1/6 · Exterior · Quba mosque during my visit to Medina, 27 December 2024Photo: Kaliper1 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source2/6 · Exterior · Quba Mosque, Medina, Saudi ArabiaPhoto: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source3/6 · Exterior · A Minaret of Quba Mosque in Madinah, Saudi Arabia (2025)Photo: Saudi Press Agency (SPA) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source4/6 · Exterior · Quba Mosque, Medina, Saudi ArabiaPhoto: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source5/6 · InteriorPhoto: Abdulla Al Muhairi · CC BY 2.0 · source6/6 · Interior · Quba mosque during my visit to Medina, 27 December 2024Photo: Kaliper1 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Religious · Regionalism
Quba Mosque
Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil · Medina, SA · 1986
Key featuresDomes, arcades and courtyards rebuilt in a traditional load-bearing idiom on the ancient site.
The Quba Mosque is a mosque located in Medina in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia, first built in the lifetime of the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the 7th century. It is thought to be the first mosque in the world, established on the first day of Muhammad's emigration to Medina. Its first stone is said to have been laid by the prophet, and the structure completed by his companions. The mosque was subsequently modified across the centuries until the 1980s, when it was completely replaced by a new building that stands today.
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