Suffah

Al-Ṣuffah (Arabic: الصُّفّة), or Dikkat Ashab As-Suffah (دِكَّة أَصْحَاب الصُّفَّة) was a sheltered raised platform[2] that was available at the rear side of the Prophet's Mosque[2] during the Medina period (622-632) of early Islam.

Homeless and unmarried Muhajirun (companions of the Prophet who migrated from Mecca) who did not have relatives in Medina, dwelt in al-Suffah where they were mainly learning the Quran and Sunnah.

Due to the scarcity of jobs caused by a combination of trade boycott and military threat,[3] members of Ashab al-Suffah had little income.

When Muhammad was ordered by Allah to face the new qibla (prayer direction) to be towards Mecca at the south of Medina, the Suffah was left at the rear of the mosque, where it remained.

When al-Walid I, the Umayyad Caliph, expanded the mosque, Al-Suffah's location was changed to where it is now called: Dikkat Al-Aghwat.