If you are given a choise to settle between the two places..which one would u choose?

[Medinahgirl]

:salams

Please do state why...if you dont mind....wanted to know why?

salaam

[truth786]

Madinah Al- Munawarah i can't say the reasons cuz i cant explain the feeling in words :inlove:

[abeeradil]

choosin between the Holy Mosques.. wud b very very wrong..!
but yes.. if i HAD to HAD to..
i find lotsa P.E.A.C.E at Madinah Al Munawwara..

away from al d worldly affairs, problems, distractions..
itz an amazngly wonderful place to boost the true Muslim within u.. whihc unfortunately sometmes gets lost :( . . . between d influencin earthly useless desires... ! ... sigh !

[abeeradil]

Mis MedinaGirl.. u kno ur DAMN lucky to b at such a Holy Place.. MashAllah !
take full advantage of it deaaaaaar.. :)..!
dnt let a single moment b lost..

u knoooow wut i meaaaan!!!

[Nawar]

Mashallah they are both very special in their own right,but I had to go with Makkah. Subhanallah it cannot be described with my petty words...indeed Allah (swt) has described it for us.....


'Verily, the first House of worship appointed for mankind was that at Makkah, full of blessing...& a guidance for Al-Alamin (mankind and jinn).....' (3:96) :inlove:

[Nawar]

:smack: ......

I just had a brain wave :embar: ....

I forgot this....the Prophet (saw) did say that if you could choose to die in any city, let it be Madinah....amongst all the other ahadith the Prophet (saw) told us about the people who live in Madinah....

Ahh man......I dont like this question....lol.....

[Khadhijah]

Lol Nawar.

I chose Madinah. Dont know why cuz i have never been to either places but subhan Allah! The Prophet :saw: chose to stay in Madinah after Fath of Makkah and plus so many of the early Islamic history is in Madinah :inlove: Insha Allah i hope to go there one day.

[janathi]

:salams

Madinah! :love:

reason!? : Allahu Alam :inlove:

:wswrwb:

[Furqan]

Madinah... Less crowded.. Less Commercial...

I've lived in Makkah before... I dunno... Between work and Haram.. the crowd... I think it'd just be better in Madinah...

Too bad I'm living in Riyadh... Alhamdulillah 'Alaa Kulli Haal.. :D

[Nawar]

LOL!!!!.....at the poll results at the mo....subhanallah

I think Im out-voted....:embar:

Personally, I think we should be allowed to vote twice on this one....:embar:

[MMS]

wouldnt it be cool if we all had those lil houses made from mud :embar: and the men wore kajol in their eyes and had long hair and rode their horses through the deserts :inlove:
grr i should have been born a few 100 years earlier :p

[Omar]

Madinah Al- Munawarah :inlove:

its alot more friendly and less of the whole conjestion that goes on in mecca plus its feels so much more spiritual :inlove:

[Nawar]

^^^

At the same time, theres something special about that hustle and bustle buzz of Makkah..........

[Furqan]

^^^

At the same time, theres something special about that hustle and bustle buzz of Makkah..........No doubt... Even the Prophet :saws2: wanted to go back to Makkah.. In fact he longed for Makkah.. but still the fact that sins double is scary...

[Khadhijah]

No doubt... Even the Prophet :saws2: wanted to go back to Makkah.. In fact he longed for Makkah.. but still the fact that sins double is scary...
What do you mean by "sins double"?

[Furqan]

What do you mean by "sins double"?Ya'ni you get double reward for doing a good deed and a double sin for doing a sin...

[Khadhijah]

Ya'ni you get double reward for doing a good deed and a double sin for doing a sin...
Whoa, is that if you live in Makkah only?

[Al-ghurabah]

having been to hajj.. mecca seems so busy and untidy but the actuall masjid is no nice to be inside. so peacefull to stare at the kabaa.
medinah seemed very clean calm.. and peacefull. but i met a indian muslim there..
he said he was living in the best city in the world(medinah) but the people were so unkind.. they treat other muslims as second class citizens.. he wanted me to help him out of there..
he was a professional guy working for a company... ...

if the arab people were not so nationalistic and looked down on other msulims.. it would be so good..
but im sure not all are like that

[Furqan]

Whoa, is that if you live in Makkah only?If I remember correctly... Yes.. Need to check up on that though...

[Nawar]

Ya'ni you get double reward for doing a good deed and a double sin for doing a sin...

Ermmm...yeh, can you check that. Im pretty sure one sin amounts only to one sin.........wherever you are. This is the mercy of Allah (swt).

But when is comes to reward :inlove:....multiplied by 100,000 for praying a salat in the haram as opposed to one not in the haram :inlove:.......

The poll is still going one way....lol

[Salman Al-Farsi]

Medinah seems peaceful and it has its own status but by far it CANNOT touch Makkah.

though i think we are talking about settling down right? if i had a choice i would live in Makkah anytiem.

[ur_yusra]

I don't see the issue..

I would live in hmmm.. actually I do see the issue.. I dunno??

I think I'd live in Madinah.. and go to Makkah every week.. :rolleyes:

[m-shahzad]

I will go to makkah coz that is the place which our Prophet (SAW) loved very much:)

[Hekmaa]

If the best of creation chose Madina Munawarah to be his home, then would we also not follow his judgement? with all the wisdom that comes from him in that decision?

Such questions should not be asked because it creates Fitnah in the heart of the persons who do not know the reason. If a person choses one city over the other, and the reason is not sound Islamically they can be put in sin. Hence these questions should not be asked.

Especially when the matter was settled by the Holy Prophet,as he with his wisdom having access to both cities chose to stay in Madina Munawarah. We follow his example and the example of his Sahaba, and most of them remained in Madina Munawarah.

