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'''Mawlid al- | '''Mawlid al-Nabi''' (The birthplace of the Prophet(s) is the house of [['Abd Allah b. Abd al-Muttalib]], where the [[Prophet Muhammad(s)]] was born. This place was located in the city of [[Mecca]] in the neighborhood of [[Shi'b Abi Talib]]. In the second/eighth century, Khayzaran, the mother of Harun al-Rashid, bought the place and turned it into a [[mosque]]. | ||
Reports from the 6th century onwards indicate that an ornate marble monument for marking the birthplace of the Prophet | Reports from the 6th/12th century onwards indicate that an ornate marble monument for marking the birthplace of the Prophet(s) was built in a part of the mosque. In the reconstruction of 1009/1600-1, a large dome and minaret were built for this mosque. | ||
The | The Mawlid al-Nabi Mosque was considered one of the blessed places in Mecca, and every year on the night of the birth of the Prophet(s), the people of Mecca attended there. Sources from the 10th/16th century report a special and official ritual that was held on the eve of the 12th of Rabi' I with the presence of the Ottoman governor of [[Mecca]]). | ||
Due to the importance and fame of Mawlid al- | |||
Due to the importance and fame of Mawlid al-Nabi, this building has been rebuilt many times by order of kings and nobles, but it was destroyed during the The [[House of Sa'ud]] government like many blessed places and buildings in Mecca (in 1343 AH/ 1303 sh). In the year 1370 AH/1329 sh. In order to keep the memory of this place alive, a library was built in it, which is still there, and it is called ''[[Maktaba Makkah Al-Mukarrma Library]]''. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The house where prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was born, which was located at the location of [[ | The house where prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was born, which was located at the location of [[Shi'b Abi talib]] in a neighborhood called [[Sawq al-Layl]], has been called ''Mawlid al-Nabi(s)'' or the birthplace of the Prophet. In some historical sources, other places have been mentioned as the possible place of the Prophet’s birth, which is not approved by most historians of [[Mecca]].<ref>Fasi al-Makki, ''Shifaʾ al-gharam'', vol. 1, p. 270.</ref> | ||
===until the third century=== | ===until the third century=== | ||
According to | According to Azraqi in his book ''Akhbar Makka'', who lived in the third century, ''Mawlid al-Nabi(s)'', or the house where the Prophet was born, fell into the hands of [['Aqil]], son of [[Abu talib]], after his emigration, and was passed on to 'Aqil’s children until it was handed over to Muhammad b. Yusuf. Thaqafi was sold and he added it to his house, which was known as the ''White House''. When Khayzran, the mother of [[Harun al-Rashid]], performed [[Hajj]] in 171 A.H., she bought it and built a mosque in it where they pray. Azraqi states that the people of [[Mecca]] have not discord about the birthplace of the Prophet.<ref>Azraqi, ''Akhbar Makka'', vol. 2, p. 198.</ref> The same report was also given by Fakihi (245 AH), another old historian of the history of Mecca.<ref>Fakihi, ''Akhbar Makka fi qadim al-dahr wa haithih'', vol. 4, p. 5.</ref> | ||
===Ibn Jubayr's report (seventh century)=== | ===Ibn Jubayr's report (seventh century)=== | ||
[[Ibn Jubayr]] (614 AH) visited this mosque in 579 AH and described it in his travelogue.<ref>Ibn Jubayr, ' | [[Ibn Jubayr]] (614 AH) visited this mosque in 579 AH and described it in his travelogue.<ref>Ibn Jubayr, 'Safarnama Ibn Jubayr'', p. 82, 125.</ref>He considered the building to be a magnificent mosque that “opens on Mondays in the month of Rabi' al-Awwal, which is the month of the Prophet’s(s) 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, 'Safarnama 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 [[ | 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 [[Mihrab]] of the mosque is located in front of this place.<ref>Ibn Jubayr, 'Safarnama Ibn Jubayr'', p. 126-127.</ref> | ||
=== | ===Fasi's report (ninth century)=== | ||
More than two centuries later, the Mecca historian | More than two centuries later, the Mecca historian Taqi al-Din Fasi (832 AH) gave a description of this place, which was respected and cherished by the people of [[Mecca]], in the book ''Shifaʾ al-gharam''. 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>Fasi, Shifaʾ al-gharam, vol. 1, p. 268.</ref> | ||
