Masjid Quba

As-salam Alaykum folks Sorry it's been awhile... there's currently lots of stuff going on in my life alhamdulillah. I figured I would post up some pictures to add to the blog since it's been full of my rantings thus far...

Masjid Quba was the first masjid to be built. There is a hadith that states, “Whoever makes wudu and leaves to Quba and has the intention to pray there, it will be like making umrah.”
The prophet (saw) arrived at Masjid al-Quba on his migration from Mecca to Madinah on 12th Rabi al-Awwal. There was a tribe of `Amr ibn Awf, and the prophet (saw) stayed with Khulthum ibn Haden (sp?). `Ali (ra) brought Aisha, her mother, Sawdah, and Asmaa bint Abu Bakr the following day. Abdullah ibn Zubair (son of Asmaa) was the first Muslim born during Muhajirah. The Prophet’s (saw) camel chose this place for the prophet (saw) to build a masjid.
The prophet (saw) stayed at Quba from Monday to Thursday and left on Friday. Khulthum ibn Haden was the first to die after the prophet (saw) reached Madinah. The cousin of `Amr ibn Awf requested that the prophet (saw) stay with them on Friday-- more to be said about Masjid Jumuah in the next picture posting inshaAllah...

Above: Upstairs in the sisters' praying area. No pictures are allowed to be taken in this masjid, but they allowed us to alhamdulillah...