Jannat Ul Baqi Graveyard History And Complete Information For You To Read And Share

Here is the Jannat Ul Baqi Graveyard History and Complete Information that will allow you to know how vital this graveyard is for Muslims. Jannatul Baqi, Garden of Baqi, Baqi al-Gharqad, or Baqi of the Boxthorn are the common names for this graveyard. However, two more cemeteries were used in Madinah, namely Bani Salim and Bani Haram. But within no time, due to our Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SAW), Jannat Ul Baqi became the main cemetery in the city of Madina. The graveyard is located southeast of Masjid al-Nabawi. Above all, this graveyard has the graves of some of the most prominent personalities in Islamic history. It is said that there are around 10,000 companions of our Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) buried here. But due to the demolition of this graveyard in 1925 by the House of Saud, there are no identities left with the graves.

The Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) is reported to have said:

“From this cemetery (i.e., Baqi) emerges a light that will illuminate the heavens and the Earth.”

Location and size of the Jannat Ul Baqi

The combined size of Jannat Ul Baqi in history was around 80m2.

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But as time changed and the requirements for graveyards, the size of Jannat Ul Baqi Graveyard changed. Now Jannat Ul Baqi Graveyard sprawls around a 175,000m2 area, and it underwent the extensions in the year 1373, in the year 1953-1954, respectively. The Jannat Ul Baqi graveyard has three entrances. One on the north, another on the east. The main entrance is from the western side of the graveyard. This main entrance is used by the visitors and those who come here to have burials. The combined area between Jannatul Baqi and Masjid Nabawi is known as Bayn al-Haramayn.

Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) “Verily Allah will command, on the Day of Resurrection, that Juhun and Baqi are taken and placed in Paradise, and those who are buried in our cemetery (Baqi) will attain my intercession.”

History

There were Ahl al-Bayt houses and a marketplace that used to be here in old times. But they no longer exist. A white marble plaza has replaced them. If you stand on the eastern exit of Masjid Nabawi, you can see the entrance of Jannatul Baqi. The first companion of our Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) buried in Jannatul Baqi was As’ad ibn Zurarah from the Khazraj tribe of Madinah. Further, the first from the Muhajirun to be buried in Jannatul Baqi was Uthman ibn Maz’un.