page_title: Jannat al-Mu'alla
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Jannat al-Mu'alla / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Khadija bint Khuwaylid tomb ‫‬ العربية: القبة التي كانت مبنية على قبر خديجة بنت خويلد في مقبرة المعلاة في مكة. ‫‬
context_page_description: Jannat al-Mu'alla, also known as the Cemetery of Ma'la and Al-Hajun, is a cemetery to the north of the Masjid al-Haram, and near the Mosque of the Jinn, in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. It is the place where Muhammad's wife, grandfather, and other ancestors are buried.
context_section_description: Many of Muhammad's relatives were buried in this cemetery before his Hegira in 622. Many domes and structures have been built or rebuilt over famous graves over the years.
  Tombs in this cemetery were demolished in 1925, the same year that the Jannat al-Baqi' cemetery in Medina was demolished by Saudi King, Ibn Saud. This happened despite protests by the international Islamic community. 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". Shiites continue to protest the Saudi government's demolition of these shrines.
caption: Khadija's tomb at Jannat al-Mu'alla cemetery, before its destruction in 1925
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