Masjid Al-Jumu’ah

After spending 10 or 14 nights in Quba, the Holy Prophet (sa) left for Medina. On the way when the Holy Prophet (sa) reached the village of the Banu Salim bin Auf, it was a Friday. The Holy Prophet (sa), along with the Muslims, offered the Jumuah prayer [Friday prayer] in the mosque situated in the Valley of Ranuna. The total number of people was 100. The Valley of Ranuna is situated to the south of Medina. Ever since the Holy Prophet (sa) offered his Jumuah prayers there, it is known as “Masjid al-Jumu‘ah.” This was the first Jumuah offered in Medina.

(Ali bin Burhan al-Din al-Halabi, Al-Sirah al-Halabiyyah, Vol. 2, Bab al-Hijrah ila al-Medina [Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, 2002], p. 75) (Ibn Hisham, Al-Sirah al-Nabawiyyah, Bab Hijrat al-Rasul (sa) [Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, 2001], p. 349) (Atlas Sirat Nabawisa, p. 168)

Perhaps the mosque was built afterwards and was named Masjid al-Jumu‘ah because the Holy Prophet (sa) offered his Jumuah there. It is then mentioned that after offering the Jumuah prayers, the Holy Prophet (sa) mounted upon his camel and left for Medina and he had seated Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) behind him.

(Sharh al-Zurqani ala al-Mawahib al-Laduniyyah, Vol. 2 [Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, 1996], p. 157)