Jabal Thawr rises south of Mecca, its summit holding the cave remembered as a place of refuge during the Hijrah. The mountain’s steep, exposed terrain gives the story its physical scale: protection came through concealment in a harsh landscape.
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From this southern approach, Jabal Thawr looks like a wall of bare rock above the city. Near its summit is the cave associated with the Hijrah, when the Prophet Muhammad and Abu Bakr, fleeing Mecca for Medina, sheltered here for three days.
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- Jabal Thawr is south of Mecca.
- The cave is near the mountain summit.
- Accounts say the Prophet and Abu Bakr sheltered there for three days during the Hijrah.
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