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Every case set in what is now Saudi Arabia, best-known first. Cities, states and old kingdoms count under the country that holds them today.

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Cases in Saudi Arabia

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Cases
10
Years
1750 BCE to 1975
Region
Middle East
Main subjects
Scripture and the ancient world, Royalty, Business dynasties, Heirlooms and treasure
Updated
30 October 2026
Faisal of Saudi Arabia: King Faisal bin Abdulaziz (cropped)(b)1975 · Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaSaudi King Faisal was shot by his nephew during an audience, and the nephew was beheaded in a Riyadh squareKing Faisal had ruled Saudi Arabia since 1964 and led the 1973 Arab oil embargo.Wikipedia (English) and 1 moreBin Ladin: Bin Ladin building. Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 2004. Photo by Bertil Videt.1967 · Jeddah and Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaMohammed bin Laden's sons ran his construction group for decades, and three of them signed their shares over to the state while detainedThe Binladin construction company was founded in 1931 and grew on the expansion of the mosques in Mecca and Medina. After the founder, Mohammed bin Laden, died in 1967, Mohammed Bahareth ran it.newarab.com and 5 moreThe Blackstone: A close up of the Blackstone on the corner of the Kaba944 · Mecca, Saudi Arabia; Hajar (al-Ahsa), Saudi ArabiaQarmatian raiders took the Black Stone from Mecca in 930 and held it for about 20 years before dropping it in a mosque in KufaOn 11 January 930, during the pilgrimage, Qarmatian forces from eastern Arabia under Abu Tahir al-Jannabi attacked Mecca. Many pilgrims were killed and left unburied, and some bodies were thrown into the Zamzam well.madainproject.com and 3 moreMadina: "Madina" and "Majmua aulia ekram," bazaar art, 1950's Source: ebay, Mar. 2012634 · Medina, Saudi ArabiaFull brothers left with nothing asked the caliph Umar to treat their father as a donkey, and he changed his rulingThe case is called al-mushtaraka (the shared case), al-himariyya (the donkey case) or al-umariyya. A woman died leaving a husband, a mother, maternal half-brothers and full brothers.islamqa.info and 2 moreMap of Saudi Arabia, marked on the globe632 · Banu Salimah quarter, Medina, Saudi ArabiaJabir, with only sisters to inherit, asked Muhammad how to leave his estate; the last verse revealed answered him, and the caliph Umar said he never fully understood itAl-Bukhari records that Jabir ibn Abd Allah's father died leaving seven or nine daughters, and that Jabir married a widow so someone experienced would look after his sisters.ihadis.com and 3 moreMap of Saudi Arabia, marked on the globe632 · Saqifa of the Banu Sa'ida, Medina, Saudi ArabiaWhile Muhammad's family prepared his body, a meeting in a Medina courtyard chose Abu Bakr as successor over the people of Medina's own candidateAl-Bukhari records Aisha's account. Muhammad died while Abu Bakr was at al-Sunh outside Medina. Umar stood up and insisted Muhammad was not dead.ihadis.com and 3 moreMap of Saudi Arabia, marked on the globe632 · Fadak oasis and Medina, Saudi ArabiaFatima asked Abu Bakr for her inheritance from Muhammad; he refused, she did not speak to him again, and caliphs returned and seized the land of Fadak for 200 yearsFadak surrendered to Muhammad without a fight, so its income was his alone.Internet Archive and 2 moreIsidor Rabi: II Rabi625 · Uhud, Medina, Saudi ArabiaSa'd ibn al-Rabi' was killed at Uhud and his brother took everything; his widow brought their two daughters to Muhammad, and the Koran's inheritance verse followedThe hadith collections of al-Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah record the case. Sa'd ibn al-Rabi' was killed at Uhud. His widow brought their two daughters to Muhammad.ihadis.com and 3 moreSpencer Coll. Persian MS. 46 101v Yusha and Musa visit Khidr: Islamic depiction of Yusha (left) and Musa (middle) visiting Khidr (right) from a Persian 1580 manuscript.Scripture · 615 · Mecca, Saudi Arabia (where the surah was revealed); the sea The Koran says a servant of God holed a poor family's ship and rebuilt a stranger's wall for free, to save the ship from a king and two orphans' treasure from a townSurah 18 of the Koran says Moses travelled with "a servant from among Our servants," whom commentators name al-Khidr. They boarded a ship, and the servant made a hole in it. They met a boy, and he killed him.quran.com and 4 moreMap of Saudi Arabia, marked on the globeScripture · 1750 BCE · Beersheba, Israel; Mecca, Saudi Arabia (Islamic tradition)Genesis says Sarah demanded that Hagar's son "shall not be heir with my son," and Abraham sent mother and child into the desertGenesis says Abraham had a son, Ishmael, by Hagar, an Egyptian slave woman, and later a son, Isaac, by his wife Sarah.avalon.law.yale.edu and 3 more