Ruins of Masjid al Fash at Uhud

Only the minbar is recognizable.

One of the major battles the Muslims had to fight was the Battle of Uhud. The Meccans wanted revenge for the defat in the Battle of Badr, and they marched with 3000 men to Madinah with the wish to wipe out the Muslims. The Muslim army only counted 700 people.

At first, the Muslims were winning, but due to the incident at the Archer's hill, the course of the battle changed. Many Muslims fell, including the Prophet's uncle, Hadrath Hamza (ra). The Prophet (pbuh) himself was wounded.

Some of the followers, including Abu Bakr, Umar Ali and Talha (ra) escorted the injuried Prophet (pbuh) away from the battlefield and towards the Uhud mountain.

On the way they stopped at a place which is now called Masjid Fash. They prayed Dhur here. Also - the following Ayah of the Quran was revealed here:

You who believe, if you are told to make room for one another in your assemblies, then do so, and Allah will make room for you, and if you are told to rise up, then do so; Allah will raise you up by many degrees, those of you who believe and those of you have been given knowledge. ( Al-Mujadala 58:11)

Then they climbed the mountain to come to a cave where the Prophet (pbuh) rested until the Meccans had finally retreated from the battlefield.

Since then, this cave smells of musk. At the foot of the mountain there are no traces of the smell. But once you are near the cave, you feel the wounderful smell from the cave. Inside � you sense the smell as if it is emerging from its very walls. The cave is very small � at most it might keep three persons at the time.