Students’s residential college of the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) is known as Mahallah. The word Mahallah refers to a place where it is supposed to be a self-contained not only with services but also activities.  IIUM chooses to name its Mahallah after the leading companions of the Prophet S.A.W and the female Mujahidah and Syuhada. There are 17 Mahallah in Gombak Campus that accommodate about 17,000 students.