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The 60 pages that link to Medina, each with the reason it gives.

• QuranRelated: Many later revelations are associated with the Muslim community formed in Medina.

• MuhammadRelated: It became the center of Muhammad’s leadership after the Hijra.

• MeccaRelated: Mecca and Medina are Islam’s two holiest cities and are linked by Muhammad’s migration.

• SunnahRelated: Medinan communal practice became an influential source for understanding prophetic precedent.

• Maliki schoolRelated: Malik’s scholarship grew in Medina, whose inherited practice shaped his legal method.

• Succession to MuhammadRelated: Its factions and leading families shaped the immediate succession negotiations.

• Al-Shafi'iRelated: Study with Malik ibn Anas exposed Al-Shafi'i to Medina's legal tradition.

• Malik ibn AnasRelated: Malik treated the inherited practice of Medina as a source of legal authority.

• Ridda WarsRelated: Abu Bakr’s government in Medina sought to preserve the allegiance and revenues claimed by Muhammad’s polity.

• Shafi'i schoolRelated: Al-Shafi'i studied with Malik ibn Anas in Medina and engaged with its legal tradition.

• Hasan ibn AliRelated: Hasan spent much of his life in Medina after withdrawing from political rule.

• Ja'far al-SadiqRelated: Ja'far taught in Medina, far from the Abbasid capital.

• RamadanRelated: Early Muslim practice developed there after the Hijra.

• Battle of the CamelRelated: The political crisis leading to the battle began with Uthman’s killing in Medina.

• Eid al-FitrRelated: Traditions about the early Eid celebrations place them in the community of Medina.

• Treaty of HudaybiyyahRelated: Muhammad’s community traveled from its base in Medina toward Mecca.

• Abd Allah ibn al-ZubayrRelated: Ibn al-Zubayr began his opposition to Yazid’s rule in Medina.

• Uthman ibn AffanRelated: Uthman’s selection and caliphate unfolded in Medina, the early caliphate’s political center.

• QadiRelated: Muhammad’s leadership in Medina combined dispute resolution with the authority later associated with judges.

• AdhanRelated: The adhan emerged as a public practice in the early Muslim community at Medina.

• Early IslamRelated: There, the community organized worship, alliances, and public authority.

• JeddahRelated: Pilgrimage itineraries through Jeddah often include this other major holy city.

• Al-MuwattaRelated: Malik treated the city’s inherited practice as significant evidence for legal rulings.

• Assassination of UthmanRelated: Uthman was besieged and killed in his home in this city.

• Bilal ibn RabahRelated: Bilal served the community there and called Muslims to prayer.

• Abd al-Rahman ibn AwfRelated: Ibn Awf settled there after the Hijra and became a prosperous merchant.

• MuezzinRelated: Traditions about the first muezzin place the role in the early Muslim community there.

• Abbas ibn Abd al-MuttalibRelated: Abbas’s relationship with Muhammad unfolded as the community’s center shifted from Mecca to Medina.

• Islamic New YearRelated: The migration to Medina anchors the calendar's historical epoch.

• Abu Dharr al-GhifariRelated: Abu Dharr’s service and social criticism belong to the community centered in Medina.

• Ali al-HadiRelated: Ali al-Hadi led his community there before being transferred to Samarra.

• Hamza ibn Abd al-MuttalibRelated: The Muslim force Hamza served was based in Medina before Uhud.

• Muhammad al-BaqirRelated: Al-Baqir lived and taught in Medina, where his scholarly reputation took shape.

• Fatima bint MusaRelated: Traditional accounts place Fatima’s departure from Medina.

• Sa'id ibn ZaydRelated: Sa'id lived within the community whose political center was Medina.

• Salman al-FarsiRelated: The trench was dug around Medina to protect the Muslim community from siege.

• Ali al-SajjadRelated: Ali al-Sajjad spent much of his life there after returning from Karbala.

• Hijri eraRelated: The destination of the migration defines the event from which years are reckoned.

• Ottoman–Wahhabi WarRelated: Saudi forces took Medina, deepening the challenge to Ottoman custodianship.

• Ubayy ibn Ka'bRelated: Ubayy belonged to the Medinan community where early Qur’anic teaching developed.

• Umar ibn Abi Rabi'ahRelated: Medina shared the Hijaz’s urban and religious culture that shaped his poetic setting.

• Wives of MuhammadRelated: Muhammad’s household was based in Medina during much of the period associated with his wives.