Al-Masjid al-Nabawi: Difference between revisions

The house and the burial place of [[Prophet Muhammad (s)]] were located out of the mosque when it was not expanded. But later they were added to the area of the mosque and a pentagon-shape wall was built around them; it is said the wall was not built in a square shape so that it would not look like [[Ka'ba]]. As it was likely for the Crusades to attack [[Medina]] and destroy the burial place of Prophet Muhammad (s), hence for protection a wall of stone and molten lead metal was constructed around the burial place of Prophet (s). Later in 668 and 694 A.H. a number of Sultans built wooden maqsuras for the house in the mosque.