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Thread on Jannatul Baqi with a useful infographic at the end:

Jannatul Baqi (Garden of Heaven) is the main cemetery of Madinah. Buried here are many members of the Prophet’s (ﷺ) close family, around 10,000 Sahabah and many prominent, pious personalities.

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The Prophet (ﷺ) said,“On the day of Qiyamah my grave shall be opened first and I shall step forth. Then shall Abu Bakr (ra) step forth and then Umar (ra). Then shall I proceed to Baqi and take all its inmates with me. Then shall we await the inmates of the graveyard of Makkah.."

Baqi means the land in which the roots of different trees are embedded, Gharqad is the name of a thorny tree (Boxthorn) which were abundant in Baqi. Hence the cemetery also came to be known as Baqi al-Gharqad.

The first person to be buried in al-Baqi was As’ad Bin Zararah (ra), an Ansari companion who died soon after the Prophet ‘s (ﷺ) migration to Madinah. The Prophet (ﷺ) chose the spot to be a cemetery. The first of the Muhajirun to be buried there was Uthman bin Mazoun (r.a.).

Some of the blessed personalities resting in Jannatul Baqi are:

The aunts of the Prophet (ﷺ), Safiyyah bint Abdul Muttalib and her sister Aatikah (رضي الله عنهم)

Relatives of the Prophet (ﷺ), Abdullah bin Jafar and Aqeel bin Abi Talib (رضي الله عنهم)

9 of the wives of the Prophet (ﷺ). They are Aisha bint Abu Bakr, Sauda bint Zamaa, Hafsa bint Umar, Zainab bint Khuzaymah, Juwairiya bint Harith, Umm Habibah bint Abu Sufyan, Safiyyah bint Hayy al Akhtab, Zainab bint Jahash, Umme Salamah bint Abu Umama (رضي الله عنهم).

The daughters of the Prophet (ﷺ), Fatima, Ruqayyah, Zainab and Umme Kulthum (رضي الله عنهم)

Other close family members of the Prophet (ﷺ) buried here include his uncle Abbas, Hasan bin Ali, Zainul Abideen bin Husain, Muhammad al-Baqir bin Zainul Abideen and Jafar bin Muhammad al-Baqir (رضي الله عنهم). They are buried close together along with Fatima (رضي الله عنها).

Imam Malik and his teacher Imam Nafi’ bin Abi Nu’aym (رضي الله عنهم)

Ebrahim (رضي الله عنه), the infant son of the Prophet (ﷺ) by Maria al-Qibtiyya (رضي الله عنها)

The martyrs of the Battle of Harrah. This was a battle fought in 683 AH against the armies of Yazeed bin Muawiyah by the army of Abdullah bin Zubair (رضي الله عنه) and his allies in order to defend Madinah. This battle happened after the demise of the Prophet (ﷺ).

Uthman (رضي الله عنه), the third Caliph and son-in-law of the Prophet (ﷺ). He died in 656 AH.

Haleemah Sa’diya (رضي الله عنها), the wet-nurse and foster mother of the Prophet (ﷺ)

There are many other companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) buried in unmarked graves in Jannatul Baqi. These include Sa’ad bin Abi Waqqas, Abdur-Rehman bin Auf and Abdullah bin Mas’ood (رضي الله عنهم). Abu Saeed Khudri and Sa’ad bin Mu’adh (رضي الله عنهم) are said to be buried here:

During different times of history many domes and structures were built or rebuilt over many famous graves in Al-Baqi in order to identify the inhabitants. On April 21, 1925, mausoleums, domes and structures in Jannatul Baqi were demolished by the order of King Abdul Aziz Al Saud.

It is virtuous to visit Jannatul Baqi (preferably on a Friday) and supplicate to Allah (ﷻ) for all those buried in its noble earth.

This infographic provides a useful reference of the location of the main inhabitants: