Cave Mosque of Bani Haram
Template:Infobox building The Cave of Banu Haram Mosque is a small cave located on Mount Sala' in Medina, Saudi Arabia. It is said that during the Battle of the Trench, the companions of the Prophet (PBUH) would take him to the Cave of Banu Haram at night to protect him from enemy raids, and they would descend from the cave in the mornings. This cave-like mosque is located about eight hundred meters northwest of Al-Masjid an-Nabawi. On top of the cave, there is a large rock resembling a house roof, and next to it, there is a small arch.
Location
The Cave of Banu Haram (Arabic: كهف بني حرام) was located near the residence of the Banu Haram tribe.[1] This cave is located west of Mount Sala' and about eight hundred meters northwest of Al-Masjid an-Nabawi.[2] This cave is on the right side of a person going from Al-Masjid an-Nabawi towards the Seven Mosques (via Tariq al-Sayh) and is in the area of Sha'b Banu Haram, near the Banu Haram Mosque.[1]
Prophet's (PBUH) Entry into the Cave
There are several narrations about Prophet Muhammad's (PBUH) entry into the Cave of Banu Haram on some nights during the Battle of the Trench.[3] During the Battle of the Trench, the Prophet's companions (PBUH) would take him to the Cave of Banu Haram at night for fear of enemy raids, and he would descend from the cave in the mornings.[4] These narrations even sometimes refer to the revelation descending upon the Prophet in this cave, which may be related to times other than the days of the Battle of the Trench.[5]
Great Cave of Banu Haram
In contemporary research works, there are references to the existence of two caves on Mount Sala'. The "Small Cave of Banu Haram" is the one discussed in this article, and it has no human structures. However, it is said that the Great Cave of Banu Haram has two small domes and is located on the eastern side of Mount Sala'.[6] The Great Cave of Banu Haram is one of the places about which historians have many disagreements and various reports. The Great Cave of Banu Haram is also known today as "Masjid Banu Ghaffar" or "Dakkah al-Sheikh Jalal".[7]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Masajid al-Athariyah, Elias Abdul Ghani, p. 49.
- ↑ Al-Masajid wal-Amakin al-Athariyah al-Majhulah li-Zair al-Madinah al-Maimunah, Abd al-Rahman Khuwailid, p. 24
- ↑ Al-Durrah al-Thaminah fi Akhbar al-Madinah, Ibn Najjar, p. 64.
- ↑ Al-Ma'alim al-Athirah fi al-Sunnah wal-Sirah, p. 285.
- ↑ Masajid al-Athariyah, Elias Abdul Ghani, p. 50.
- ↑ Ma'alim al-Madinah al-Munawwarah bayn al-Imarah wal-Tarikh, Abdul Aziz Ka'ki, Vol. 1, p. 316.
- ↑ Ma'alim al-Madinah al-Munawwarah bayn al-Imarah wal-Tarikh, Abdul Aziz Ka'ki, Vol. 1, p. 317.
References
- Umdat al-Akhbar fi Madinat al-Mukhtar, Ahmad al-Abbasi, edited by Muhammad al-Tayyib al-Ansari, publisher: As'ad Trabzoni, undated.
- Masajid al-Athariyah, Muhammad Elias Abdul Ghani, Matabi' al-Rashid bil-Madinah al-Munawwarah, 2nd edition, 1419 AH.
- Al-Durrah al-Thaminah fi Akhbar al-Madinah, Ibn al-Najjar al-Baghdadi, Dar al-Arqam bin Abi al-Arqam - Beirut, undated.
- Al-Masajid wal-Amakin al-Athariyah al-Majhulah li-Zair al-Madinah al-Maimunah, Abd al-Rahman Khuwailid, Mash'ar - Tehran - Iran, 1420 AH.
- Al-Ma'alim al-Athirah fi al-Sunnah wal-Sirah (Cultural Geography of Historical Figures in Hadith and Prophetic Biography) (Persian), Muhammad bin Muhammad Hasan Shurrab (translator: Hamidreza Sheikhi), Nashr Mash'ar - Tehran, 1383 SH.
- Al-Ma'alim al-Madinah al-Munawwarah bayn al-Imarah wal-Tarikh, Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Rahman Ka'ki, Volume 1, Dar wa Maktabat al-Hilal - Beirut, 1419 AH.