after muhammad's flight the city of yathrib, they changed its name to medina.
Yathrib is another name to the city of Madinah in Arabia.
"Yathrib" is the old name for Medina (Al-Madinah Al-Monawarah) city in Saudi Arabia, before the migration of Prophet Muhammad. Worth mentioning that it's not preferable to name the city "Yathrib" now. The name itself comes from the family head (Yathrib Ibn Abeel) which was said to be the first family to inhibit this area. They are descendants of Prophet Noah.
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Yathrib, the original name of the city now known as Medina in Saudi Arabia, means "the city of the Prophet." The name was given after the migration (Hijra) of the Prophet Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Yathrib in 622 CE. This change in name reflects the city's significance as a center of Islam and its role in the early Muslim community.
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Yathrib is important because it was the city that welcomed the Prophet Muhammad and his followers during the Hijra, marking the beginning of the Islamic calendar. After their arrival, Yathrib was renamed Medina, meaning "the City of the Prophet," and became the first Islamic community. Medina played a crucial role in the spread of Islam and served as a political and spiritual center for the early Muslim community.
Muhammad's journey to yathrib is called Hijrah.
muhammads followers renamed yathrib "medina"
Current Medina was called Yathrib during the time of Prophet Muhammad (S).
The modern name for the city of Yathrib is Medina. Located in present-day Saudi Arabia, Medina is significant in Islamic history as the city where the Prophet Muhammad migrated and established the first Muslim community. It is the second holiest city in Islam, after Mecca.
before it was called yathrib but when Muhammad s.a.w went there since then it was called Madinatun nabi . city of nabi.