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The shrine of Ismail ibn Jafar (a) is the burial place of Ismāʿīl, the eldest son of Imam Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq (a.s.), who passed away before his father. His body was buried in Medina, in the Baqiʿ Cemetery. For centuries, this shrine had a structure and a dome and was a place of visitation for pilgrims. It is said that the shrine was built on land that was previously the house of Imam al-Sajjād (a.s.), and in its courtyard, there was a well from which people would drink for the healing of the sick.

This shrine was destroyed in the year 1344 AH when the Wahhabis took control of Mecca and Medina. After this event, a simple wall was built around the grave until it was completely demolished during the construction of a road next to the cemetery. According to some reports, the body of Ismāʿīl was moved to another part of Baqīʿ, near the grave of Umm al-Banīn or near the graves of the Martyrs of Ḥarra, or about 10 meters away from the grave of Ḥalīma al-Saʿdiyya.

Ismaill ibn Jafar

Ismāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar was the eldest son of Imam Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad al-Ṣādiq (a.s.), the sixth Imam of the Shia, who passed away during his father’s lifetime. His death is estimated to have occurred around the year 138 AH.^[1] Some Shia during the lifetime of Imam al-Ṣādiq (a.s.) believed that Ismāʿīl would be his successor. Some denied his death, while others believed in the Imamate of his son, Muḥammad. Both groups came to be known as the Ismāʿīlīs.^[2]

Burial Place

According to historical sources, Ismāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar passed away in ʿUrayḍ (a village near Medina), but his body was brought to Medina and buried in the Baqīʿ Cemetery.^[3] His grave was located in an area that became separated from the rest of Baqīʿ when the city walls were extended, placing his shrine inside the walls of Medina (adjacent to the city wall) while the rest of the cemetery remained outside.^[4]

History of the Dome

The grave of Ismāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar had a dome during certain periods of history. It is said that the dome and shrine were built during the rule of the Fatimids in Egypt (302–564 AH). A description from the 8th century AH indicates that at that time, the grave of Ismāʿīl was a shrine with a large white dome located west of the dome of ʿAbbās ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib and adjacent to the wall of Medina. According to the same report, the shrine was built on land that was previously the house of Imam Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn (a.s.), and at that time, there was an abandoned mosque and a well next to the shrine.^[5]

Samhūdī, a historian of Medina in the second half of the 9th century, mentions two inscriptions at the shrine of Ismāʿīl. These inscriptions indicated that the structure was built by Ḥusayn ibn Abī al-Hayjāʾ (an envoy of the Fatimid government) in the year 546 AH, and the same individual had also endowed a garden located to the west of the shrine to Ismāʿīl’s mausoleum.^[6]

Later travelogues also mention the shrine of Ismāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar.^[7] For example, ʿAyyāshī, a travel writer from the Levant in the 11th century, reports that Shia pilgrims, many of whom were part of the Iraqi caravan, made a point to visit the grave of Ismāʿīl.^[8] A report from the early 13th century AH also mentions a well in the courtyard of the shrine attributed to Imam Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn (a.s.), from which water was taken for the healing of the sick.^[9]

Destruction of the Dome

With the rise of the Wahhabis in the Arabian Peninsula and Medina, the shrine of Ismāʿīl, like other tombs and shrines, was destroyed in the year 1344 AH. According to some later reports, a simple wall was built around the grave.^[10] It is said that his shrine was surrounded by walls without doors or windows, measuring three by three meters and two and a half meters in height, located outside the Baqīʿ Cemetery, about 15 meters from its wall, to the west and facing the graves of the Imams (a.s.).^[11]

==Current Location of the Grave In the year 1394 AH (1975 CE), during the construction of the western road of Baqīʿ, the area around the grave of Ismāʿīl was demolished, and rumors spread that his body was found intact.^[12] Some reports indicate that the body of Ismāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar (a.s.) was moved inside the Baqīʿ Cemetery with the coordination of some Ismāʿīlī leaders^[13] and marked.^[14] The exact location of his burial is unclear due to differing descriptions and the loss of markers, but it is believed to be near the grave of Umm al-Banīn, near the graves of the Martyrs of Ḥarra, or about 10 meters from the grave of Ḥalīma al-Saʿdiyya at the end of Baqīʿ.^[15]

