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Introduction

The Prophetic Mosque Is the Second Holiest Place After Mecca
In English It Is Known As Al Masjid An Nabi Also Known As Al Haram Al mdani Or Al Haramal Nabwi By Locals Its Build By Beloved Prophet Muhammad PBUH In Ithe City Of Madina Located In Saudi Arabia
It Is Second Mosque Of Islam After Masjid Quba Which Is Made By Prophet Muhammad SAW
Now It Is Known As The Largest Mosques In The World

Land Of Mosque

The Land Of The Mosque Belonged To Two Yong Orphan Children Sahl And Suhail
When They Came To Know That Muhammad PBUH Want To Acquire Their Land To Build A Mosque
They Went To Him And Offered The Land As A Gift For The Mosque
But Muhammad PBUH Insisted TO Pay To Them Because The Were Orphaned Children.
The Agreed Amount Of Price Was Paid By Abu Ayyub Al Ansari

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So Abu Al Ayyube Ansari Was The Donor For The Land Of Masjid An Nabwi.
He Accommodated Muhammad On The Arraival Of Madina In 622
Originally Mosque Was Opened Air And Muhammad Shared The Building Work Alongside With His Companions
Mosque Was A Community Center ,Religious School And A Court
There Was A Raised Plateform Known As Member Used By The Teachers Of Quran And Fo Muhammad PBUH Who Use To Give Sermons On Friday.
During The Reign Of Al Walid The Ummyad Khalifa Now Its The Final Resting Place Of Prophet Muhammad PBUH
The Most Noteable Thing Is Green Dome Which h Is Made On The House Of Ayesha RA The Resting Place Of Muhammad PBUH.
Many Pilgrims Who Perform Hajj Also Visit To Green Dome.

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In 1909 Ottoman Khalifa Abdulhamid Was The First Person Wo Provided Electrical Lights.

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The Mosque Is Under Thehe Control Of The Custodians Of Two Holy Mosques.
The Mosque Is The Heart Of Madina And Every Muslim Who Love The Holy Prophet PBUH

Earlier History Of Mosque Under Muhammad PBUH And Khalifa Rashidun 1-40 AH

Prophet Muhammad Was On His Camel Named As Quswa Camel To This Place Where Mosque Is Build .This Place Used To Be A Burial Place,The Land Of Mosque Belonged To Two Orphan Children ,When They Came To Know That Muhammad PBUH Wants Their Land For Mosque They Offered The Land As A Gift But He Refuse To Accept The Land As A Gift .The Price Was Decided And Then Paid By Abu Ayyub Ansari
And It Took 7 Months To Complete. It Measure About 30.5 M × 35.62 M (100.1 Ft × 116.9 Ft)
The Roof Of The Mosque Was Made Of Beaten Clay And Supported By Palm Trunks
The Roof Was 3.6 M High
The Three Doors Of The Mosque Were The “Gate Of Mercy To The South, “Gate Of Gabriel” To The West And “Gate Of Women” To The East.At This Time Point In The History Of The Mosque, The Qiblah Wall Was Facing North To Jerusalem, And Al-Suffah Was Along The Northern Wall.
After The Battle Of Khyber The Mosque Was Expanded To 47 Metres On Each Sides
And Three Rows Of Columns Were Built Across Beside The West Wall Which Became The Place Of Praying
The Mosque Remained Unaltered Till First Rashidun Khalifa Abu Bakar
The Second Rashidun Khalifa Umer Eliminated All Houses Around It Except Of Prophet’s Wives To Expand The Mosque After That Mosque’s Dimensions Became 57.49 M × 66.14 M (188.6 Ft × 217.0 Ft)
Walls Of Enclosure Were Made By Sun Dried Mud Bricks And Height Of The Roof Increased Up To 5. 6 Meters
Umer Constructed Three More Gates Including Butyha For The People Who Used To Recite Poetry
The Third Rashidun Khalifa Uthman Demolished The Mosque In 649
The Mosque Was Made In Rectangular Shaped And Direction Of The Mosque Was Set To The Qibla
Palm Trunks Were Supported By Iron Rings
Number And Gates Names Remain Unaltered
The New Dimension Of The Mosque Were 81
X 62 M
The Enclosure Was Made Of Stones Laid In Mortar.
Teakwood Was Used In Reconstructing The Ceiling Filza.

Under Subsequent Islamic Regimes (40-923 AH)

Umayad Caliph Al Walid In 707 Rebuild The Mosque .And It Took 3 Years To Complete
Procured Raw Materials From Byzintine Empire Were Used.The Area Of Mosque Was Expanded From 5094 To 8672 Squares Meters
A Wall Was Built To Separate The Mosque And The Houses Of Muhammad’s Wives
New Shape Of The Mosque Was Trapezoid Having The Longer Side Of101 .76 Meters
Minarets Were Build During The Al Walid’s Time
Abbasid Caliph Al Mahdi Expand The North side Of Mosque By 50 Meters.His Name Was Also Written On The Walls Of Mosque
Plan Of Removing Six Steps To Mimber Abandoned Fearing That It May Damage The Plateform They Built
After That The Valiph Al Mamun Did Unspecified Work On Mosque
He Lined The Enclodure Of Muhammad PBUH TOMB With Marble.
The Mamluk Sultan Baibars In 1269 Sent Artisans team were Led By The Eunuch Emir Jamal Al-Din Muhsin Al-Salihi To Rebuild The Sanctuary, Including Enclosures Around The Tombs Of Muhammad And Of Fatima. The Mamluk Sultan Al-Ashraf Qansuh Al-Ghawri Built A Dome Of Stone Over His Grave In 1476

