Masjid an-Nabawi (Mosque of the Prophet)

The Mosque of the Prophet ( Arabic: المسجد النبوی ) [IPA /mæsʤıd ænːæbæwı], in Medina, is the second holiest mosque in Islam. For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. Aqidah (sometimes spelled Aqeeda, Aqidah or Aqida) (عقيدة is an Islamic term meaning Creed. Allah ( Arabic: الله, ʔalˤːɑːh) is the standard Arabic word for ' In Islam, God is believed to be the only real supreme being all-powerful and all knowing Creator Sustainer Ordainer and Judge of the universe Islam puts a heavy emphasis IMPORTANT PLEASE READ ##### For all questions relating to the addition of (pbuh peace be upon him or other honorifics Muslims regard as Prophets of Islam ( Arabic: نبي) those non-divine humans chosen by Allah as Prophets The Five Pillars of Islam (Arabic أركان الإسلام is the term given to the five duties incumbent on every Muslim. The Shahada ( Arabic: ar الشهادة, from the verb ar شهد "to testify" is the Islamic Creed. 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The original mosque was built by Muhammad. Subsequent Islamic rulers greatly expanded and decorated it. The most important feature of the site is the green dome over the center of the mosque, where the tomb of Muhammad is located. Constructed in 1817 and painted green in 1839, it is known as the Dome of the Prophet. ^[1] Early Muslim leaders Abu Bakr and Umar (Umar ibn al-Khattab) are buried in an adjacent area in the mosque. Caliph Caliph is the term or title for the Islamic leader of the Ummah, or community of Islam Early life Abu Bakr was born at Mecca some time in the year 573 CE, in the Banu Taym branch of the Quraysh tribe Umar (a=عمر بن الخطاب|t=`Umar ibn al-Khattāb c 581-83 CE &ndash 7 November, 644) also known as Umar the Great or Omar the Great

The edifice was originally Muhammad's house; he settled there after his Hijra (emigration) to Medina, later building a mosque on the grounds. The Hijra (هِجْرَة or withdrawal is the migration of Muhammad and his followers to the city of Medina in 622 ( Common Era) He himself shared in the heavy work of construction. The original mosque was an open-air building. The basic plan of the building has been adopted in the building of other mosques throughout the world.

The mosque also served as a community center, a court, and a religious school. There was a raised platform for the people who taught the Qur'an. The Qur’an ( القرآن, literally "the recitation" also sometimes transliterated as Qur’ān, Koran, Alcoran

History

The original Mosque was built by Muhammad, next to the house where he settled after his journey to Medina in 622 AD. The original mosque was an open-air building with a raised platform for the reading of the Qur'an. It was a rectangular enclosure of 30x35 meters, built with palm trunks and mud walls, and accessed through three doors: Bab Rahmah to the south, Bab Jibril to the west and Bab al-Nisa' to the east. The basic plan of the building has since been adopted in the building of other mosques throughout the world.

Inside, Muhammad created a shaded area to the south called the suffrah and aligned the prayer space facing north towards Jerusalem. Ṣalāt ( Arabic: صلاة‎, pl ṣalawāt, Qur'anic Arabic: صلوة ṣalawah) (also munz in Pashto and When the qibla (prayer direction) was changed to Mecca, the mosque was re-oriented to the south. Qiblah ( ar قبلة, also transliterated as Kiblah) is an Arabic word for the direction that should be faced when a Muslim prays during The mosque also served as a community center, a court, and a religious school. Seven years later (629 AD/7 AH), the mosque was doubled in size to accommodate the increasing number of Muslims. A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion

Subsequent Islamic rulers continued to enlarge and embellish the Prophet's Mosque over the centuries. In 707, Umayyad Caliph Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik (705-715) tore down the old structure and built a larger one in its place, incorporating tomb of Muhammad. The Caliph is the Head of state in a Caliphate, and the title for the leader of the Islamic Ummah, an Islamic community ruled by the Shari'ah Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik ( الوليد بن عبد الملك or Al-Walid I (668 - 715 was a wise and powerful Umayyad Caliph who ruled from 705 This mosque was 84 by 100 meters in size, with stone foundations and a teak roof supported on stone columns. The mosque walls were decorated with mosaics by Coptic and Greek craftsmen, similar to those seen in the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem (built by the same caliph). The Greeks ( Greek: Έλληνες) are a Nation and Ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighbouring regions The Grand Mosque of Damascus, also known as the Ummayad Mosque' ( Arabic: جامع بني أمية الكبير transl Damascus ( دمشق,, also commonly known as الشام ash-Shām) is the capital and largest city of Syria. The courtyard was surrounded by a gallery on four sides, with four minarets on its corners. For the mountain formation see Minarets (California. Minarets ( Arabic manara (lighthouse منارة but more usually مئذنة A mihrab topped by a small dome was built on the qibla wall. A mihrab (محراب pl محاريب is a niche in the wall of a Mosque that indicates the Qibla, that is the direction of the Kaaba

Abbasid Caliph al-Mahdi (775-785) destroyed the northern section of Al-Walid's mosque between 778 and 781 to enlarge it further. Muhammad ibn Mansur al-Mahdi ( محمد بن منصورالمهدى) (ruled 775&ndash785 was the third Abbasid Caliph. He also added 20 doors to the mosque: eight on each of the east and west walls, and four on the north wall.

