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Jannat al-Baqi (جنة البقيع) (also spelt Jannat ul-Baqi) is a cemetery in Medina, Saudi Arabia, located across from the Masjid al-Nabawi, the mosque where Muhammed is buried. Medina mɛˈdiːnə (المدينة المنورة ælmæˈdiːnæl muˈnɑwːɑrɑ or المدينة ælmæˈdiːnæ also transliterated into English as The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi The Mosque of the Prophet (or Prophet's Mosque) ( Arabic: المسجد النبوي) /mæsʤıd ænːæbæwı in Medina, is the second holiest This cemetery contains many of Muhammad's relatives and companions. IMPORTANT PLEASE READ ##### For all questions relating to the addition of (pbuh peace be upon him or other honorifics Its name means "Tree Garden of Heaven". Many traditions relate Muhammad issuing a prayer every time he passed the cemetery. Prior to the twentieth century, many of the graves were covered with domes or other structures.

After the city of Medina was taken by King Ibn Saud, many of these tombs, originally intended to identify famous companions of Muhammad, were destroyed in 1925 in order to prevent people from visiting them in order to seek a means of approach to Allāh (a request for blessings, in this world or for intercessions in the hereafter). King Saud King Faisal Mohammed King Khaled Nasr Saad This, (tawassul), along with reading chapters from Islam's holy book, The Koran, is considered by some as being Shirk, the sin of idolatry. Tawassul (توسل is an Islamic religious practice in which a Muslim seeks nearness to Allah. The Qur’an ( القرآن, literally "the recitation" also sometimes transliterated as Qur’ān, Koran, Alcoran Shirk (شرك is the Islamic concept of the Sin of Polytheism specifically but in a more general way refers to worshipping other than Allah Namely the governors of two, of the three, of Islam's holy places consider these kinds of visits as Shirk, and therefore it should be eradicated in all forms. This is the reason why there exists a threat to the House where the Prophet of Islam was born, and other such places that some consider sacred.

Despite this, the graves of many historic figures continue to be visited by numerous pilgrims, and burials continue at the cemetery up until this day.

After the demolition of 1925, Saudi authorities have stepped up restrictions with regards to visiting graves. Shias come to Jannatul Baqi to pay respect to their leaders, and this often involves invoking the dead and reciting salutations. However, this goes against the principles of the Salafi interpretation of Islam, state-sanctioned within Saudi Arabia, and the result is that often books and maps of the graves are confiscated by the authorities.

Many Shia continue to mourn the day that the House of Saud demolished graves in the Baqi cemetery, calling this day Yaum e Gham, literally meaning Day of Sorrow. The House of Saud ( Arabic: آل سعود romanized Āl Suʿūd is the Royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Yaum-e Gham, Persian for "Day of Sorrow" is a day commemorated by Shia Muslims as the day that Jannatul Baqi, the Baqi Cemetery was destroyed by the Saudi They continue to protest the Saudi government's continuous demolition of shrines and ancient mosques in Saudi Arabia built over shrines. Though, it would be wrong to say that the Shia are the only ones who deem this permissible, or the only ones who do this.

Good News for Shia people, those are requested to so many time Saudi Government about proper shrine of Jannat Al-Baqi At Demolish Place of Hazrat Fatima Zehra grave. On 2 Dec Proper Notification is Released from Saudi Government.

Some important personalities buried at Jannat al-Baqi

There are holy shrines of Imam Hasan ibn Ali, Ali ibn Hosein, Mohammad ibn Ali and Jafar ibn Mohammad.

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There are holy shrines of Imam Hasan ibn Ali, Ali ibn Hosein, Mohammad ibn Ali and Jafar ibn Mohammad.

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