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The city of Yathrib, known as Medina, is one of the most interesting cities in pre-Islamic

Arabia, even before the coming of Islam.

Of course with the coming of Islam, Yathrib was to become Medina and Medina has a special

place in all of our hearts.

Every single person of Imam loves Medina.

And we love Medina because our professors have made a special dua to Allah that every

Muslim should love Medina.

When the sahaba migrated to Medina, they did not like it and they missed Makkah.

And so the professors have made a dua to Allah.

Allahumma habbi ilain al-Madina, o Allah, cause all of us to love Medina, qahubbina

makkata or ashad, like we used to love Makkah or even more than we used to love Makkah.

And Allah granted the professors and that dua and that's why every Muslim who enters Medina

feels the love of Medina and they desire Medina and they miss Medina because that special

place exists in our heart for Medina.

But what was Medina before the migration of the Prophet ﷺ?

It was the city of Yathrib.

The city of Yathrib had many interesting, unique characteristics.

The city of Yathrib, when was it founded?

We don't know for sure.

But we have remnants from the time of the Babylonian inscriptions that mention the name Yathriba

in 550 BC.

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