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==The first descriptions of Khadīja’s house==
==The first descriptions of Khadīja’s house==


According to ʿAbulwalīd Azraqī, a historian of the third century, this house was taken over by [[ʿAqīl b. Abī Ṭālib]] after the Prophet’s migration to [[Medina]]. [[Muʿāwīyah b. Abī Sufyān]] bought that house and turned it into a mosque and opened a door to it from his father Abū Sufyān’s house.<ref>Azraqī, ''Akhbār Makka'', vol. 2, p. 199; Ibn Zahīra, ''al-Jāmiʿ al-laṭīf'', p. 286; Kurdī,''al-Tārīkh al-qawīm'', vol. 1, p. 289.</ref> This house was later called Dār [[Abī Sufyān]]<ref>Kurdī,''al-Tārīkh al-qawīm'', vol. 1, p. 289.</ref>Elsewhere, Azraqi says that the house was occupied by Mu'tab, the son of [[Abu Lahab]] and the Prophet's cousin, one of the staunch enemies of the Prophet (PBUH) after the migration of the Prophet (PBUH)<ref>Ibn Saʿd,''al-Ṭabaqāt  al-kubrā''
According to ʿAbu l-walīd Azraqī, a historian of the third century, this house was taken over by [[ʿAqīl b. Abī Ṭālib]] after the Prophet’s migration to [[Medina]]. [[Muʿāwīyah b. Abī Sufyān]] bought that house and turned it into a mosque and opened a door to it from his father Abū Sufyān’s house.<ref>Azraqī, ''Akhbār Makka'', vol. 2, p. 199; Ibn Zahīra, ''al-Jāmiʿ al-laṭīf'', p. 286; Kurdī,''al-Tārīkh al-qawīm'', vol. 1, p. 289.</ref> This house was later called Dār [[Abī Sufyān]]<ref>Kurdī,''al-Tārīkh al-qawīm'', vol. 1, p. 289.</ref>Elsewhere, Azraqi says that the house was occupied by Mu'tab, the son of [[Abu Lahab]] and the Prophet's cousin, one of the staunch enemies of the Prophet after the migration of the Prophet <ref>Ibn Saʿd,''al-Ṭabaqāt  al-kubrā''
  vol. 4, p. 45.</ref> and the Prophet did not claim the house after the [[conquest of Mecca]].<ref>Azraqī, ''Akhbār Makka'', vol. 2, p. 245.</ref>
  vol. 4, p. 45.</ref> and the Prophet did not claim the house after the [[conquest of Mecca]].<ref>Azraqī, ''Akhbār Makka'', vol. 2, p. 245.</ref>