===The report of the | ===The report of the ʾuliaʾ Chalbi (11th century)=== | ||
Two and a half centuries later, in 1081 AH, Turkish travel writer | Two and a half centuries later, in 1081 AH, Turkish travel writer ʾuliaʾ Chalbi saw Mawlid al-Nabi<small>(PBUH)</small> 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. Chalbi 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 birthplace was a stone in a yellow hole on which the place of his body was imprinted.<ref>Chalbi,''Al-Rahla al-hijaziyya'', pp. 255-256</ref> | ||
===The last descriptions of Mould al-Nabi<small>(PBUH)</small> building before its destruction=== | ===The last descriptions of Mould al-Nabi<small>(PBUH)</small> building before its destruction=== | ||
Mulla | Mulla Ibrahim Kaziruni, who had the opportunity to visit this house in 1315 AH, writes: “On Friday, the 14th, we went to visit the Prophet<small>(PBUH)</small> birthplace at a place known as the Mawlid al-Nabi<small>(PBUH)</small>, and that place is located in [[Sawq al-layl]] We went inside and went down approximately fourteen steps. We entered a room named after the mosque. After that, we went to another room. There is a shrine in this room. The servant opened the door of the shrine. There is a pit inside this shrine. In the middle of it there is a green stone, which was the birthplace of Prophet.” <ref>''Safarnam-iy Mulla Ibrahim Kaziruni'', p. 366.</ref> | ||
MuhammadLabib Batanuni who in 1909/1327 AH. He traveled to mecca in his travelogue and drew a plan from the plan of the Prophet’s building and described it as follows: “When you enter it, you first enter a 12-meter-long and 6-meter-wide playground, which is on the right wall. There is a door, after passing through it you will enter a space on which a dome is placed, in the middle of this space and under the dome leaning against the western wall, there is a wooden compartment inside which is a concave marble stone with a little It has sunk in. It can be seen. This place shows the birthplace of the prophet” <ref>Batanuni , ''Safarnam-iy hijaz'', p. 146.</ref> | |||
==Renovations== | ==Renovations== | ||
The building of Mawlid al- | The building of Mawlid al-Nabi was the attention of princes and kings and was renovated many times. The list of these renovations is as follows: | ||
* Year 576 AH, By | * Year 576 AH, By Nasser, [['Abbasid Caliph]]; | ||
* Year 666 AH, King Muzaffar, the ruler of Yemen; | * Year 666 AH, King Muzaffar, the ruler of Yemen; | ||
* Year 740 AH, King | * Year 740 AH, King Mujahid, the ruler of Yemen; | ||
* Year 758 AH, | * Year 758 AH, Amir Sheikhun, one of the grandees of Egypt; | ||
* Year 766 AH, King | * Year 766 AH, King Sha'ban, King of Egypt; | ||
* Year 801 AH, King | * Year 801 AH, King Ẓahir Barquq, King of Egypt;<ref>Fasi, ''Shifaʾ al-gharam'', vol. 1, p. 270.</ref> | ||
===In the Ottoman era=== | ===In the Ottoman era=== | ||
* In 935 AH, King | * In 935 AH, King Sulayman 'thmani; | ||
* In 1009 AH, by the order of King | * In 1009 AH, by the order of King Muhammad 'thmani under the supervision of Ghaḍanfar agha <ref>sanjari, ''Manaʾih al-karam'', vol. 3, p. 506.</ref> In this reconstruction, a large dome and a minaret were built for this building, and endowments were determined by the Ottoman government for it, and a muezzin, servant, and Imam were determined for the mosque.<ref>tabari ,''Tarikh-i makka, ittihaf fuḍalaʾal-zaman bitarikh walih bani al-hasan'', Vol 2, p. 15.</ref> | ||
* In 1230, | * In 1230, Muhammad 'Ali Pasha of [[Egypt]] ordered king Muhammad Khan. | ||
* The last repair is said to have been in the time of | * The last repair is said to have been in the time of 'Abd al-Majid Khan.<ref>Ghazi, ''Ifada al-anam bi akhbar al-balad Allah al-haram'',vol. 2, p. 71.</ref> | ||
==Prophet’s birthday celebration in Mawlid al- | ==Prophet’s birthday celebration in Mawlid al-Nabi Mosque== | ||
In the 6th century, Ibn Jubayr reported the presence of the people of Mecca in the Prophet’s birthday Mosque on Monday in the month of Rabi al-Awwal on the occasion of the celebration of the Prophet’s birthday.<ref>Jubayr, | In the 6th century, Ibn Jubayr reported the presence of the people of Mecca in the Prophet’s birthday Mosque on Monday in the month of Rabi al-Awwal on the occasion of the celebration of the Prophet’s birthday.<ref>Jubayr, Safarnama Ibn Jubayr, p. 154.</ref> There are reports of the celebration of the birth of the Prophet in this place in the later centuries. | ||