Notes

↑ “The Shrine of Ismāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar in Baqīʿ and Its Historical Context up to the Present Century,” p. 52.
↑ Al-Irshād, vol. 2, pp. 209–210.
↑ Al-Irshād, vol. 2, p. 209; Sirr al-Silsila al-ʿAlawiyya, p. 34; al-Majdī, p. 100.
↑ Wafāʾ al-Wafā, vol. 5, p. 117.
↑ Al-Taʿrīf bimā ansat al-hijra, p. 121.
↑ Wafāʾ al-Wafā, vol. 3, p. 306.
↑ See: “The Shrine of Ismāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar in Baqīʿ and Its Historical Context up to the Present Century,” pp. 56–59.
↑ Al-Riḥla al-ʿAyyāshiyya, vol. 1, p. 381.
↑ Ḥālāt al-Ḥaramayn, in Fifty Hajj Travelogues from the Qajar Era, p. 256.
↑ Travelogue of Ḥājj Sayyid Muḥammad Fāṭimī, in Fourteen Other Hajj Travelogues from the Qajar Era, p. 996.
↑ Tārīkh Ḥaram Aʾimmat al-Baqīʿ, pp. 289–290.
↑ Tārīkh Ḥaram Aʾimmat al-Baqīʿ, p. 290.
↑ Āthār Islāmī Makka wa Madīna, p. 348.
↑ Tārīkh Ḥaram Aʾimmat al-Baqīʿ, p. 290; Āthār Islāmī Makka wa Madīna, p. 348.
↑ Tārīkh Ḥaram Aʾimmat al-Baqīʿ, p. 291.

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Bukhārī, Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl al-. Al-Adab al-mufrad. 3rd edition. Edited by Muḥammad Fuʾād ʿAbd al-Bāqī. Beirut: Dār al-Bashāʾir al-Islāmiya, 1409 AH.
Jaʿfarīyān, Rasūl. Āthār Islāmī Makka wa Madīna. Tehran: Mashʿar, 1382 AH.
Khamihyār, Aḥmad.** *Bahsht al-Baqīʿ*. Tehran: Andīsha-yi Mīrāth, 1401 AH.
Mufīd, Shaykh al-.Al-Irshād fī maʿrifat ḥujaj Allāh ʿalā al-ʿibād. Edited by Muʾassasat Āl al-Bayt. Qom: Kongreh Shaykh Mufīd, 1413 AH.
Muṭrī, Jamāl al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-.Al-Taʿrīf bimā ansat al-hijra. Edited by Salmān al-Raḥīlī. Riyadh: Dār al-Malik ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, 1426 AH.
Najafī, Ḥāfiẓ.Buqʿat Ismāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar fī al-Baqīʿ wa basīṭuhā al-tārīkhī ilā al-qarn al-ḥāḍir.Mīqāt al-Ḥajj, no. 124, pp. 49–74.
Najmī, Muḥammad Ṣādiq.Tārīkh ḥaram aʾimmat al-Baqīʿ wa āthār ukhrā fī Madīnat al-Munawwara. Tehran: Mashʿar, 1386 AH.
Samhūdī, ʿAlī b. ʿAbd Allāh al-.Wafāʾ al-wafā bi-akhbār dār al-Muṣṭafā. Edited by Qāsim al-Sāmarrāʾī. London: Muʾassasat al-Furqān, 2006.

[1] “The Shrine of Ismāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar in Baqīʿ and Its Historical Context up to the Present Century,” p. 52.

[2] Al-Irshād, vol. 2, pp. 209–210.

[3] Al-Irshād, vol. 2, p. 209; Sirr al-Silsila al-ʿAlawiyya, p. 34; al-Majdī, p. 100.

[4] Wafāʾ al-Wafā, vol. 5, p. 117.

[5] Al-Taʿrīf bimā ansat al-hijra, p. 121.

[6] Wafāʾ al-Wafā, vol. 3, p. 306.

[7] See: “The Shrine of Ismāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar in Baqīʿ and Its Historical Context up to the Present Century,” pp. 56–59.

[8] Al-Riḥla al-ʿAyyāshiyya, vol. 1, p. 381.

[9] Ḥālāt al-Ḥaramayn, in Fifty Hajj Travelogues from the Qajar Era, p. 256.

[10] Travelogue of Ḥājj Sayyid Muḥammad Fāṭimī, in Fourteen Other Hajj Travelogues from the Qajar Era, p. 996.

[11] Tārīkh Ḥaram Aʾimmat al-Baqīʿ, pp. 289–290.

