Masjid IJABA (Mubaahila)

Masjid IJABA in Medina, once known simply as the mosque of Banu Muawiyah, marks the spot where Muhammad stopped on his way back from the high ground at the city's edge, prayed two short units, then privately asked God for three things. This guide follows which of those requests were granted and which was refused, and why that mix of answers gave the mosque its later name, al-Ijabah, the response. It also touches on the mosque's alternate name, tying it to a tense standoff with a Christian delegation from Najran that same year, and the rebuilding it underwent under King Fahd in 1997.