Makkah Al Mukarramah Library

Bayt al-Mawlid (House of the Birth)[1][2]
Maktabat Makkah Al-Mukarramah[3][4] (Makkah Al Mukarramah Library)
بَيْت ٱلْمَوْلِد
مَكْتَبَة مَكَّة ٱلْمُكَرَّمَة
The library which stands on the spot where Muhammad is believed to have been born
Religion
AffiliationIslam
RegionMakkah Province
RiteZiyarat
LeadershipAl Saud
Location
LocationNear Al-Masjid al-Haram,
Mecca, Hejaz, Saudi Arabia
MunicipalityMakkah
Makkah Al Mukarramah Library is located in Saudi Arabia
Makkah Al Mukarramah Library
Location of the library in Saudi Arabia
Makkah Al Mukarramah Library is located in Middle East
Makkah Al Mukarramah Library
Makkah Al Mukarramah Library (Middle East)
Makkah Al Mukarramah Library is located in West and Central Asia
Makkah Al Mukarramah Library
Makkah Al Mukarramah Library (West and Central Asia)
AdministrationAl Saud
Geographic coordinates21°25′30″N 39°49′48″E / 21.42500°N 39.83000°E / 21.42500; 39.83000 (Bayt al-Mawlid / Makkah Al Mukarramah Library)
Architecture
TypeLibrary
FounderSaudi King 'Abdul-'Aziz bin 'Abdul-Rahman Al Saud[1]

Makkah Al Mukarramah Library (Arabic: مَكْتَبَة مَكَّة ٱلْمُكَرَّمَة, romanized: Maktabah Makkah Al-Mukarramah)[3][4] is a library near the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Since it is believed to stand on the spot where the Islamic prophet Muhammad was born, it is also known as Bayt al-Mawlid (Arabic: بَيْت ٱلْمَوْلِد, lit. 'House of the Birth').[1][2]

History

Muslims visiting the building in November 2008

Ancient

See also: Mawlid, Muhammad in Islam, and Muhammad in Mecca

Aminah bint Wahb ibn Abd Manaf is believed to have given birth to Muhammad[5] in the month of Rabi' al-Awwal,[6] circa 53 B.H. or 570 C.E.[7][8][9] Her husband, Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib, had died three[10] to six[11] months prior.[12]

Modern

See also: History of Saudi Arabia and Unification of Saudi Arabia

After consulting senior scholars, 'Abdul-'Aziz bin 'Abdul-Rahman Al Saud, the founding king of modern Saudi Arabia, established the modern library over the site of Muhammad's birth.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Ibrahim, Dr. Abdul-Wahhab Abu Sulaiman (2012-04-07). "Establishing The Location of the Bayt al-Mawlid". Dar al-Hadith. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  2. ^ a b "Bayt al-Mawlid". Hajj & Umrah Planner. Makkah. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  3. ^ a b Hīlah, Muḥammad Al-Ḥabīb (1994-03-01). Fahras Makhṭūṭāt Maktabat Makkah al-Mukarramah [Handlist of Manuscripts in the Library of Makkah Al-Mukarramah] (in Arabic) (1 ed.). Mecca, Saudi Arabia: Muʾassasat al-Furqān lil-Turāth al-Islāmī (Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation). ISBN 978-1-8739-9210-4.
  4. ^ a b Hīlah, Muḥammad Al-Ḥabīb (1994-12-31). Fahras Makhṭūṭāt Maktabat Makkah al-Mukarramah [Handlist of Manuscripts in the Library of Makkah Al-Mukarramah] (in Arabic) (2 ed.). Mecca, Saudi Arabia: Muʾassasat al-Furqān lil-Turāth al-Islāmī (Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation), Markaz Dirasat Maqasid Al-Shariah Al-Islamiyah. ISBN 978-1-8739-9209-8.
  5. ^ Al-A'zami, Muhammad Mustafa (2003). The History of The Qur'anic Text: From Revelation to Compilation: A Comparative Study with the Old and New Testaments. UK Islamic Academy. pp. 22–24. ISBN 978-1-8725-3165-6.
  6. ^ Anis Ahmad (2009). "Dīn". In Esposito, John L. (ed.). The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World. Oxford, England, the U.K.: Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 5 December 2017. A second important aspect of the meaning of the term emerges in Meccan revelations concerning the practice of the Prophet Abraham. Here it stands for the straight path (al-dīn al-ḥanīf) toward which Abraham and other messengers called the people [...] The Qurʿān asserts that this was the path or practice followed by Abraham [...] In the final analysis, dīn encompasses social and spiritual, as well the legal and political behaviour of the believers as a comprehensive way of life, a connotation wider than the word "religion."
  7. ^ Conrad, Lawrence I. (1987). "Abraha and Muhammad: some observations apropos of chronology and literary topoi in the early Arabic historical tradition1". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 50 (2): 225–40. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00049016. S2CID 162350288.
  8. ^ Sherrard Beaumont Burnaby (1901). Elements of the Jewish and Muhammadan calendars: with rules and tables and explanatory notes on the Julian and Gregorian calendars. G. Bell. p. 465.
  9. ^ Hamidullah, Muhammad (February 1969). "The Nasi', the Hijrah Calendar and the Need of Preparing a New Concordance for the Hijrah and Gregorian Eras: Why the Existing Western Concordances are Not to be Relied Upon" (PDF). The Islamic Review & Arab Affairs: 6–12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2012.
  10. ^ "Muhammad: Prophet of Islam". Encyclopædia Britannica. 28 September 2009. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
  11. ^ Meri, Josef W. (2004). Medieval Islamic civilization. Vol. 1. Routledge. p. 525. ISBN 978-0-415-96690-0. Archived from the original on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  12. ^ "Early Years". Al-Islam.org. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2018.

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