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'''The birthplace of the Prophet(s)''' is the house of [[Abdullah b. Abdul-Muttalib]], where the prophet was born; this place is located in the city of [[Mecca]], in the neighborhood of [[Sha'ab Abi Talib]]. In the second century of hijra, [[Khayzaran]], the mother of [[Harun al-Rashid]], bought that place and converted it into a mosque.

Reports from the sixth century onwards indicate that a decorated marble stone was erected as a commemoration of the Prophet's birthplace in a section of the mosque. In the reconstruction of 1009 AH/ 1600-1, a grand dome and minaret were built for this mosque.

The Mosque of the Birthplace of the Prophet was considered one of the sacred places in Mecca, and every year on the night of the Prophet's birth, the people of Mecca would gather there.

Due to the importance and fame of the Mosque of the Birthplace of the Prophet, this building has been reconstructed numerous times by the orders of sultans and rulers. However, during the rule of the Al Saud dynasty, like many other sacred places and buildings in Mecca, it was demolished (in the year 1343 AH / 1924-5 )

In the year 1370 AH / 1950-1, with the aim of preserving the memory of this place, a library was built there, which still exists and is named "Maktabat Makkah al-Mukarramah" (The Library of the Honored Mecca).

==History==

They consider a house in which the prophet(s) was born, located in the area of [[Sha'ab Abi Talib]] in a neighborhood called [[Suq al-Layl]], as the "Birthplace of the Prophet" or the place of the Prophet's birth. In some historical sources, other places have also been mentioned as possible locations of the Prophet's birth, but these are not confirmed by most historians of Mecca.<ref>Fāsī al-Makkī, ''Shifāʾ al-gharām bi akhbār al-balad al-ḥarām'', vol. 1, p. 270.</ref>

===Until the third century===

According to Azraqi's report in the book of Akhbar Makkah, who lived in the third century, the house where the Prophet was born, after his emigration, came into the possession of [[Aqil]], the son of Abu Talib, and was transferred to Aqil's children until it was sold to Muhammad b. Yusuf Thaqafi, who annexed it to his own house known as the White House. When [[Khayzaran]], the mother of Harun al-Rashid, performed Hajj in 171 AH/ 788, she bought it and built a mosque in which prayers are offered. Azraqi states that the people of Mecca have no disagreement about the location of the Prophet's birthplace.<ref>Azraqī, ''Akhbār Makka'', vol. 2, p. 198.</ref>

The same report is also mentioned by Fakihi (d. 245 AH/859-60), another ancient historian of Mecca.<ref>Fākihī, ''Akhbār Makka fī qadīm al-dahr wa ḥaīthih'', vol. 4, p. 5.</ref>

===Report of Ibn Jubayr (7th Century)===

Ibn Jubayr (d. 614 AH/ ) visited this mosque in 579 AH and described it in his travelogue.(4)( • Ibn Jubayr, Muḥammad b. Aḥmad. ''Safarnāma Ibn Jubayr''.p82/p125)

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