Tabuk
في السنة التاسعة للهجرة، قاد النبي محمد ﷺ جيشًا قوامه نحو ثلاثين ألفًا إلى تبوك في أقصى شمال الجزيرة العربية لمواجهة تقدم بيزنطي محتمل. وعندما بلغ الجيش عين…
In 9 AH Nabi Muhammad ﷺ led an army of around thirty thousand to Tabuk in the far north of Arabia to meet a threatened Byzantine advance. When the army reached the spring of Tabuk its water was barely a trickle. According to the well-known account, the Prophet ﷺ washed his face and hands in a little of the water and returned it to the spring, which then flowed so strongly that the whole army could drink. The site of the spring lies in the old centre of the city of Tabuk, close to Masjid al-Tawbah and the Ottoman castle. The water no longer flows freely, but the spot is remembered as the place of one of the miracles of the Tabuk expedition.