Prophet Muhammad's homeland
From all of the places on, earth, Allah chose for His Prophet the most beloved of lands to Him - the inviolable city, the holy city, the city of pure soil, the city that was under His constant protection. Yes, the Prophet Muhammad (saw) was born in Makkah, the city wherein Prophets and Messengers performed Prayer, the city in which revelation came down. Moreover, Makkah was the city that contained in it the Ancient House, the Ka‘bah.
It was in Makkah that the Prophet Muhammad (saw) Was raised as a child;it was Makkah’s streets that the Prophet Muhammad (saw) became familiar with as a boy, and then as a young man; and it was Makkah that became dearer to the Prophet Muhammad (saw) than all other lands. When he was forced to leave Makkah, he was going to a place where he would be honored, and yet he did not really want to leave. Addressing the city he loved the most, the Prophet Muhammad (saw) said around the time he was forced to leave it, “By Allah, you are the best of Allah’s lands, and the most beloved of Allah’s lands to Allah. And had it not been for the fact that I was forced to leave you, I would not have left.”
It was in Makkah that the Prophet Muhammad (saw) first received revelation; it was there that he first preached his message; and it was there that he and his followers congregated for the very first time.
When the Prophet Muhammad (saw) was forced to leave Makkah, he bid farewell to it in a beautiful manner; and when he actually left, he could hardly endure the pain of separation - the pain that one feels when one is forced to leave something that is very near and dear to one’s heart.
(I swear by this city [Makkah]. And you are free [from sin, to punish the enemies of Islam on the Day of the conquest] in this city
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[Makkah]) (Qur’an 90: 1, 2)