Also known as the garden of heaven or ‘Baqi al-Gharqad, as Gharqad is boxthorn tree’ which were found in abundance in ‘Baqi’. Prophet Muhammed (P.B.U.H.) chose this spot to be the cemetery. This is the main cemetery of Madinah and buried here are many of Prophet of Islam’s(P.B.U.H.) family members and thousands of his ’Sahabah – companions’. The final resting place of some of the blessed personalities include Prophet’s (P.B.U.H.) wet nurse ‘Haleemah Sa’diya’, his aunts ‘Aatikah’ and ‘Safiyah’, close relatives of the Prophet(P.B.U.H.) ‘Abdullah Bin Jafar’, ‘Aqeel Bin Abi Talib’, his wives, also known as ‘Mothers of the believers’ namely ‘Aisha Bint Abu Bakr’, ‘Sauda Bint Zamaa’, ‘Hafsah Bint Umar’, ‘Zainab Bint Khuzaymah’, Umme Salamah Bint Abu Umama’, the daughters of the Prophet(P.B.U.H.) ‘Zainab and Umme Kulthum’. Other close family members include ‘Abbas Bin Abdul Muttalib’, ‘Hasan Bin Ali Ibn Abi Talib’, ‘Zainul Abideen Bin Hussain Bin Ali’ and ‘Caliph Usman’ to name a few.