Green Dome of the Holy Prophet

During the reign of the Mamluk Sultan Qalawun, a dome was erected above tomb of the Prophet and an ablution fountain was built outside of Bab al-Salam. Sultan (سلطان is an Islamic title with several historical meanings Saif al-Din Qalawun Al-Salihi (also Qala'un or Kalavun) (قلاوون الصالحي ( epithet al-Malik al-Mansour Saif al-Din Qalawun al-Alfi Sultan Al-Nasir Muhammad rebuilt the fourth minaret that had been destroyed earlier. Al-Nasir Muhammad (Arabic:الناصر محمد (Epithet al-Malik al-Nasir Nasir al-Din Muhammad ben Qalawun)( Arabic الملك الناصر ناصر الدين محمد After a lightning strike destroyed much of the mosque in 1481, Sultan Qaitbay rebuilt the east, west and qibla walls. Al-Ashraf Sayf al-Din Qa'it Bay (قايتباي (ca 1416/18 - 1496 was the eighteenth Burji Mamluk Sultan of Egypt from 872-901 A

The Ottoman sultans who controlled Medina from 1517 until World War I also made their mark. The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent (1520-1566) rebuilt the western and eastern walls of the mosque and built the northeastern minaret known as al-Suleymaniyya. Suleiman I (سليمان Sulaymān, Süleyman almost always Kanuni Sultan Süleyman) ( 6 November 1494 5/ 6 September 1566 He added a new mihrab (al-Ahnaf) next to Muhammad's mihrab (al-Shafi'iyyah) and placed a new dome covered in lead sheets and painted green above the Prophet's house and tomb.

During the reign of Ottoman Sultan Abdülmecid (1839-1861), the mosque was entirely remodeled with the exception of Muhammad's Tomb, the three mihrabs, the minbar and the Suleymaniyya minaret. Abdülmecid is a name Variants include Abdülmecit, Abdül Mecid, Abulmecid, Abdul Mecid, Abdul Mejid Abd-ul-Mejid Abdul Medjit etc A minbar ( Arabic: منبر also spelt mimbar) is a Pulpit in the Mosque where the Imam (leader of prayer stands to deliver sermons The precinct was enlarged to include an ablution area to the north. The prayer hall to the south was doubled in width and covered with small domes equal in size except for domes covering the mihrab area, Bab al-Salam and Muhammad's Tomb. The domes were decorated with Qur'anic verses and lines from Qaṣīda al-Burda (Poem of the Mantle), the famous poem by 13th century Arabic poet Busiri. Qaṣīda al-Burda ( Arabic: قصيدة البردة, "Poem of the Mantle" is an ode of praise for the Islamic prophet Muhammad Būsīrī ( Abū 'Abdallāh Muhammad ibn Sa'īd ul-Būsīrī) ( 1211 &ndash 1294) was an Egyptian Poet who lived in Egypt, The qibla wall was covered with glazed tiles featuring Qur'anic calligraphy. Glazed tile ( Chinese: 琉璃瓦 was used in China since Tang dynasty as building material for roof top Islamic calligraphy, equally known as Arabic calligraphy, is the art of writing and by extension of bookmaking The floors of the prayer hall and the courtyard were paved with marble and red stones and a fifth minaret (al-Majidiyya), was built to the west of the enclosure.

After the foundation of the Saudi Kingdom of Arabia in 1932, the Mosque of Muhammad underwent several major modifications. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi In 1951 King Ibn Saud (1932-1953) ordered demolitions around the mosque to make way for new wings to the east and west of the prayer hall, which consisted of concrete columns with pointed arches. King Saud King Faisal Mohammed King Khaled Nasr Saad Concrete is a construction material composed of Cement (commonly Portland cement) as well as other cementitious materials such as Fly ash and Slag Older columns were reinforced with concrete and braced with copper rings at the top. Copper (ˈkɒpɚ is a Chemical element with the symbol Cu (cuprum and Atomic number 29 The Suleymaniyya and Majidiyya minarets were replaced by two minarets in Mamluk revival style. Two additional minarets were erected to the northeast and northwest of the mosque. A library was built along the western wall to house historic Qur'ans and other religious texts.