[12] Tārīkh Ḥaram Aʾimmat al-Baqīʿ, p. 290.

[13] Āthār Islāmī Makka wa Madīna, p. 348.

[14] Tārīkh Ḥaram Aʾimmat al-Baqīʿ, p. 290; Āthār Islāmī Makka wa Madīna, p. 348.

[15] Tārīkh Ḥaram Aʾimmat al-Baqīʿ, p. 291.

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-'''The birthplace of the Prophet(s)''' is the house of [[Abdullah b. Abdul-Muttalib]], where the prophet was born; this place is located in the city of [[Mecca]], in the neighborhood of [[Sha'ab Abi Talib]]. In the second century of hijra, [[Khayzaran]], the mother of [[Harun al-Rashid]], bought that place and converted it into a mosque.
+'''The shrine of Ismail ibn Jafar (a)''' is the burial place of Ismāʿīl, the eldest son of Imam Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq (a.s.), who passed away before his father. His body was buried in Medina, in the Baqiʿ Cemetery. For centuries, this shrine had a structure and a dome and was a place of visitation for pilgrims. It is said that the shrine was built on land that was previously the house of Imam al-Sajjād (a.s.), and in its courtyard, there was a well from which people would drink for the healing of the sick.
-Reports from the sixth century onwards indicate that a decorated marble stone was erected as a commemoration of the Prophet's birthplace in a section of the mosque. In the reconstruction of 1009 AH/ 1600-1, a grand dome and minaret were built for this mosque.
-The Mosque of the Birthplace of the Prophet was considered one of the sacred places in Mecca, and every year on the night of the Prophet's birth, the people of Mecca would gather there.
-Reports from the tenth century have mentioned the existence of a special official ceremony, which was held in the presence of an Ottoman representative in Mecca (the overseer of the Masjid al-Haram) on the night of the twelfth of Rabi' al-Awwal.
-Due to the importance and fame of the Mosque of the Birthplace of the Prophet, this building has been reconstructed numerous times by the orders of sultans and rulers. However, during the rule of the Al Saud dynasty, like many other sacred places and buildings in Mecca, it was demolished (in the year 1343 AH / 1924-5 )
+This shrine was destroyed in the year 1344 AH when the Wahhabis took control of Mecca and Medina. After this event, a simple wall was built around the grave until it was completely demolished during the construction of a road next to the cemetery. According to some reports, the body of Ismāʿīl was moved to another part of Baqīʿ, near the grave of Umm al-Banīn or near the graves of the Martyrs of Ḥarra, or about 10 meters away from the grave of Ḥalīma al-Saʿdiyya.
-In the year 1370 AH / 1950-1, with the aim of preserving the memory of this place, a library was built there, which still exists and is named "Maktabat Makkah al-Mukarramah" (The Library of the Honored Mecca).
-==History==
+==Ismaill ibn Jafar==
+Ismāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar was the eldest son of Imam Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad al-Ṣādiq (a.s.), the sixth Imam of the Shia, who passed away during his father’s lifetime. His death is estimated to have occurred around the year 138 AH.<ref>“The Shrine of Ismāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar in Baqīʿ and Its Historical Context up to the Present Century,” p. 52.</ref> Some Shia during the lifetime of Imam al-Ṣādiq (a.s.) believed that Ismāʿīl would be his successor. Some denied his death, while others believed in the Imamate of his son, Muḥammad. Both groups came to be known as the Ismāʿīlīs.<ref>Al-Irshād, vol. 2, pp. 209–210.</ref>
-They consider a house in which the prophet(s) was born, located in the area of [[Sha'ab Abi Talib]] in a neighborhood called [[Suq al-Layl]], as the "Birthplace of the Prophet" or the place of the Prophet's birth. In some historical sources, other places have also been mentioned as possible locations of the Prophet's birth, but these are not confirmed by most historians of Mecca.<ref>Fāsī al-Makkī, ''Shifāʾ al-gharām bi akhbār al-balad al-ḥarām'', vol. 1, p. 270.</ref>
+==Burial Place==