Muhammad b. Ahmad Nahrawali (d. 990AH) gave a detailed report about the ritual of the Prophet’s birthday in the 10th century. According to him, every year on the twelfth night of [[Rabi' al-Awwal]], after Maghrib prayer, the jurists, nobles, grandees and people, while carrying many candles and torches, gather before the supervisor of [[Masjid al-haram]] and the judges of the Sunni’s four denominations, and from Masjid al-haram to Sawq al-layl and Mawlid al-Nabi place and enter it and gather near the birthplace of the Prophet(s). A sermon is read there, and after that, people come to Masjid al-haram, and some officials of [[Masjid al-haram]] are given robes, and the [['Isha prayer]] is held, and the ceremony ends.<ref>Nahrawali, ''Al-A'lam bi a'lam bayt Allah al-haram'', p. 422.</ref>More than a century later, a travel writer who went on [[Hajj]] in 1105-1106 AH narrated the same report of Nahrawali and described this event as a big gathering in which many primitives and residents of other cities (except Mecca) participated.<ref>Al-nablusi ‘’Al-haqiqa wa al-Majazl. 3, pp. 354-355.</ref> | |||
[[پرونده:تصویر قدیمی مکتبه مکه مکرمه.jpg|بندانگشتی|An old picture of the library building|جایگزین=]] | [[پرونده:تصویر قدیمی مکتبه مکه مکرمه.jpg|بندانگشتی|An old picture of the library building|جایگزین=]] | ||
==Destruction of the building and construction of the library== | ==Destruction of the building and construction of the library== | ||
In the [[House of | In the [[House of Sa'ud]] government, the building of Mawlid al-Nabi<small>(PBUH)</small>, like many old buildings in Mecca, was destroyed in the year 1343 AH under the pretext that people were looking for blessings on it.<ref>Biladi, '''atiq Ma'alim Makka al-tarikhiyya wa al-athariyya'', p. 294.</ref> | ||
Later, due to the fact that there was no grave to be visited in this place, some people tried to get permission to rebuild it. In 1370, permission was issued to build a library in this place. | Later, due to the fact that there was no grave to be visited in this place, some people tried to get permission to rebuild it. In 1370, permission was issued to build a library in this place. | ||
The capital of the construction of the building was paid by Fatemeh, daughter of | The capital of the construction of the building was paid by Fatemeh, daughter of Yusuf Qattan, and her brother Sheikh 'Abbas Qattan (d. 1370 AH) supervised the construction of the building, and after his death, his sons finished the construction of the building. In this way, ''Makkah Al-Mukarrma School'' was built in this place.<ref>Abu Sulayman,''Maktabat makkah al- Makka al-mukarrama qadiman wa hadithan'', p. 80.</ref> | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
{{References}} | {{References}} | ||
* | *'Abd al-Ghani al-nablusi.''Al-haqiqa wa al-Majaz fi rahla al-bilad al-sham wa misr wa al-hijaz''. Damascus: Dar al-Ma'rifa, 1419 AH. | ||
* | *'Abd al-Wahhab Ibrahim Abu Sulayman.''Maktabat makkah al- Makka al-mukarrama qadiman wa hadithan.'' Riyadh: Maktaba al-malik fahad al-Wataniyyah, 1433 AH. | ||
* | *'Ali b. Taj al-ddin al-sanjari.''Manaʾih al-karam''. Mecca: umm al-qura university, 1998. | ||
* | *Azraqi, Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah al-.''Akhbar Makka wa ma jaʾa fiha min al-athar''. Edited by Rushdi *Batanuni, Muhammad Labib.''Al-Rahla al-hijaziyya''. Cairo: Al-Thiqafat al-Diniyya, [n.d | ||
* | *Biladi, 'atiq.''Ma'alim Makka al-tarikhiyya wa al-athariyya''. Mecca: 1400 AH | ||
* | *Fasi al-Makki, Muhammad b. Ahmad.''Shifaʾ al-gharam bi akhbar al-balad al-haram''. Edited by 'Umar 'Abd al-Salam al-Tadmuri. Beirut: Dar al-Kitab al-'Arabi, 1405 AH. | ||
* | *Ja'fariyan, Rasul.''athar-i islami-yi Makka wa Madina''. Tehran: Mash'ar, 1382 Sh | ||
* | *Ja'fariyan, Rasul.''Mirath-i islami-yi Iran''. Qom: Nashr-i Kitabkhana-yi Mar'ashi Najafi, 1377 Sh. | ||
*Jubayr, | *Jubayr, Muhammad b. Ahmad.''Safarnama-iy Ibn Jubayr''. Translated by Parwiz Atabaki. Mashhad: Intisharat-i astan-i Quds-i Raḍawi, 1370 Sh. | ||
* | *Nahrawani al-Makki, Qutb al-Din.''Al-A'lam bi a'lam bayt Allah al-haram''. Beirut: Dar al-Raʾiq al-Turath al-'Arabi, [n.d]. | ||
* | * Makki,'Abd Allah Ghazi al-.''Ifada al-anam bi akhbar al-balad Allah al-haram''. | ||
* | *tabari, Muhammad b. 'Ali al-.''Tarikh-i makka, ittihaf fuḍalaʾal-zaman bitarikh walih bani al-hasan''. Cairo: Dar al-Kitab al-Jami'i, 1413 AH. | ||
* | *ʾuliaʾ, Chalbi.''Al-Rahla al-hijaziyya''. [n.p], Dar al-afaq al-'Arabiyya, 1420 AH. | ||
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