In 1973 Saudi King Faisal bin Abdul Aziz ordered the construction of temporary shelters to the west of the mosque to accommodate the growing number of worshippers in 1981, the old mosque was surrounded by new prayer areas on these sides, enlarging five times its size. Abdullah Muhammad Sara Luluwa Khalid Saud

The latest renovations took place under King Fahd and have greatly increased the size of the mosque, allowing it to hold a large number of worshippers and pilgrims and adding modern comforts like air conditioning. King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, ( 1921 - August 1, 2005) was the King of the Kingdom The term air conditioning refers to the cooling and dehumidification of indoor air for Thermal comfort. ^[2]

Description

Tomb of Omar Bin El Khattab

As it stands today, the Prophet's Mosque has a rectangular plan on two floors with the Ottoman prayer hall projecting to the south. A storey (spelled story in the USA only floor, deck or level is the level of a Building above (or below the Ground. The main prayer hall occupies the entire first floor. The mosque enclosure is 100 times bigger than the first mosque built by the Prophet and can accommodate more than half a million worshippers.

The Prophet's Mosque has a flat paved roof topped with 24 domes on square bases. A flat roof is a type of covering of a Building. In contrast to the sloped form of a Roof, a flat roof is horizontal or nearly horizontal A dome is a common structural element of Architecture that resembles the hollow upper half of a Sphere. Holes pierced into the base of each dome illuminate the interior. The roof is also used for prayer during peak times, when the 24 domes slide out on metal tracks to shade areas of the roof, creating light wells for the prayer hall. At these times, the courtyard of the Ottoman mosque is also shaded with umbrellas affixed to freestanding columns. A column in Structural engineering is a vertical structural element that transmits through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural The roof is accessed by stairs and escalators. An escalator is a Conveyor transport device for transporting people consisting of individual linked steps that move up or down on tracks which keep the treads The paved area around the mosque is also used for prayer, equipped with umbrella tents.

The north facade has three evenly spaced porticos, while the east, west and south facades have two. A facade or façade (fəˈsɑːd is generally one side of the exterior of a Building, especially the front but also sometimes the sides and rear A portico is a Porch that is leading to the entrance of a building or extended as a Colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway supported by Columns The walls are composed of a series of windows topped by pointed arches with black and white voussoirs. An arch is a structure that spans a space while supporting weight (e A voussoir is a wedge-shaped element typically a stone used in building an Arch. There are six peripheral minarets attached to the new extension, and four others frame the Ottoman structure. The mosque is lavishly decorated with polychrome marble and stones. For the character from the Oz series see Polychrome (fictional character. Marble is a nonfoliated Metamorphic rock resulting from the Metamorphism of Limestone, composed mostly of Calcite (a crystalline form of The columns are of white marble with brass capitals supporting slightly pointed arches, built of black and white stones. Brass is any Alloy of Copper and Zinc; the proportions of zinc and copper can be varied to create a range of brasses with varying properties In several traditions of Architecture including Classical architecture, the capital (from the Latin caput 'head' forms the crowning member The column pedestals have ventilation grills that regulate the temperature inside the prayer hall. Pedestal (from French piedestal, Italian piedistallo, foot of a stall is a term generally applied to the support of a Statue or a Vase

This shiny new Prophet's Mosque contains the older mosque within it. The two sections can be easily distinguished: the older section has many colorful decorations and numerous small pillars; the new section is in gleaming white marble and is completely air-conditioned.

The open courtyard of the mosque can be shaded by folded, umbrella-like canopies, designed by Bodo Rash and Buro Happold[1]^[3]

The most notable feature of the Prophet's Mosque is the green "Dome of the Prophet", which rises higher amongst the sea of white domes. Buro Happold is a professional services firm providing Engineering consultancy Design, planning project management and consulting services for all aspects of This is where the tomb of Muhammad is located; early Muslim leaders Abu Bakr and Umar ibn al-Khattab are buried in an adjacent area as well.

Ar-Rawdah an-Nabawiyah

Rawda (Garden) and pulpit of the Holy Prophet (Sallala Ho Alihe Wassallm)

At the heart of the mosque is a very special but small area named ar-Rawdah an-Nabawiyah (Sallala Ho Alihe Wassallm) (Arabic: الروضة النبوية), which extends from the tomb of the prophet to his pulpit. All pilgrims attempt to visit and pray in ar-Rawdah, for there is a tradition that supplications and prayers uttered here are never rejected. A pilgrim is one who undertakes a Pilgrimage, literally 'far afield' Entrance into ar-Rawdah is not always possible (especially during the Hajj season), as the tiny area can accommodate only a few hundred people. The Hajj (حج is a pilgrimage to Mecca (Makkah It is the largest annual pilgrimage in the world Ar-Rawdah has two small gateways manned by Saudi police officers. The current marble pulpit was constructed by the Ottomans. The original pulpit was much smaller than the current one, and constructed of palm tree wood, not marble. Arecaceae or Palmae (also known by the name Palmaceae, which is taxonomically invalid or commonly palm tree) the palm family is a family of Flowering Ar-Rawdah an-Nabawiyah (Sallala Ho Alihe Wassallm) is part of Jannah (Heaven or Paradise). Jannah (جنّة is the Islamic conception of Paradise. The Arabic form Jannah is a shortened version meaning simply "Garden" Heaven may refer to the physical heavens the sky or the seemingly endless expanse of the Universe beyond Paradise is a word of Persian origin ( Persian: پردیس Pardìs) that is generally identified with the Garden of Eden or with Heaven.

