Mount Uhud

Mount Uhud, 5 km north of the mosque — site of the Battle of Uhud (625 CE), where seventy Companions fell, and the mountain the Prophet ﷺ said loves us.

• Where: about 6.2 km from Masjid an-Nabawi in a straight line, on its north side (24.52159, 39.62631)
• City: Madinah

History

In Shawwal 3 AH (625 CE) the Quraysh marched on Madinah with three thousand men to avenge Badr. The Prophet ﷺ met them on the plain in front of Uhud with about seven hundred, posting fifty archers on a small hill to guard the rear. When the archers left their post to gather spoils, the Makkan cavalry under Khalid ibn al-Walid swept behind the Muslim line; the Prophet ﷺ was wounded and seventy Companions were killed, among them his uncle Hamza, "the master of the martyrs".

The mountain, a long red-brown ridge about 1,000 m high, closes the northern edge of the city. The Prophet ﷺ said: "Uhud is a mountain that loves us and we love it."

What to do there

• Stand before the martyrs' enclosure, give the greeting of the graves and pray for Hamza and his companions.
• Walk up the Archers' Hill for the view of the battlefield, then the mountain path if you have time and the weather is cool.

Tips for pilgrims

• The best hours are early morning; the plain is exposed and hot from mid-morning.
• Vendors sell dates and souvenirs; the mosque by the cemetery has toilets and water.
• The mountain trail (see the climb page) is rocky; ordinary shoes are enough for the first viewpoint.

Nearby places

• Martyrs of Uhud (Sayyid ash-Shuhada) — 2.4 km away
• Archers' Hill (Jabal ar-Rumah) — 2.6 km away
• Jabal Sela (Battle of the Trench) — 5.7 km away
• The Seven Mosques (Masjid al-Fath) — 5.9 km away

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Text by the UmrahMap content team from the sources listed; updated 2026-09-25. This text is still being reviewed by scholars. Visiting rules and opening hours can change — check locally.

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