+According to historical sources, Ismāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar passed away in ʿUrayḍ (a village near Medina), but his body was brought to Medina and buried in the Baqīʿ Cemetery.<ref>Al-Irshād, vol. 2, p. 209; Sirr al-Silsila al-ʿAlawiyya, p. 34; al-Majdī, p. 100.</ref> His grave was located in an area that became separated from the rest of Baqīʿ when the city walls were extended, placing his shrine inside the walls of Medina (adjacent to the city wall) while the rest of the cemetery remained outside.<ref>Wafāʾ al-Wafā, vol. 5, p. 117.</ref>
+==History of the Dome==
+The grave of Ismāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar had a dome during certain periods of history. It is said that the dome and shrine were built during the rule of the Fatimids in Egypt (302–564 AH). A description from the 8th century AH indicates that at that time, the grave of Ismāʿīl was a shrine with a large white dome located west of the dome of ʿAbbās ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib and adjacent to the wall of Medina. According to the same report, the shrine was built on land that was previously the house of Imam Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn (a.s.), and at that time, there was an abandoned mosque and a well next to the shrine.<ref>Al-Taʿrīf bimā ansat al-hijra, p. 121.</ref>
+Samhūdī, a historian of Medina in the second half of the 9th century, mentions two inscriptions at the shrine of Ismāʿīl. These inscriptions indicated that the structure was built by Ḥusayn ibn Abī al-Hayjāʾ (an envoy of the Fatimid government) in the year 546 AH, and the same individual had also endowed a garden located to the west of the shrine to Ismāʿīl’s mausoleum.<ref>Wafāʾ al-Wafā, vol. 3, p. 306.</ref>
-===Until the third century===
+Later travelogues also mention the shrine of Ismāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar.<ref>See: “The Shrine of Ismāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar in Baqīʿ and Its Historical Context up to the Present Century,” pp. 56–59.</ref> For example, ʿAyyāshī, a travel writer from the Levant in the 11th century, reports that Shia pilgrims, many of whom were part of the Iraqi caravan, made a point to visit the grave of Ismāʿīl.<ref>Al-Riḥla al-ʿAyyāshiyya, vol. 1, p. 381.</ref> A report from the early 13th century AH also mentions a well in the courtyard of the shrine attributed to Imam Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn (a.s.), from which water was taken for the healing of the sick.<ref>Ḥālāt al-Ḥaramayn, in Fifty Hajj Travelogues from the Qajar Era, p. 256.</ref>
+==Destruction of the Dome==
+With the rise of the Wahhabis in the Arabian Peninsula and Medina, the shrine of Ismāʿīl, like other tombs and shrines, was destroyed in the year 1344 AH. According to some later reports, a simple wall was built around the grave.<ref>Travelogue of Ḥājj Sayyid Muḥammad Fāṭimī, in Fourteen Other Hajj Travelogues from the Qajar Era, p. 996.</ref> It is said that his shrine was surrounded by walls without doors or windows, measuring three by three meters and two and a half meters in height, located outside the Baqīʿ Cemetery, about 15 meters from its wall, to the west and facing the graves of the Imams (a.s.).<ref>Tārīkh Ḥaram Aʾimmat al-Baqīʿ, pp. 289–290.</ref>
-According to Azraqi's report in the book of Akhbar Makkah, who lived in the third century, the house where the Prophet was born, after his emigration, came into the possession of [[Aqil]], the son of Abu Talib, and was transferred to Aqil's children until it was sold to Muhammad b. Yusuf Thaqafi, who annexed it to his own house known as the White House. When [[Khayzaran]], the mother of Harun al-Rashid, performed Hajj in 171 AH/ 788, she bought it and built a mosque in which prayers are offered. Azraqi states that the people of Mecca have no disagreement about the location of the Prophet's birthplace.<ref>Azraqī, ''Akhbār Makka'', vol. 2, p. 198.</ref>
+==Current Location of the Grave
-The same report is also mentioned by Fakihi (d. 245 AH/859-60), another ancient historian of Mecca.<ref>Fākihī, ''Akhbār Makka fī qadīm al-dahr wa ḥaīthih'', vol. 4, p. 5.</ref>
