The grave of Ismail b. Jafar (a): Difference between revisions

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==Burial Place==

According to historical sources, Ismail b. Jafar passed away in Urayd (a village near Medina), but his body was brought to Medina and buried in the Baqiʿ 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>

According to historical sources, Ismail b. Jafar passed away in Urayd (a village near Medina), but his body was brought to Medina and buried in the [[Baqiʿ 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 Ismail b. Jafar 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 Ismail was a shrine with a large white dome located west of [[The dome of ʿAbbas ibn ʿAbd al-Muttalib|the dome of ʿAbbas ibn ʿAbd al-Muttalib]] 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-ʿAbidin]] (a), 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>

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 ==Burial Place==
-According to historical sources, Ismail b. Jafar passed away in Urayd (a village near Medina), but his body was brought to Medina and buried in the Baqiʿ 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>
+According to historical sources, Ismail b. Jafar passed away in Urayd (a village near Medina), but his body was brought to Medina and buried in the [[Baqiʿ 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 Ismail b. Jafar 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 Ismail was a shrine with a large white dome located west of [[The dome of ʿAbbas ibn ʿAbd al-Muttalib|the dome of ʿAbbas ibn ʿAbd al-Muttalib]] 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-ʿAbidin]] (a), 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>