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Madinah: the Prophet’s Mosque and visits

Preparation at home, journey, ihram at the miqat or on the plane, Makkah, then Madinah and return.

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Educational guide. If in doubt, ask your guide or a scholar.

In Madinah there is no ihram rite: the aim is prayer in the Prophet’s ﷺ Mosque, greeting the Prophet ﷺ and his two companions, then visits (Baqiʿ, Quba, Uhud). The Rawda is booked through the Nusuk app, run by the authorities: the agency helps but does not control the slots.

Schools differVisiting Madinah is recommended but not a condition of Umrah. At the grave, greet respectfully in a low voice, without asking the Prophet ﷺ for what is asked only of Allah; practices around the grave are debated: keep to the greeting.

Supplications

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ

As-salāmu ʿalayka yā rasūla Llāhi wa raḥmatu Llāhi wa barakātuh

Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings (then upon Abu Bakr and Umar).

Greeting wording reported from Ibn Umar (Muwatta, Bayhaqi)

بِسْمِ اللهِ، وَالصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ، اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ

Bismi Llāh, wa-ṣ-ṣalātu wa-s-salāmu ʿalā rasūli Llāh, Allāhumma ftaḥ lī abwāba raḥmatik

Supplication for entering the mosque.

Muslim 713, Abu Dawud 465 (entering the mosque)

Common mistakes

What if…

No Rawda slot on Nusuk?

Try again early each morning; pray elsewhere in the mosque, the reward of prayer there remains immense.

I want to pray at Quba?

Perform ablution at the hotel then pray two units at Quba: reward compared to an Umrah in a hadith.

Checklist

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Sources

All steps

  1. 1Forming your intention
  2. 2Documents and formalities
  3. 3Health and fitness
  4. 4The pilgrim’s suitcase
  5. 5The journey and arrival
  6. 6Ihram at the miqat or on board
  7. 7The talbiya
  8. 8Entering Makkah and the Sacred Mosque
  9. 9Tawaf: 7 circuits around the Kaaba
  10. 10Prayer behind Maqam Ibrahim and Zamzam water
  11. 11Saʿi: 7 laps between Safa and Marwa
  12. 12Halq or taqsir: leaving ihram
  13. 13Madinah: the Prophet’s Mosque and visits
  14. 14The return