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The building known as Khadija's house in [[Mecca]] had two domes in the descriptions that survived from the 6th/12th onwards. One was a larger dome called the Qubbat al-Wahy (Dome of Revelation), which was the place where the Prophet(s) used to worship, and the place where [[Gabriel]] descended upon the Prophet(s), and the other was a small dome, where the [[Lady Fatima(a)]] was born ([[Mawlid Fatima]]).<ref>Ibn Jubayr, ''Riḥlat Ibn Jubayr'', p. 81-82.</ref> Other sources until the 14th/20th century have continued to talk about the existence of the Dome of Revelation or the Prophet's place of worship in Lady Khadija's house.<ref>Fāsī, ''al-ʿIqd al-thamīn'',vol. 1, p. 264; Sanjārī, ''Manāʾiḥ al-karam'', vol. 1, p. 228; Rafʿat Pāshā, ''Mirʾāt al-Ḥaramayn'', vol. 1. p. 191.</ref> Al-Batanuni, who went to [[hajj]] in 1327/1909, described the Prophet's place of worship as a three by three meters room.<ref>Batanūnī, ''al-Riḥla al-Ḥijāzīyya'', p. 53.</ref>