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[['Umar b. 'Abd al-'Aziz]], the governor of Medina, vastly expanded al-Masjid al-Nabawi between 88/ | [['Umar b. 'Abd al-'Aziz]], the governor of Medina, vastly expanded al-Masjid al-Nabawi between 88/706-7 to 91/709-10. It is said that the area of the mosque was expanded to 6400 or 7500 square meters.<ref>Jaʿfarīyān, ''Āthār-i Islāmī Mecca wa Medina'', p. 207.</ref> He was also ordered by Walid b. 'Abd al-Malik, the [[caliph]] of the time, to build a wall around the grave of Prophet Muhammad (s), and the houses of Prophet's (s) wives were added to the mosque. | ||
In addition, the house of [[Lady Fatima (a)]] was added to the mosque; in that time [[Fatima al-Sughra]], the daughter of [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]], and the wife of [[Hasan b. al-Hasan b. 'Ali]] were living in that house.<ref>Jaʿfarīyān, ''Āthār-i Islāmī Mecca wa Medina'', p. 207.</ref> Some believe that the main goal of Walid b. Abd al-Malik in expanding the area of the mosque, especially its eastern side, was seizing the house of Hasan b. al-Hasan's house from him in order to keep him away from al-Masjid al-Nabawi. As a result, for years people avoided saying [[prayer]]s in that area as they believed it was confiscated from him.<ref>Jaʿfarīyān, ''Āthār-i Islāmī Mecca wa Medina'', p. 207.</ref> The strength of the structure of the mosque was increased and it was decorated with skillful Roman workers.<ref>Jaʿfarīyān, ''Āthār-i Islāmī Mecca wa Medina'', p. 208.</ref> Walid asked the Roman Emperor o help building a new structure for the mosque and he sent a large amount of gold with one hundred skillful workers to Walid.<ref>Jaʿfarīyān, ''Āthār-i Islāmī Mecca wa Medina'', p. 208.</ref> | In addition, the house of [[Lady Fatima (a)]] was added to the mosque; in that time [[Fatima al-Sughra]], the daughter of [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]], and the wife of [[Hasan b. al-Hasan b. 'Ali]] were living in that house.<ref>Jaʿfarīyān, ''Āthār-i Islāmī Mecca wa Medina'', p. 207.</ref> Some believe that the main goal of Walid b. Abd al-Malik in expanding the area of the mosque, especially its eastern side, was seizing the house of Hasan b. al-Hasan's house from him in order to keep him away from al-Masjid al-Nabawi. As a result, for years people avoided saying [[prayer]]s in that area as they believed it was confiscated from him.<ref>Jaʿfarīyān, ''Āthār-i Islāmī Mecca wa Medina'', p. 207.</ref> The strength of the structure of the mosque was increased and it was decorated with skillful Roman workers.<ref>Jaʿfarīyān, ''Āthār-i Islāmī Mecca wa Medina'', p. 208.</ref> Walid asked the Roman Emperor o help building a new structure for the mosque and he sent a large amount of gold with one hundred skillful workers to Walid.<ref>Jaʿfarīyān, ''Āthār-i Islāmī Mecca wa Medina'', p. 208.</ref> | ||