+In the year 1394 AH (1975 CE), during the construction of the western road of Baqīʿ, the area around the grave of Ismāʿīl was demolished, and rumors spread that his body was found intact.<ref>Tārīkh Ḥaram Aʾimmat al-Baqīʿ, p. 290.</ref> Some reports indicate that the body of Ismāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar (a.s.) was moved inside the Baqīʿ Cemetery with the coordination of some Ismāʿīlī leaders<ref>Āthār Islāmī Makka wa Madīna, p. 348.</ref> and marked.<ref>Tārīkh Ḥaram Aʾimmat al-Baqīʿ, p. 290; Āthār Islāmī Makka wa Madīna, p. 348.</ref> The exact location of his burial is unclear due to differing descriptions and the loss of markers, but it is believed to be near the grave of Umm al-Banīn, near the graves of the Martyrs of Ḥarra, or about 10 meters from the grave of Ḥalīma al-Saʿdiyya at the end of Baqīʿ.<ref>Tārīkh Ḥaram Aʾimmat al-Baqīʿ, p. 291.</ref>
-===Report of Ibn Jubayr (7th Century)===
-Ibn Jubayr (d. 614 AH/ ) visited this mosque in 579 AH and described it in his travelogue.<ref>Ibn Jubayr, ''Safarnāma Ibn Jubayr'', p. 82/p. 125.</ref>
-He considered the building to be a magnificent mosque, stating, "On Tuesdays of the month of Rabi' al-Awwal, which is the birth and celebration day of the Prophet(s), it is opened, and all people come there to gain blessings and grace. Other sacred places are also opened on the same day, and it is always a day of resurrection in [[Mecca]].<ref>Ibn Jubayr, ''Safarnāma Ibn Jubayr'', p. 154.</ref>
-According to Ibn Jubayr, the birthplace of the Prophet in this mosque is constructed in the form of a small pool, three cubits wide. In the middle of it lies a green marble stone, two-thirds the width of the pool, which has been encased in silver. The mihrab of the mosque is located opposite this site.<ref>Ibn Jubayr, ''Safarnāma Ibn Jubayr'', p. 126-127.</ref>
-===Report of Fasi (9th Century)===
-More than two centuries later, Taqi al-Din al-Fasi (d.832 AH/1428-9), a historian of Mecca, provided a description of this revered and esteemed place in his book "Shifa al-Gharam." He depicted the structure of the mosque as square-shaped with two arched domes, with a large corner placed in the southwest corner.<ref>Fāsī al-Makkī, ''Shifāʾ al-gharām bi akhbār al-balad al-ḥarām'', vol. 1, p. 268.</ref>
-===Report of Uliya Chalabi (11th Century)===
-Two and a half centuries later, in the year 1081/1670-1, Uliya Chalabi, a Turkish travelogue writer, witnessed the birthplace of the Prophet and described it in his book. He described this building as a large and beautiful mosque, with a square structure, a tall dome covered in lead. Chalabi mentioned the interior decorations of the mosque, including valuable carpets and a pulpit covered in silk fabrics and gold plating. According to him, the birthplace of the Prophet was marked by a yellow-colored stone in a cavity, bearing the impression of the Prophet's body.<ref>Chilibī, ''Al-Raḥla al-ḥijazīyya'', p. 255-256.</ref>
-===Before Destruction===
-Mullah Ibrahim Kaziruni, who was fortunate enough to visit this house in the year 1315 AH/1897-8, writes: "On Friday, the fourteenth, we went to visit the site known as the birthplace of the Proph(s), which is located in [[Suq al-Layl]]. We entered through the door and descended approximately fourteen steps. We entered a room designated as a mosque. After that, we went into another room where there is a shrine. The caretaker opened the door of the shrine. Inside the shrine, there is a cavity. In the middle of it was a green stone which was the place of birth of the Seal of the Prophets.<ref>Kāzirūnī,  ''Safarnāma- yi Mulla Ibrāhīm Kāzirūnī, Mīrāth Islāmī Iran'', p. 366.</ref>
-Mohammad Labib Bitouni, who traveled to Mecca in the year 1327 AH/1909/10, depicted the above plan of the structure of the Prophet's birthplace in his travelogue and described it as follows: "Upon entering it, you first enter an open space measuring 12 meters in length and 6 meters in width, with a door on the right wall. After passing through it, you enter a space where a dome is placed. In the middle of this space, and under the dome, there is a niche made of wood leaning towards the west wall, within which a concave marble stone can be seen, slightly recessed in the middle. This location indicates the birthplace of the Prophet."<ref>Batanūnī,  ''Safarnāma- yi Ḥijāz'', p. 146.</ref>
-==Reconstructions==
