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Yathrib anxiously awaited his arrival so he sent for his kinsmen from the tribe of Najjar,
to escort himself and Abu Bakr on to Yathrib. However, before his departure four days
later, the foundations for the Mosque of Quba were laid after Kaswa, the Prophet’s
camel, led by an angel, showed the Muslims where it was to be built.
In a valley belonging to the tribe of Salim, the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa
sallam)
stopped and met other members of the Khazrajite tribe. Their combined numbers were
approximately one hundred and it is there, in his new homeland, that the Prophet (salla
Allahu alihi wa sallam) led his followers in the first Friday congregational prayer.
It was Friday 12th Rabi Al-Awwal (27th September 622 CE) that the Prophet (salla
Allahu alihi wa sallam) reached Yathrib where he received many invitations to come and
live with his followers. However, the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) graciously
declined their kind offer, saying that he would build a mosque and settle wherever his
camel sat down to rest because Kaswa, his camel, had been ordered and was being led
by an angel.
Kaswa wandered pass the homes of the children of Bayaa, and it was there that the
to escort himself and Abu Bakr on to Yathrib. However, before his departure four days
later, the foundations for the Mosque of Quba were laid after Kaswa, the Prophet’s
camel, led by an angel, showed the Muslims where it was to be built.
In a valley belonging to the tribe of Salim, the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa
sallam)
stopped and met other members of the Khazrajite tribe. Their combined numbers were
approximately one hundred and it is there, in his new homeland, that the Prophet (salla
Allahu alihi wa sallam) led his followers in the first Friday congregational prayer.
It was Friday 12th Rabi Al-Awwal (27th September 622 CE) that the Prophet (salla
Allahu alihi wa sallam) reached Yathrib where he received many invitations to come and
live with his followers. However, the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) graciously
declined their kind offer, saying that he would build a mosque and settle wherever his
camel sat down to rest because Kaswa, his camel, had been ordered and was being led
by an angel.
Kaswa wandered pass the homes of the children of Bayaa, and it was there that the