Шадхараванът-Shadharawan

Шадхараванът
'Shadharawan' е името на мраморната основа, която заобикаля Ка'ба.
За първи път е инсталиран от Абдула бин Зубайр
за да се предотврати проникването на вода в основите на Ка'ба.
Използва се и за фиксиране на пръстените за закрепване на Kiswah (покритие) на Ka'bah.

A view of the inside of the Ka’bah

During the conquest of Makkah in 8AH the Prophet (ﷺ) entered inside the Ka’bah and performed salah.

The marker on the ground highlighted by the circle shows the spot where he (ﷺ) prayed.

Historical photo of Masjid Jummah in Madinah

Masjid Jummah, on the boundary of Madinah marks the site where the Prophet (ﷺ) led the first Jummah salah, shortly after his Hijrah (migration) from Makkah.

The original mosque erected on the site by the Sahabah was known as Masjid Bani Salim, after the tribe that lived around here. It later became known as Masjid Jummah.

This lightbulb was among the first to be used to light up Masjid-e-Nabwi back in September 1908.

This lightbulb was among the first to be used to light up Masjid-e-Nabwi back in September 1908.
It is displayed in the Dar AlMadinah Museum.

Electricity was first introduced in Madinah by the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Majid.

Masjid-e-Nabwi was originally lit by palm fronds. The first person to light an oil lamp in the mosque was the Sahabi Tameem Al-Dari (r.a.) in 9AH.

The roof of the Ka'bah

The Quraysh were the first to construct a roof on the Ka’bah, prior to this the Ka'bah was open from above.

The roof construction happened during the lifetime of the Prophet (ﷺ) before his Prophethood.

Jabal Rum’ah

This small mountain, in front of Mount Uhud, is where the Prophet (ﷺ) had positioned archers during the Battle of Uhud with the strict instructions not to move.

It was the desertion of their posts by many of the archers on thinking the battle was over that led to a reversal of fortune for the Muslims in the war....

70 Muslims were made shaheed in the battle including Hamza (r.a.).

The mountain is also known as Jabal Ainain.

Historic Ka'bah door cover

This is the Ottoman era cover that was used in front of the Ka'bah door in around the year 1800. It is decorated with Quranic verses made from silk and metal thread.

Verses are included from Surahs 'al-Ikhlas', 'al-Tawbah', 'al-Baqarah' and 'al-Naml'.

‎This is the grave of Ebrahim (r.a.),

‎This is the grave of Ebrahim (r.a.), the son of the Prophet (ﷺ) who died in infancy. It is located in Jannatul Baqi, Madinah.

‎Ebrahim (r.a.) was the only child of the Prophet (ﷺ) not born to Khadija (r.a.). His mother was Maria al-Qibtiyya (r.a.).

The frame around the Hajar al-Aswad

The silver frame was first made by the Sahabi Abdullah bin Zubair (r.a.) when he was the governor of Makkah.

During the first siege of Makkah by the Umayyads in 683CE, the Hajar al-Aswad was damaged by a stone thrown from a catapult. The frame was made to hold the stone together after it split into 3 parts

The house of Abbas (r.a.), Makkah

This green section of the walkway, between Mount Safa and Marwa, is where men run (as part of the Umrah ritual) to symbolise the running of Hajra (a.s.). This occured when she was looking for water for her infant son Ismail (a.s.).

The house of Abbas (r.a.) was located just outside this space. He was the paternal uncle of the Prophet (ﷺ) who converted to Islam after the Battle of Badr.

The Sareer pillar, Masjid-e-Nabwi

‎‘Sareer’ means sleeping place. It is reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) used to make i’tikaaf here, and used to sleep here while in i’tikaaf.

‎A platform of wood used to be put here for him to sleep on.

The Multazam

The 2 meter area between the Hajar al-Aswad (the Black Stone) and the door of the Ka’bah is called the Multazam.

‎Abdullah bin Abbas (رضي الله عنه) says, “The signs of acceptance for any du’a made between the Hajar al-Aswad and the door of the Ka’bah will certainly be seen.”

Original praying spot of the Prophet (ﷺ) in Masjid-e-Nabwi

This pillar, the fifth one down from the ‘Aisha’ pillar and in line with Bab-e-Jibraeel, is the approximate spot where the Prophet (ﷺ) originally led salah in Masjid-e-Nabwi. This was because when Masjid-e-Nabwi was first built the Qiblah was Masjid al-Aqsa in Jerusalem, and opposite to the Ka'bah in Makkah.