-The building of the Prophet's birthplace received attention from emirs and sultans and underwent several reconstructions. The list of these reconstructions is as follows:
-* In the year 576/1180-1: Nasser, the Abbasid Caliph.
-* In the year 666/1267-8: Malik Mazaffar, the ruler of Yemen.
-* In the year 740/1339-40: Malik Mujahid, the ruler of Yemen.
-* In the year 758/1356-7: Amir Sheikhoun, one of the dignitaries of Egypt.
-* In the year 766/1364-5: Malik Shaaban, the Sultan of Egypt.
-* In the year 801/1398-9: Malik Zaher Barquq, the Sultan of Egypt.<ref>Fāsī al-Makkī, ''Shifāʾ al-gharām bi akhbār al-balad al-ḥarām'', vol. 1, p. 270.</ref>
-===During the Ottoman era===
-* In the year 935/1528-9: Sultan Suleiman, the Ottoman Sultan.
-* In the year 1009/1600-1: By the order of Sultan Muhammad, the Ottoman Sultan, under the supervision of Ghazanfar Agha.<ref>ʿAlī b. Tāj al-ddīn al-sanjārī, ''Manāʾiḥ al-karam'', vol. 3, p. 506.</ref> In this reconstruction, a large dome and minaret were built for this structure, and endowments were allocated by the Ottoman government for it, and a muezzin, servant, and imam were appointed for the mosque.<ref>Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh-i Makka'', vol. 2, p. 15.</ref>
-* The year 1230/1814-5 according to the command of Sultan Mahmud Khan.
-* The last apparent repair was during the time of Abdul-Majid Khan.<ref>Gāzī, ''Ifādat al-anām'', vol. 2, p. 71; Jaʿfariyān, ''Āthār-i islāmi-yi Makka wa Madīna'', p. 185.</ref>
-==The celebration of the Prophet's(s) birthday at the Mosque of the Prophet's Birthplace==
-Ibn Jubayr in the sixth century reported the presence of the people of Mecca at the Mosque of the Prophet's Birthplace on Tuesday of the month of Rabi' al-Awwal to commemorate the anniversary of his birth.<ref>Ibn Jubayr, ''Safarnāma Ibn Jubayr'', p. 154.</ref> Reports of the celebration of the Prophet's birthday at this location exist in the subsequent centuries.
-Muhammad b. Ahmad Nahrawali (d. 990 AH/1582-3) in the tenth century of Hijra provided a detailed report about the celebration of the Prophet's birthday night. According to him, every year on the night of the twelfth of Rabi' al-Awwal, after the Maghrib prayer, jurists, dignitaries, scholars, and people gather while carrying numerous candles and torches before the overseer of the Masjid al-Haram and the judges of the four schools of thought. They assemble at [[Al-Masjid al-Haram|the Masjid al-Haram]] and proceed towards [[Suq al-Layl]] and the location of the Prophet's birthplace. Upon reaching there, a sermon is delivered, and then people return to the Masjid al-Haram where some dignitaries are honored, and the Isha prayer is performed, concluding the ceremony.<ref>Nahrawālī al-Makkī, ''Al-Aʿlām bi aʿlām bayt Allāh al-harām'', p. 422.</ref>
-More than a century later, the travelogue written in the years 1105-1106/1693-4 about the pilgrimage journey quotes Nahrawali's report and describes this ceremony as a great gathering, in which many Bedouins and residents of other cities (besides Mecca) participated.<ref>Nāblusī, ''Al-Ḥaqīqa wa al-majāz fī riḥlat al-bilād al-shām wa miṣr wa al-ḥijāz'', vol. 3, p. 354-355.</ref>
-==Destruction of buildings and the construction of a library==
-In the Al Saud government, the structure of the Prophet's birthplace, like many other ancient buildings in [[Mecca]], was demolished on the pretext that people excessively sought blessings from it.<ref>Bilādī, ''Maʿālim makka al-tārīkhīyya wa al-atharīyya'', p. 294.</ref> It was demolished in the year 1343/1924-5.
-Later, considering that there was no tomb to be visited at this location, some tried to obtain permission for its reconstruction. In 1370 AH/1950-1, a permit was issued for the construction of a library in this place.
-The construction capital was provided by Fatimah, the daughter of Yusuf Qatan, and her brother Sheikh Abbas Qatan (d. 1370 AH/1950-1) supervised the construction. After his death, his sons completed the construction work. Thus, the "Maktabat Makkah al-Mukarramah" was built at this location.<ref>Kurdī,  ''Al-Tārīkh al-qawīm li Makka wa bayt Allāh al-karīm'', p. 171-173; ʿAbd al-Wahhāb Ibrāhīm Abū Solaymān, ''Maktabat makka al-mukarrama qadīman wa ḥadīthan'', p. 80.</ref>
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