Saudi expansion of the Mosque

Masjid Nabawee at sunset

The original mosque was not very large, and today the original exists only as a small portion of the larger mosque. From 1925, after Medina surrendered to Ibn Sa'ud, the mosque was gradually expanded until 1955 when extensive renovations were carried out. ^[1] The latest renovations took place under King Fahd and have greatly increased the size of the mosque, allowing it to hold a large number of worshippers and pilgrims. It is also completely air conditioned and decorated with marble.

The newer and older sections of the mosque are quite distinct. The older section has many colorful decorations and numerous small pillars.

The mosque is located in what was traditionally the center of Medina, with many hotels and old markets nearby. It is a major pilgrimage site and many people who perform the Hajj go on to Medina before or after Hajj to visit the mosque.

Imams

Current Imams at the Al-Masjid al-Nabawi include:

• His Eminence Sheikh Dr. An imam (إمام plural ائمة A'immah, امام is an Islamic leader often the leader of a Mosque and/or community Sheikh, also rendered as Sheik, Cheikh, Shaikh, and other variants ( Arabic:, shaykh Ali bin Abdur-Rahmaan Al Hudhaifi - President Saudi Hilal Committee (Chief of Imams)
• His Eminence Sheikh Abdul Bari Al-Thubaiti
• His Eminence Sheikh Husayn al Shaykh
• His Eminence Shaikh Dr. Salah Al Budair (has led tarawih prayers at Masjid al-Haram since 2005)
• His Eminence Sheikh Abdul Muhsin al Qasim

Former Imams:

• Sheikh Muhammad Ayub
• Sheikh Abdullah `Awwaad Al-Juhany(now Imam-e-Kaaba, Makkah)
• Sheikh Maahir Hamad Al-Mu'ayqili (now Imam-e-Kaaba, Makkah)

Muezzins

Muezzins at the Haram Sharif include:

• Sheikh Abdul Rehman Kashikjee (Chief of muezzins)
• Sheikh Abdullah Basnawi
• Sheikh Abdul Rehman Bassamji
• Sheikh Mohammed Majid Hakeem
• Sheikh Esam Bukhari
• Sheikh Houssain Afifi
• Sheikh Faisal Abdul Malik Noman

See also

• Burial places of founders of world religions
• Muslim history
• Timeline of Muslim history
• Islamic architecture
• Islamic art
• List of mosques
• Mecca
• Kaaba

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Encyclopedia of the orient
2. ^ The Prophet's Mosque (Masjid al-Nabawi) - Medina, Saudi Arabia
3. ^ Walker, Derek (1998). This is a sub-article of Sunnah salat and Ramadan. Tarawih ( تراويح) is an Arabic phrase referring to extra prayers Al-Masjid al-Ḥarām ( ar المسجد الحرام ʔælmæsʤɪd ælħaram "The Sacred Mosque" is the largest Mosque in the world The muezzin (via Turkish müezzin from Arabic: مؤذن mu’aḏḏin) is a chosen person at the This article identifies the burial places of founders of world religions. Muslim history began in Arabia with the Muhammad 's first recitations of the Qur'an in the 7th century There is much more to Muslim history than its military and political aspects this particular chronology is almost entirely of military and political nature Islamic architecture has encompassed a wide range of both secular and religious styles from the foundation of Islam to the present day influencing the design and construction Islamic art encompasses the arts produced from the 7th century onwards by people (not necessarily Muslim) who lived within the territory that was inhabited by culturally A list of 'famous' Mosques around the World: Africa See also List of mosques in Africa Asia Mecca ˈmɛkə also spelled Makkah ˈmækə (in full Makkah Al-Mukarramah (Arabic mækːæ(t ælmʊkarˑamæ مكّة المكرمة, literally Honored The Kaaba ( Arabic: ar الكعبة; 'kɑʕbɑ or 'kæʕbæ "Cube" is a Cuboidal building in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and is the The Confidence to Build. p 69: Taylor & Francis, 176. ISBN 0419240608.  

External links

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Coordinates: 24°28′06″N 39°36′39″E / 24.46833, 39.61083