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Ibn Jubayr in the sixth century reported the presence of the people of Mecca at the Mosque of the Prophet's Birthplace on Tuesday of the month of Rabi' al-Awwal to commemorate the anniversary of his birth.<ref></ref>(5)

Reports of the celebration of the Prophet's birthday at this location exist in the subsequent centuries.

Muhammad ibn Ahmad Nahrawali (d. 990 AH) in the tenth century Hijri provided a detailed report about the celebration of the Prophet's birthday night. According to him, every year on the night of the twelfth of Rabi' al-Awwal, after the Maghrib prayer, jurists, dignitaries, scholars, and people gather while carrying numerous candles and torches before the overseer of the Masjid al-Haram and the judges of the four schools of thought. They assemble at the Masjid al-Haram and proceed towards Souq al-Leil and the location of the Prophet's birthplace. Upon reaching there, a sermon is delivered, and then people return to the Masjid al-Haram where some dignitaries are honored, and the Isha prayer is performed, concluding the ceremony.(15)( • Nahrawālī al-Makkī, Quṭb al-Dīn. ''Al-Aʿlām bi aʿlām bayt Allāh al-harām'.p422)

More than a century later, the travelogue written in the years 1105-1106 about the pilgrimage journey quotes Nehruvali's report and describes this ceremony as a great gathering, in which many Bedouins and residents of other cities (besides Mecca) participated.(16)( • Nāblusī, ʿAbdu-l Ghanī al-. Al-Ḥaqīqa wa al-majāz fī riḥlat al-bilād al-shām wa miṣr wa al-ḥijāz.vol3.p354-355)