Around 16 months later the revelation of the Qur'an came to change the direction of the Qiblah to the Ka'bah. Masjid-e-Nabwi was then changed so salah was prayed the opposite side to how it was.

Sealed door of the Ka'bah

When Prophet Ebrahim (عليه السلام) built the Ka'bah there were originally two doors. One is where the current door exists, the other on the opposite wall.

This exposed view of the Ka'bah is the corner of the Rukan Yamani. You can clearly see where the second door used to be located to its left.

The door was first sealed by the Quraysh when they rebuilt the Ka'bah during the lifetime of the Prophet (ﷺ).

Ustuwaanah Hannanah (The weeping pillar)

This is the most blessed of the pillars in Masjid-e-Nabwi for this was the Prophet’s (ﷺ) place of salah.

On this spot there once used to grow a date palm tree. Before the advent of the mimbar, the Prophet (ﷺ) used to lean on it while delivering the khutbah (sermon). When the mimbar was made the Prophet (ﷺ) used it for the khutbah. ...

It so happened when the change took place, such a bitter sound of weeping was heard from the tree that the whole masjid echoed; and those in the masjid started weeping. The Prophet (ﷺ) then said: “The tree cries because the zikr of Allah was near it, and now that the mimbar is built it has been deprived of this zikr in its immediate vicinity. If I did not place my hand on it, it would have cried till the Day of Qiyamah.”

Afterwards the tree dried up and was buried.

Waadi Muhassar

Waadi Muhassar is a place between Mina and Muzdalifah. it was here that Allah (swt) destroyed Abraha and his army of elephants. This incident is mentioned in Surah al-Feel in the Quran.

It is sunnah for Hujjaj (pilgrims) to walk briskly pass this area as the Prophet (ﷺ) did because it was a place of punishment from Allah (swt).

Masjid al-Khayf

Masjid al-Khayf is located at the foot of a mountain in the south of Mina, close to the smallest Jamarat. It was at this spot that the Prophet (ﷺ) and numerous other Prophets before him performed salah. It is also known as the ‘Mosque of the Prophets’.

According to a Hadith of Ibn Abbas (رضي الله عنه), the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Seventy Prophets prayed in Masjid al-Khayf.”

Meaning of ‘Arafat’

The common meaning of the word Arafat is ‘to know’. After being taken out of Jannah and placed on Earth, it was at Jabal Arafat that Prophet Adam (عليه السلام) and Hawa (عليها السلام) met up again.

Arafah (عرفة) is the name of the day, and Arafat (عرفات) is the name of the land.

Masjid Nimrah

 Masjid Nimrah is located in Waadi Urana (Urana Valley). When the Prophet (ﷺ) was at Arafat on his farewell Hajj on the 9th of Dhul Hijjah 10 AH he camped here.

After midday he delivered his famous sermon in the Urana Valley while seated on his camel, after which he led the salah. More than 100,000 Sahabah accompanied him on this Hajj....

In the second century of Islam, Masjid Nimrah was built at the spot where the Prophet (ﷺ) delivered the sermon and led the salah. Because Waadi Urana, where the sermon was delivered is outside the boundaries of Arafat, that section of the masjid is naturally also outside the boundaries.

When the masjid was extended afterwards, it then became divided into two sections; the front section which was the location of the original masjid being outside Arafat and the back section being within the boundaries. After renovations, signboards were erected inside the masjid to inform people about this matter so that after performing their Zuhr and Asar salahs in congregation, they could either move to the back of the masjid or outside to spend the rest of their time in Arafat. Should a person spend all his time from midday to sunset in the front section of the masjid, their stay at Arafat will be invalid and Hajj will therefore be incomplete.

Masjid Mashar al-Haram

 Masjid Mashar al-Haram is a large mosque in Muzdalifah situated where the Prophet (ﷺ) made du’a (supplication) during his Farewell Hajj.

Mashar al-Haram means the ‘Sacred Monument’. The Mashar al-Haram area is regarded as being a part of Muzdalifah but not all of it.

Jabir (رضي الله عنه) reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) stayed in Muzdalifah overnight. He then performed Fajr salah, mounted his she-camel until he came to Mashar al-Haram. After dismounting and facing the Qibla, the Prophet (ﷺ) made du’a, proclaiming the Greatness and Oneness of Allah.

Masjid al-Ghamama

Masjid al-Ghamama*

Masjid al-Ghamama is located about 300m south-west of Masjid-e-Nabwi. It is built on the site where the Prophet (ﷺ) performed the Eid salah during the last years of his life.

This masjid is also known as Masjid Eid. According to some reports the Prophet (ﷺ) performed the Eid salah here during the last four years of his life.