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'''Saqīfa Banī Sāʿida''' (سقیفه بني ساعده) was a loggia in [[Medina]] where a group of [[Muslim]]s gathered there after the demise of the [[Prophet (s)]] and, according to [[Shi'a]] beliefs, usurped the [[caliphate]] of [['Ali b. Abi Talib (a)]] and gave allegiance to [[Abu Bakr]] as the successor of the Prophet (s).

There is no information in history books to show what happened to this place before 1030/1620, but in that year, a person called [['Ali Pasha]] constructed a building upon Saqifa to preserve it. The picture of this building has been printed in ''Athar al-Madina al-Munawwar''a written by 'Abd al-Quddus Ansari.

In 1383/1963, the building was destroyed so that a library and a hall for public meetings with the name of Saqifa Bani Sa'ida could be built in its place and the neighboring area. But, no action was made after destruction. The land, in which Saqifa was located, incorporated a garden (2740 m²) and a power plant (1905 m²) before expansion. This triangle-shaped land was located among al-Sultana St., al-Munakha St., and al-Suhaymi St.