Ar-Rafqah () is a village situated in the Salkhad District of Suwayda Governorate, in southern Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Ar-Rafqah had a population of 101 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004 . Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Suwayda Governorate. Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze.

History In 1838, Eli Smith noted it as er-Rafikeh, a ruin located east of Salkhad.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 160 Religious buildings Maqam Prophet Shuaib (Druze Shrine)

See also Druze in Syria

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