Quba Avenue

This guide to Quba Avenue in Medina follows the roughly three to four kilometre walkway linking the Prophet's Mosque to Quba Mosque, and the tradition that the Prophet Muhammad once travelled this same route almost every Saturday. It draws on a hadith recorded in Sunan Ibn Majah that ties a purifying walk here, followed by prayer, to the reward of an entire umrah. You'll hear how a plain desert track became a landscaped corridor of cafes and rest stops built around a single promise. Watch for who walks the distance on foot rather than gliding past on a buggy.