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Old scenes of Medina where the Hijra occured in 622 and Prophet Muhammad was burried in..

Medina was Prophet Muhammad's destination after his Hijrah from Mecca, and became the capital of a rapidly increasing Islam.

Medina's importance as a religious site derives from the presence of al-Masjid an-Nabawi. The tomb of Prophet Muhammad later became part of the mosque when it was expanded by the Umayyad Caliph Al-Walid I.

The first mosque built during Prophet Muhammad's time is also located in Medina and is known as the Quba Mosque.