Jannatu l-Baqī

Jannatu l-Baqī‘ (Arabic: جنة البقيع‎) (also spelt Jannat al-Baqī‘) is a cemetery in Medina, Saudi Arabia, located across from the Masjid al-Nabawi, in the southeastern of the mosque where The Prophet Muhammed is buried. This cemetery contains many of Muhammad's relatives and companions. Its name means "The Garden of Heaven",It is lso known with its old famous name Baqee Al Garqad, baqee means Garden or land with grew plants and Al Garqad is The large Lycium shawii trees (In Arabic:Alaosaj) a species of Boxthorn Plants. Many traditions relate Muhammad issuing a prayer every time he passed the cemetery.

History
When The Prophet Mohammed arrived Madinah from Makkah in September 622 Albaqee was a land covered with Lycium shawii trees ,during the construction of the Masjid al-Nabawi, Asa'ad Bin Zararah one of the prophet's companions died to be the first to buried in albaqee cemetery among Ansar. While Prophet Mohammed outside Madinah for Battle of Badr his daughter Roqayyah was sick and died in 624 she buried in Albaqee by her husband Uthman ibn Affan. shortly after Prophet arrived from Badr Uthman Bin Mazoun died and buried in Albaqee, Uthman Bin Mazoun considered the first Prophet companion from Muhajirun to be buried in Albaqee Cemetery .

The first enlargement of The Cemetery in history was made by Muawiyah the first Umayyad larder to bring the hush kaukab Farm where Uthman ibn Affan buried inside Albaqi Cemetery. Umayyad built first dome in albaqi over Uthman ibn Affan grave, during deferent time of history many domes and structures were built or rebuilt over many famous graves in albaqi.

Some important personalities buried at Jannat al-Baqi
Ibrahim – Muhammad's son by Maria al-Qibtiyya, died in infancy
Fatima Zahra – Muhammad's daughter by first wife Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, in an unknown grave
Hasan ibn Ali, 2nd Shia Imam, grandson of Muhammad, son of Fatima
Ali ibn Husayn, 4th Shia Imam, great-grandson of Muhammad
Muhammad al-Baqir, 5th Shia Imam
Jafar Sadiq, 6th Shia Imam (as)
Malik ibn Anas, Islamic jurist
Imam Shamil, Dagestan leader
Uthman ibn Affan - The third Caliph of the Rashidun
Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, uncle of Muhammad
All of mothers of the believers, Muhammad's wives, except for Khadijah and Maymuna bint al-Harith
Many of Muhammad's aunts: Safiya and Aatika, and his aunt Fatima bint al-Asad, the mother of Hazrat Ali.