Saqifah,(Arabic: السقيفة‎) also known as Saqifat Bani Sa'ida or Saqifa Bani Saeda (Arabic: سقيفة بني ساعدة‎), was a roofed building used by the tribe, or banu, of Sa'ida, of the faction of the Khazraj, of the city of Medina in the Hijaz, northwestern Arabia.