Between its northern neighbours
Bab Badr is Gate 19 on the north side of Masjid an-Nabawi. It sits between Bab Malik Fahad to the east and Bab Umar ibn al-Khattab to the west. For visitors approaching this side of the Haram, those neighbouring entrances give a simple way to describe Bab Badr’s position. The gate’s name is Bab Badr, and its number is 19.
Stays beyond the gate
Nearby stays are in the Central Haram and Badaah districts. The listings on this site show 42 stays within 300 m of Bab Badr, including 19 hotels. Across the wider 500 m area, the listings on this site show 101 stays. Masjid al-Ghamama and Jannat al-Baqi are among the nearby places for ziyarat, while Anbariya Mosque is farther away. These neighbourhoods place accommodation and Madinah visits within the same central part of the city.
Crowds around salah
Crowds at Masjid an-Nabawi can be dense during the post-Hajj season. They also increase across Ramadan’s last ten nights, with particular crowds noted on the nights of the 27th and the Quran’s completion. The mosque’s gates are busy at peak times after salah, as worshippers leave. These are patterns across the mosque, rather than a description of Bab Badr alone.
Check Nusuk for the Rawdah
If your visit includes the Rawdah, check the Nusuk app and arrange an appointment; a Nusuk appointment is needed to enter. For other visits to Masjid an-Nabawi, a permit is not required, and the mosque is open around the clock. Access arrangements change, so follow the Haram's signs and staff.
Bab Badr in the Expansions
The first mosque had three doors; when the qibla turned from Jerusalem to the Kaaba, the Prophet ﷺ closed the south-wall door and opened one in the north wall. In 17 AH (638 CE), Sayyiduna Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) enlarged the mosque towards the west, south and north, and the doors increased to six.
For the King Fahd expansion, King Fahd bin Abdulaziz (may Allah have mercy on him) laid the foundation stone on 2 November 1984 (1405 AH); the work was completed in 1414 AH (1993-94 CE). The expansion has seven principal entrances facing north, east and west, alongside two more main entrances on the south, and 41 numbered entrances were recorded in all.
Bab Badr is entrance 19 among the numbered entrances recorded after the King Fahd expansion; it has a single door in the north wall, between King Fahd Gate and Bab Umar. Three of the expansion’s seven principal entrances face north, and a stone panel above Bab Badr’s door carries the verse “Enter it in peace, secure” (Quran 15:46), as the panels above the expansion’s large doors do.
