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House of 'Aqil
The mausoleum that existed over the graves of Banu Hashim figures in the House of 'Aqil before the Demolition of al-Baqi'
The mausoleum that existed over the graves of Banu Hashim figures in the House of 'Aqil before the Demolition of al-Baqi'
General Information
LocationMedina
Other namesCemetery of Banu Hashim
Related eventsDemolition of al-Baqi'
Specifications
StatusDemolished


House of ʿAqīl or the Cemetery of Banū Hāshim was one of the historical buildings in Medina and the burial place of some Banu Hashim figures in al-Baqi' Cemetery, which was demolished by the Wahhabis. Aqil b. Abi Talib had a large house in the southern part of al-Baqi'.[1] This house was built on lands that the Prophet (s) had distributed among the Muhajirun.[2]

According to a report, the Prophet (s) used to stand in a corner of this house and ask for forgiveness for the people of al-Baqīʿ.[3] Over time, this house became the burial place for the notables of Banu Hashim and was later annexed to al-Baqi' cemetery.[4]

This house is also known as the "Cemetery of Banu Hashim".[5] The Imams of al-Baqi' and some other figures of Banu Hashim are buried in this house, including:

Some Shi'a scholars have suggested the possibility that Fatima al-Zahra (a) is also buried in the House of 'Aqil.[8] According to the travelogue of Muhammad Husayn Farahani, a Qajar era poet and writer, between the years 1302/1884-5 and 1303/1885-6, there was a grave attributed to Lady Fatima (a) inside the mausoleum of the Imams of al-Baqīʿ (a), where both Shi'as and Sunnis performed Ziyara.[9]

View of the grave attributed to 'Aqil b. Abi Talib, shown on the left.

Fatima bt. Asad, who passed away in the 4[10] or after the 8/629-30,[11] was the first person to be buried in this house.[12]

Based on a narration, Imam al-Sajjad (a) reconstructed this house around the year 65/684-5.[13] A mausoleum was built over the graves of those buried in this house. This mausoleum was among the Mausoleums of al-Baqi'[14] which was destroyed during the Wahhabi attack on al-Baqi' in 1344/1925-6.[15]

Notes

  1. ↑ Ibn Saʿd, Al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā, 1410 AH, vol. 4, pp. 31-33; Samhūdī, Wafāʾ al-wafā, 1419 AH, vol. 3, p. 95.
  2. ↑ Najmī, Tārīkh-i ḥaram-i aʾimma-yi Baqīʿ, 1386 Sh, p. 65.
  3. ↑ Samhūdī, Wafāʾ al-wafā, 1419 AH, vol. 3, p. 82.
  4. ↑ Ibn Saʿd, Al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā, 1410 AH, vol. 4, pp. 31-33; Samhūdī, Wafāʾ al-wafā, 1419 AH, vol. 3, p. 95.
  5. ↑ Ibn Saʿd, Al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā, 1410 AH, vol. 4, p. 31.
  6. ↑ Ibn Shabba, Tārīkh al-Madīna al-munawwara, 1410 AH, vol. 1, p. 127.
  7. ↑ Samhūdī, Wafāʾ al-wafā, 1419 AH, vol. 3, p. 82.
  8. ↑ Majlisī, Biḥār al-anwār, 1410 AH, vol. 79, p. 27.
  9. ↑ Farāhānī, Safarnāma-yi Mīrzā Muḥammad Ḥusayn Farāhānī, 1362 Sh, p. 229.
  10. ↑ Ibn al-Jawzī, Tadhkirat al-khawāṣṣ, p. 6.
  11. ↑ Ibn Abī l-Ḥadīd, Sharḥ Nahj al-balāgha, 1378 AH, vol. 1, p. 14.
  12. ↑ Pazhūhishkada-yi Ḥajj wa Ziyārat, Baqīʿ dar āyīna-yi tārīkh, 1394 Sh, pp. 236-238.
  13. ↑ Majlisī, Biḥār al-anwār, vol. 45, pp. 344-345.
  14. ↑ Ibn al-Athīr, Al-Kāmil fī l-tārīkh, 1385 AH, vol. 10, p. 352.
  15. ↑ Dūrī, Akhbār al-dawla al-ʿAbbāsiyya, 1971, p. 24; Najmī, Tārīkh-i ḥaram-i aʾimma-yi Baqīʿ, p. 175.

References

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