Banu Juhaynah and Bali: A Mosque Gone, and a Hadith Worth Keeping

Saudipedia lists a mosque of the Banu Juhaynah and Bali among the mosques in Madinah where the Prophet ﷺ prayed whose location is known rather than among the eighteen still standing.

We could verify very little about the mosque itself, and we will say so before anything else. What is worth writing about is the two tribes, and one of them has an authentic hadith about it that is worth knowing.

What we could verify

• The mosque appears on Saudipedia's published list, in the group of seven whose location is known.
• It is associated with two tribal groups, Juhaynah and Bali, who had a presence in and around Madinah.

What we could not verify

• A specific narration describing an event at this mosque.
• Its exact modern location, any marker, or any access.
• Anything about the building, its date or its condition.

We are not going to make up a paragraph of atmosphere. If you have a sourced reference, we would like to see it.

The hadith about Juhaynah

This is the part worth carrying.

Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim record the Prophet ﷺ saying that Aslam, Ghifar, Muzaynah and Juhaynah are better than several of the large and famous Arab tribes of the time, whom he named.

Understand what that meant when it was said. The tribes he praised were smaller and less prestigious. The ones he ranked below them were among the great names of Arabia, groups whose status was taken for granted.

He said it in public, to an audience for whom tribal standing was the organising fact of life.

Juhaynah were a Hijazi tribe, from the country between Madinah and the Red Sea, and many of them accepted Islam early. That hadith is the reason their name carries what it carries.

Bali

Bali were an Arab tribe of the north-western Hijaz. Members of the tribe were among the Muslims of Madinah in the early period, allied with the Ansar.

We are keeping this short deliberately. We could not verify a specific authentic narration about the tribe of the kind quoted above for Juhaynah, and we are not going to reach for one.

The evidence, plainly

• The hadith praising Aslam, Ghifar, Muzaynah and Juhaynah: level A, Bukhari and Muslim.
• The mosque on Saudipedia's list: level B documentation, in the group whose location is known.
• Everything else about the mosque: not verified by us.

Is visiting part of Hajj or Umrah?

No. Not a rite of either, and there is nothing standing to visit.

Honest verdict

Nothing to see. Take the hadith about the four tribes instead, because it does something useful.

Every group of pilgrims contains people quietly aware that they are from a smaller place, a poorer country, a less impressive background than the person next to them in the row. That hadith was said for exactly that.

Related

• The seven mosques you cannot visit — what "known location" means, and which they are.
• Atban ibn Malik — another of the seven, with a hadith worth more than a building.
• Masjid al-Fadikh — and the night the jars were poured out.
• Madinah Ziyarat guide — the sites actually worth your day.

Getting there

Madinah's smaller historic sites are scattered, and reaching them one taxi at a time turns a short list into a whole morning. Our Madinah Ziyarat private car covers the round on one fixed fare for the whole vehicle with the driver waiting at every stop, and the Madinah Ziyarat tour is the guided version. For arrival, the Madinah airport transfer has fixed fares.

Accuracy note

Saudipedia lists a mosque of the Banu Juhaynah and Bali among the mosques in Madinah where the Prophet ﷺ prayed whose location is known, rather than among the eighteen still standing. We could not verify a specific narration describing an event at this mosque, its exact modern location, any marker, any access, or anything about the building, its date or its condition, and we have said so rather than filling the gap. The hadith in which the Prophet ﷺ described Aslam, Ghifar, Muzaynah and Juhaynah as better than several larger and more prestigious Arab tribes is recorded in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim. Juhaynah were a Hijazi tribe from the country between Madinah and the Red Sea; Bali were an Arab tribe of the north-western Hijaz with members among the Muslims of Madinah in the early period. We could not verify a specific authentic narration about Bali of the kind quoted for Juhaynah and have not reached for one. There is nothing standing to visit, and visiting is not a rite of Hajj or Umrah. Content verified August 2026. If you hold a sourced reference, please send it and we will update this page.