MADINAH
Jannatul Baqi

Jannatul Baqi (Arabic: جنة البقيع; “Garden of Baqi”), also known as Baqi al-Gharqad (Arabic: بقیع الغرقد‎‎; “Baqi of the Boxthorn”) is the main cemetery in Madinah, located to the southeast of Masjid al-Nabawi. It contains the graves of many prominent members of the Prophet’s family ﷺ, as well as graves belonging to the Sahaba, Tabi’in, scholars and righteous people.
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1 Meaning of Baqi
2 Location and Size of Jannatul Baqi
3 Virtues of Baqi
4 The First to be Buried in Jannatul Baqi
5 Prominent Graves of Jannatul Baqi
5.1 Ahl al-Bayt (Family of the Prophet ﷺ)
5.2 Daughters of the Prophet ﷺ
5.3 Wives of the Prophet ﷺ
5.4 Relatives of the Prophet ﷺ
5.5 Imam Malik and Imam Nafi
5.6 The Prophet’s Son ﷺ and Close Companions
5.7 Martyrs of Harra
5.8 Uthman ibn Affan
5.9 Halima al-Sa’diyya
5.10 Sa’d ibn Mu’adh and Abu Sa’id al-Khudri
5.11 Aunts of the Prophet ﷺ
6 History of Jannatul Baqi
6.1 The Construction of Mausoleums and Tombs
6.2 Renovations
6.3 Bayt al-Ahzan (the House of Sorrows)
6.4 The First Destruction of Baqi
6.5 Rebuilding of Baqi
6.6 The Second Destruction of Baqi
7 Jannatul Baqi Today
8 Map
9 References
Meaning of Baqi
The word baqi (Arabic: بقيع) means “a plot or tract of land that contains a mixture of plants”. It is related to the word biqa, meaning a large expanse of land, although the word baqi specifically refers to land containing trees or remnants of trees, such as roots or trunks.

The main type of tree that grew in the area was al-Gharqad, commonly known as Nitre bush. The scientific name for this species of tree is Nitraria retusa. It can be found throughout the Arabian peninsula and is used in traditional medicine. It is no longer found in Baqi today.

Location and Size of Jannatul Baqi
An aerial view of al-Masjid al-Nabawi and Jannatul Baqi
An aerial view of al-Masjid al-Nabawi and Jannatul Baqi
Jannatul Baqi is the largest cemetery located in Madinah and is located next to Masjid Nabawi. It is thought to contain the graves of at least 10,000 companions of the Prophet ﷺ. Unfortunately, it is impossible to identify these graves today as they are unmarked.

It has three entrances; one on the north side, another on the east and its main entrance is on the western side. This entrance is used by visitors and for when burials take place.

The area between Jannatul Baqi and Masjid Nabawi is known as Bayn al-Haramayn and used to contain the houses of Ahl al-Bayt as well as a marketplace. These no longer exist and have been replaced by a white marble plaza. You can now see the eastern exits of Masjid Nabawi from the entrance of Jannatul Baqi.

The size of Jannatul Baqi is said to have been about 80m2 in size. Today, this has grown to a massive 175,000m2, having been extended in 1373/1953-54.

Virtues of Baqi

Jannatul Baqi in the early 1900s
The Prophet ﷺ is reported to have said:

Two cemetaries illuminate for the people of Paradise just as the sun and moon illuminate the Earth, our cemetary in Baqi’ (cemetary of Madinah), and the cemetary of Asqalan.1
It is also reported that he ﷺ said:

Al-Hujun and Baqi’ cemeteries in Makkah and Medina are taken by their edges and scattered in paradise. Indeed, I intercede for whoever dies in them.2
Abdullah ibn Umar narrates that the Prophet ﷺ said:

Whoever is able to die in Madina should do so, for surely I will intercede for the one who dies in Madina.3
Umm Qays narrates that she saw the Prophet ﷺ in Jannatul Baqi, who said to her:

Do you see this graveyard? From it (Baqi) 70,000 will be resurrected on the Day of Judgment illumined like moonlight. They will enter Paradise without reckoning.4
He ﷺ also said:

I shall be the first to come out of the earth, then Abu Bakr and then Umar. Then I shall come to the people of al-Baqi and they shall be gathered with me. Then I shall wait for the people of Makkah so that I shall be gathered between the people of the Two Sanctuaries.5
The Prophet ﷺ himself often visited Jannatul Baqi and would pray for the forgiveness of its inhabitants. Aisha J narrates:

The Prophet ﷺ used to leave his bed at night. I would follow him, and see that he entered Baqi. He used to stay there for a while, raising his hands to the heavens whilst praying for the people of Baqi and seeking forgiveness for them. Upon his return, I asked him regarding this, to which he replied: ‘I have been commanded to pray for them.’6
She also says:
I asked (the Prophet ﷺ): How do I greet them (i.e., the people of Baqi’)? He replied, ‘Say: Peace be upon you O Inhabitants of this land from the believers and Muslims. May Allah have mercy upon those who have left this world and those who will eventually leave. We will, God willing, join you.’7
As well as praying for those buried in Jannatul Baqi, the Prophet ﷺ would himself pray inside the cemetery. The Shafi scholar ibn Asakir (d. 571/1176) narrates:
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