[Le Croyant]

Madinah was madinah has so much peaceful feeeling to it. Its very realxed & calm.

Makkah is very bz and there's always a sense of urgency when i m there.

[Nawar]

If the best of creation chose Madina Munawarah to be his home, then would we also not follow his judgement? with all the wisdom that comes from him in that decision?

Such questions should not be asked because it creates Fitnah in the heart of the persons who do not know the reason. If a person choses one city over the other, and the reason is not sound Islamically they can be put in sin. Hence these questions should not be asked.

Especially when the matter was settled by the Holy Prophet,as he with his wisdom having access to both cities chose to stay in Madina Munawarah. We follow his example and the example of his Sahaba, and most of them remained in Madina Munawarah.

Akhee, I agree. Yet there is no right or wrong answer...there is no halal or haraam in this issue. Everyone here has said that both are amazing in their own right, and special. I think some people's answers may be based on just personal experiences and attachments after visiting these places. Agreed, the question is a bit difficult to answer.

Ofcourse Madinah is from the sunnah, no doubt, no dispute. But Makkah was also dear to the Prophet (saw)....when he left Makkah, the Prophet (saw) said to Makkah that 'had your people not turned me out, I would not have left you'....and it has a long history with Ibrahim (as) etc...

Anyway, my answer was naively based on a personal attachment and experience...as most people only visit these places for a limited time.

But khayr, I am in no way denying the sunnah. Madinah all the way :up:....

[MalikOne™]

Medinah- unmatched serenity and plus your near Rasoolullah :saw: :love: and all the great sahaba- some of the greatest people on the earth in the same province as you :sub:

[Medinahgirl]

having been to hajj.. mecca seems so busy and untidy but the actuall masjid is no nice to be inside. so peacefull to stare at the kabaa.
medinah seemed very clean calm.. and peacefull. but i met a indian muslim there..
he said he was living in the best city in the world(medinah) but the people were so unkind.. they treat other muslims as second class citizens.. he wanted me to help him out of there..
he was a professional guy working for a company... ...

if the arab people were not so nationalistic and looked down on other msulims.. it would be so good..
but im sure not all are like that
Salaam

It is true that many people not only in Madina but around Saudia treat foreigners that way...but always there is a good side and a bad side...where in the world is people let at peace...!

May Allah protect us from the Satan!

Ameen!

[Medievalist]

Madinah Munawwarah inshaALLAH because it is the city of Nabi :saw: .

[ayeah-geeza]

ofcourse it will be makkah, the best place on earth, where God's house is. The pace adam and Ibrahim buit.. :rolleyes: I just wanna go now.

Makkah is the holiest, and it is mentioned in the quran many times:up:

[ayeah-geeza]

Especially when the matter was settled by the Holy Prophet,as he with his wisdom having access to both cities chose to stay in Madina Munawarah. We follow his example and the example of his Sahaba, and most of them remained in Madina Munawarah.

yup true true, but that doesn't mean it is better than Mekkah.. The place of God's House, with respect to the prophet.. he had all right to go there and stay Makkah wasn't all gud at that time. But mashallah is noow.

[perfectpearl]

I never went to neither

BUT

i would live in Mecca cuz its closer to make hajj, spend Ramadan there and pray everyday there. Its just a different spirit. I am sure Medina would be really nice and friendly to but i guess ill settle for Mecca. Well actually why not somewhere between :inlove:

[tru muslimah]

i'd lyk to go to these cities first

and i'd settle in madinah

[abdalmajid]

:salams

Please do state why...if you dont mind....wanted to know why?

salaam

Salaams

I would not be able to choose, every time I went Umrah and Hajj I was in tears every time I felt each of these blessed places even thou I went back to them in the same trip. I would say for me this would be the most difficult decision I would ever have to make if it ever became reality.

Wa salaam

Your bro

Abdal Majid Ibn Muhammad Shafi

[Al Qiyamah]

i'd lyk to go to these cities first

and i'd settle in madinah

SubhanAllah would be a hard decision to choose between the too ...but same here ...if I were to live somewhere it'd definitely be Madinah ...:love:

[ayeah-geeza]

It's very surprising that many ppl have chosen Madinah..?? Everyone I asked here(my friends) said Makkah. hmm.. is it just because Muhammed(saws) chose it. But you know there is reasons why he chose it, and if there is a better reason why not to choose makkah(so I could be closer to God's house) then tell me..??

[ghanamuslima]

i don't really know why:D

[hammersapu$$y]

Makkah Al-Mukarramah all the way!

[ummbilal]

I'd be happy with either, but if i could choose inshaallah it would be the blessed city of medinah inshaallah

[Asmara]

I would like to live in Madinah and pray in the prophet (saw)'s masjid everyday.

[ayeah-geeza]

I would like to live in Madinah and pray in the prophet (saw)'s masjid everyday.

hm... Is that better than praying at Gods house everyday??

[ur_yusra]

Subhan'Allah..

Remember the duah that Muhammad (SAW) made asking Allah (SWT) to make Madinah as beloved as Makkah to the people and if not that then to make it even more beloved..

[Asmara]

hm... Is that better than praying at Gods house everyday??


I've heard that one feels immense peace when inside the prophet (saw)'s masjid, and they feel a spiritual high. I would like to experience that. I'm sure that Masjid-al-Haram is the best place a Muslim can worship Allah, but there's just something about Medinah that calls to me. Unfortunately I can't afford to live there lol

[myself]

:salams

Please do state why...if you dont mind....wanted to know why?

salaam
More reward in Makkah for each prayer performed in the Masjid-al-Haraam. :up: