Quba Mosque was first built in 622, in the village of Quba about 3.7 miles (6 km) from Medina. The article gives two accounts. In one, Muhammad founded it and laid the first stone, followed by Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman. In the other, the first emigrants from Mecca and some of the Anṣār built it before he arrived.
It was enlarged or rebuilt many times, including in 1333 under Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad and in 1543 under Suleiman. In 1968, work under King Faisal made it a square of 130 by 130 feet (40 by 40 m). King Fahd's complete reconstruction ran from November 3, 1984, to November 2, 1986, with Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil as architect.
The 1986 building keeps Medina's ribbed white domes and basalt facing. It has four minarets and six main domes around a central courtyard. In 2022 a plan was announced to expand it tenfold, to 538,200 square feet (50,000 m²).
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