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Fatwa CenterMakkah is the best place on earth
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Assalamu Alaykum,
Is Makkah the best and holiest place on earth in the sight of God?
Thank you
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad 
is His slave and Messenger.
Makkah is the best place on earth and it is better than Al-Madeenah according to the view of the majority of the scholars 
. They have many pieces of evidence about this, among which is the following:
1- Ibn ‘Abbaas 
said: “The Prophet addressed Makkah, saying: “How good you are as a town and how dear you are to my heart! Had your people not forced me out of you, I would have never resided in any other city but you.” [At-Tirmithi] Al-Mubaarakpoori said (when interpreting the above Hadeeth reported by At-Tirmithi): “This evidence supports the opinion of the majority of the scholars that Makkah is better than Al-Madeenah.”
2- ‘Abdullaah ibn ‘Adiyy ibn Hamraa’ Az-Zuhri said: “I saw the Prophet standing on Al-Hazwarah (a place in Makkah) addressing Makkah, saying: “I swear by Allaah, you are the best of lands of Allaah and you are the most beloved land to Allaah, and had it not been that I was driven out of you, I would have never left you”. [Ahmad, At-Tirmithi and Ibn Maajah] When Shaykh Ibn Taymiyyah was asked: “Is Makkah better than Al-Madeenah or vice-versa?”, he said: “Makkah, may Allaah guard it, is the most honorable place.”
Allaah Knows best.
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