “மஸ்ஜித் அந்-நபவி”
  • Tatar: “Әл-Нәбави мәчете”
  • Tatar: “Мәсҗиден-Нәбәви”
  • Tatar: “Пәйгамбәр мәчете”
  • Telugu: “మస్జిదె నబవి”
  • Telugu: “మస్జిద్ ఎ నబవి”
  • Telugu: “మస్జిద్-ఎ-నబవి”
  • Thai: “มัสยิดอันนะบะวี”
  • Turkish: “Mescid-i Nebevi”
  • Turkish: “Mescid-i Nebevî”
  • Turkish: “Mescidi Nebevi”
  • Uighur: “مەسجىدى نەبەۋىي”
  • Ukrainian: “Аль-Масджід Аль-Набауї”
  • Urdu: “مسجد نبوی”
  • Urdu: “مسجدِ نبوی”
  • Uzbek: “al-Masjid an-Nabaviy”
  • Uzbek: “Al-Masjid an-Nabaviy”
  • Vietnamese: “Al-Masjid an-Nabawi”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Al-Masjid al-Nabawi”
  • West Coast Bajau: “Masjid Nabawi”
  • Western Mari: “Масджид ан-Набави мечеть”
  • Western Panjabi: “مسجد نبوی”
  • Wu Chinese: “先知寺”
  • Yue Chinese: “先知寺”

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