| Jannat al-Mu'allah | |
| Country: | Saudi Arabia |
| Location: | Makkah, Hijaz |
| Coordinates: | 21.4369°N 39.8292°W |
| Type: | Islamic |
| Owner: | Islam |
| Graves: | Relatives of Muhammad (ﷺ) |
Jannat al-Mu'alla (Arabic: جَنَّة ٱلْمُعَلَّاة|Jannah al-Muʿallāh|lit=The Most Exalted Paradise), also known as the "Cemetery of Ma'la"[1] (Arabic: مَقْبَرَة ٱلْمَعْلَاة|link=no ) and Al-Ḥajūn (Arabic: ٱلْحَجُوْن|link=no), is a cemetery to the north of Al-Masjid Al-Haram, and near the Mosque of the Jinn in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. It is the place where the Islamic prophet Muhammad's (ﷺ) wife, grandfather, and other ancestors are buried.
Many of Muhammad's (ﷺ) relatives were buried in this cemetery before his Hijrah in 622. Many domes and structures have been built or rebuilt over known graves over the years.[2] Tombs in this cemetery were demolished in 1925, the same year that the Jannat al-Baqi' cemetery in Medina was demolished by the Saudi King, Ibn Saud. In traditional Sunni Islam, shrines are forbidden to be built over a grave so as to not take any saint or dead person for worship. This happened despite protests by the international Shia community.[3] Some Shiites continue to mourn the day the House of Saud demolished shrines in Al-Baqi, which has been named Yaum-e Gham or "Day of Sorrow", and protest the Saudi government's demolition of these shrines.
Historical figures buried here include:
| Name | Notes | ||
| ! scope="row" colspan="7" | Companions of Muhammad [(ﷺ)]] | ||
| Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib | Uncle of Muhammad (ﷺ); father of Ali and Chief of Banu Hashim | ||
| Abd Manaf | Great-great-grandfather of Muhammad (ﷺ) and Ali | ||
| Abd al-Muttalib | Grandfather of Muhammad (ﷺ) and Ali | ||
| Khadijah | The wife of Muhammad (ﷺ) and mother of Zainab [(ﷺ)]], Fatimah [(ﷺ)]], Ruqayya [(ﷺ)]] and Umm Kulthum [(ﷺ)]] of Banu Asad (tribe)|-| Qasim ibn Muhammad [(ﷺ)]]| the first son of Muhammad (ﷺ) and Khadijah|-| Asma bint Abu Bakr| A companion of Muhammad (ﷺ) and mother of Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr |-| Abdullah ibn Zubair| A companion of Muhammad (ﷺ) and a nephew of Aisha|-! scope="row" colspan="7"|Notable Buriels of Scholars |-| al-Mansur| Second Abbasid Caliph and the founder of Baghdad|-| Rahmatullah Kairanwi| 19th-century Indian Sunni Muslim scholar and author of Izhar ul-Haqq[4] |-| Imdadullah Muhajir Makki| Another 19th-century Indian Muslim scholar[5] |-| Abu Turab al-Zahiri| 20th-century Muslim cleric|-| Muhammad Alawi al-Maliki| 20th-century Sunni Muslim cleric|-| Mulla Ali Qari Herawi| Sunni scholar of Tafseer Quran, Fiqh, Theology, Arabic Language|-|-| Ahmad Mashhur al-Haddad| Sunni scholar of Islam prominent in Yemen, Africa, and Saudi Arabia|-|Sheikh Ismail Mahamud Cigaal|Sunni Scholar of Islam prominent in Somalia and East Africa|}See alsoExternal links |