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According to Azraqī in his book Akhbār Makka , who lived in the third century, Mawlid of the Prophet, i.e. the house where the Prophet was born, fell into the hands of ʿAqīl, son of Abū Ṭālib, after his emigration, and was passed on to ʿAqīl’s children until it was handed over to Muhammad bin Yūsuf. Thaqafī was sold and he added it to his house, which was known as the White House. When Khaizrān, the mother of Harūn al-Rashīd, performed Hajj in 171 A.H., she bought it and built a mosque in it where they pray. Azraqī states that the people of Mecca have not discord about the birthplace of the Prophet.<ref>Azraqī, ''Akhbār Makka'', vol. 2, p. 198.</ref> The same report was also given by Fākihī (245 AH), another old historian of the history of Mecca.<ref>Fākihī, ''Akhbār Makka fī qadīm al-dahr wa ḥaīthih'', vol. 4, p. 5.</ref> | According to Azraqī in his book Akhbār Makka , who lived in the third century, Mawlid of the Prophet, i.e. the house where the Prophet was born, fell into the hands of ʿAqīl, son of Abū Ṭālib, after his emigration, and was passed on to ʿAqīl’s children until it was handed over to Muhammad bin Yūsuf. Thaqafī was sold and he added it to his house, which was known as the White House. When Khaizrān, the mother of Harūn al-Rashīd, performed Hajj in 171 A.H., she bought it and built a mosque in it where they pray. Azraqī states that the people of Mecca have not discord about the birthplace of the Prophet.<ref>Azraqī, ''Akhbār Makka'', vol. 2, p. 198.</ref> The same report was also given by Fākihī (245 AH), another old historian of the history of Mecca.<ref>Fākihī, ''Akhbār Makka fī qadīm al-dahr wa ḥaīthih'', vol. 4, p. 5.</ref> | ||
===Ibn | ===Ibn Jubayr's report (seventh century)=== | ||
Ibn Jubayr (614 AH) visited this mosque in 579 and described it in his travelogue.<ref>Ibn Jubayr, 'Safarnāma Ibn Jubayr'', p. 82, 125.</ref>He considered the building to be a magnificent mosque that “opens on Mondays in the month of Rabiʿ al-Awwal, which is the month of the Prophet’s (PBUH) birth and birthday and all the people will come there on that day to obtain grace and blessings, and other holy places will also be opened on the same day, and it is always the Day of Resurrection in Mecca.”<ref>Ibn Jubayr, 'Safarnāma Ibn Jubayr'', p. 154.</ref> | Ibn Jubayr (614 AH) visited this mosque in 579 and described it in his travelogue.<ref>Ibn Jubayr, 'Safarnāma Ibn Jubayr'', p. 82, 125.</ref>He considered the building to be a magnificent mosque that “opens on Mondays in the month of Rabiʿ al-Awwal, which is the month of the Prophet’s (PBUH) birth and birthday and all the people will come there on that day to obtain grace and blessings, and other holy places will also be opened on the same day, and it is always the Day of Resurrection in Mecca.”<ref>Ibn Jubayr, 'Safarnāma Ibn Jubayr'', p. 154.</ref> | ||
According to Ibn Jubayr, the Prophet’s birthplace in this mosque is built in the form of a pond with a width of three wajabs(0.675m), in the middle of which is a green marble with a width of two-thirds of a wajab(about 0.225m), which is said to be surrounded by silver. The Miḥrāb of the mosque is located in front of this place.<ref>Ibn Jubayr, 'Safarnāma Ibn Jubayr'', p. 126-127.</ref> | According to Ibn Jubayr, the Prophet’s birthplace in this mosque is built in the form of a pond with a width of three wajabs(0.675m), in the middle of which is a green marble with a width of two-thirds of a wajab(about 0.225m), which is said to be surrounded by silver. The Miḥrāb of the mosque is located in front of this place.<ref>Ibn Jubayr, 'Safarnāma Ibn Jubayr'', p. 126-127.</ref> | ||
More than two centuries later, the | ===Fāsī's report (ninth century)=== | ||
The report of the parents of | |||
More than two centuries later, the Mecca historian Taqī al-Dīn Fāsī (832 AH) gave a description of this place, which was respected and cherished by the people of Mecca, in the book Shifāʾ al-gharām. The building of the mosque is depicted as a square shape with two arcuate arches, which has a large angle in its southwest corner.<ref>Fāsī, Shifāʾ al-gharām, vol. 1, p. 268.</ref> | |||
===The report of the parents of Chalabī (11th century)=== | |||
Two and a half centuries later, in 1081, Turkish travel writer Olya Chalabi saw Mauld al-Nabi and described it in his book. He has described this building as a large and beautiful mosque, which was a square building with a high dome covered with lead. Chalabi mentioned the decorations inside the mosque, including the precious carpet and the pulpit covered with silk cloth and gold. According to him, the Prophet’s birth place was a stone in a yellow hole on which the place of his body was imprinted.[8Al-Rahlah al-Hijaziyya, Olya Chalabi, pp. 255-256] | Two and a half centuries later, in 1081, Turkish travel writer Olya Chalabi saw Mauld al-Nabi and described it in his book. He has described this building as a large and beautiful mosque, which was a square building with a high dome covered with lead. Chalabi mentioned the decorations inside the mosque, including the precious carpet and the pulpit covered with silk cloth and gold. According to him, the Prophet’s birth place was a stone in a yellow hole on which the place of his body was imprinted.[8Al-Rahlah al-Hijaziyya, Olya Chalabi, pp. 255-256] | ||