Al-Masjid al-Nabawi: Difference between revisions

When [[Prophet Muhammad (s)]] entered [[Yathrib]], he let his camel to stop wherever it wanted and the place was supposed to be where Prophet (s) would live, the camel finally stopped in the current place of al-Masjid al-Nabawi. Then [[Muslims]] began to build a house for Prophet Muhammad (s) and a mosque there. Also other Muslims, built houses around the mosque with their doors which were opened to the mosque. The first structure of the mosque was built by sun-dried mud bricks in an area of 1050 square meters. [[Ashab Suffa]] (people of al-Suffa) where started living in the northern side of the mosque which had a ceiling made of date trees. When [[Qibla]] of Muslims was changed from [[Masjid al-Aqsa]] toward [[Masjid al-Haram]], it changed from north of al-Masjid al-Nabawi to its southern side, as a result the southern doors of the mosque were closed and new doors were made in northern side; also the roofed part was moved from the north to the south of the mosque. In the seventh century A.H. it became necessary to expand the mosque as the number of Muslims increased. Then the mosque was expanded to 2475 square meters and it changed to a square shaped area.