where is medina
share medina in saudi arabia is the second holiest site in islam after mecca it is located about 350 miles west of the capital city of riyadh about 150 miles east of the red sea and egypt the third holiest site in islam is the al aqsa mosque in jerusalemhe prophet himself built the original medina prophet s mosque next to the home where he settled when he was first driven out of mecca this resettlement is called his hijra or emigration and occurred in 622 ad