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During Ottoman Reigme(1517-1805 & 1840-1919 CE )

Suleiman The Magnificent During His Rule Rebuild The East And West Walls Of Mosque He Also Added A Minaret In Northern Side Of The Mosque Named As Sulimaniyye.NEXT TO Muhammad’s Altar Shafiiya He Added New Altar Ahnaf,He Revivd The Gate Of Mercy Or The West Gate .The Pulpit That Was Used Today Was Made Under Murad III Rule.Mahmud II In 1817 Compeleted The Construction Of Purified Residence On Southeast Side And Covered The Tomb Of Muhammad PBUH With Green Color Dome In 1837 And Then It Is Known As Kube Hadra
After That Abdul Mecid Rebuild The Mosque In Thirteen Years and for The Construction Of Mosque Red Stones Were Used
Entire Mosque Was Recognized except The Tomb Of Muhammad ,Three Altar Pulput And The Suleimanyye Minaret
On The Walls Of Mosque Quranic Verses Were Written The Places Of Prayer And Courtyard Were Paved With Marble And
Red Stone. The Fifth Minaret, Mecidiyye, Was Built To The West Of The Surrounded Area. After

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"Desert Tiger" Fakhri Pasha's Arrest At The End Of The Siege Of Medina On January 10, 1919, 400 Years
Of Ottoman Rule In The Region Came To An End.

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Saudi Insurgency

When Saud Bin Abdul Aziz Took The Madina They Demolished Every Tomb
And They Tried To Demolish Muhammad’s Tomb But Failed Due To It Hardened Structure
Similar Events Reported When Ibn Abdulaziz Took The Madina In 1925 They Demolished Every Tombs Around The Mosque To Expand It
Old Column Were Strong Through Concrete And Copper Rings On The Top
The Suleimannyye And Mecidyye Minarets Were Replaced By New Mamluk Style Minarets
Additional To Minarets Added In North And East Of The Mosque
A Liberary Was Also Made To Western Wall To House Historic Qurans And Other Religious Texts

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In 1974 King Faisal Expand The Mosque By Adding 40440 Square Meters The Area Of The Mosque Also Expanded In King Fahad Era In 1985
Bulldozer Were Used To Demolish Building Around The Mosque To Expand It
It Completed In 1992 It Area Was 160000
Square Meters
New Project Was Announced In 2012 To Accommodate 2 Million Worshippers

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Architecture

The modern Days Masjid An Nabwi Is Located On Rectangular Plot And Two Stories Tall
On The North Side Ottomans Prayers Hall Lies
It Has A Paved Roof With Sliding Domes That Work As Shade When It Needs Especially Afternoon Prayers
Free Columns Are Also Made For Retractable Umberallas

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Noble Garden

Nobel Garden Or Roudha Asshrifa Is The Area Between The Burials Place And Member
A Green Carpet Is Also Used To Distinguish Ryyadhul Jannah From The Rest Lof The Mosque
Considering Visiting Madinah And
Performing The Ziyarah,

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Muhammad PBUH

Said:
“Whoever Visits Me After My Death Is Like He Who Had
Visited Me During My Life.”[46] “When A Person Stands
At My Grave Reciting Blessings On Me, I Hear It; And
Whoever Calls For Blessings On Me In Any Other Place,
His Every Need In This World And In The Hereafter Is
Fulfilled And On The Day Of Qiyamah I Shall Be His
Witness And Intercessor.”[47]

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Green Dome

The Chamber Hold The Tombs Of Prophet Muhammad And His Two Campanions Abbu Bakar And Umer There Is An Empty Tomb For Eesa Blecauase Muslims Belives That At The End Near Future Eesa Will Return and buried here

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Mehrab

There Is Two Mehrabs One Was Built By Muhammad And Another Wone Was Built By Third Khalifa Usman To Indicate The Direction Of Qibla
Along With There Are Many Other Mehrabs Too But These Two Are More Significant

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Mimber

Original Member Used By Prophet Was A Block Of Date Palm Wood That Was Rep;Aced By Him With Tamarisk Onein 629 Three Stairs Ladder Added To Itthe Frst Two Caliph Did Not Used First Two In Respect Of Muhammad But The Tird Caliph Uthman Placed Fabric Dome Over It And Cover Tthe Steps With Ebony
In 1395 the Minbar Was Replaced By Baybars I , and in 1417 Shaykh Al-Mahmudi made it . This Was Also Replaced By A Marble One By Qaitbay In The Late Fifteenth Century, Which As Of 2013, Is Still Used In The Mosque.

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Minarets

First Four Minarets Were Buid By Umer In In 1307 After The Renovation Project Of 1994, There Were Ten Minarets Which Were 104 Metres (341 Ft) High. The Minarets' Upper, Bottom And Middle Portion Are Cylindrical, Octagonal And Square Shaped Respectively.

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