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A short time after [[immigration to Medina]], [[Prophet Muhammad (s)]] built a [[mosque]] there, which later was called [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi]] (The mosque of the Prophet). Afterwards a number of houses were built around the mosque for Prophet Muhammad (s) and a number of his wives. Then several [[companions]] of Prophet Muhammad (s) built their houses around the mosque. All these houses had an exit door and an extra door leading to this mosque. They used it for entering al-Masjid al-Nabawi in [[praying]] time. However, [[God]] ordered Prophet Muhammad (s) to close all of the doors of houses which could be opened to the mosque, except [['Ali b. Abi Talib]]'s house.

Some people including [[al-Qadi al-Nu'man al-Maghribi]] said in his ''[[Sharh al-akhbar fi fada'il al-A'imma al-Athar (book)|Sharh al-akhbar]]'', "al-Abbas, uncle of the Prophet (s), went to the Prophet (s) and said, 'Are you prohibiting Abu Bakr, 'Umar and me, your uncle, while only allowed 'Ali to leave his door open to the mosque?!' The Prophet (s) said, 'it was the order of God.'" Elsewhere, al-Qadi al-Nu'man said that this was a question of [[Hamza b. 'Abd al-Muttalib]] from the Prophet (s). [[Al-Sayyid Ja'far Murtada al-'Amili|Al-Sayyid Ja'far Murtada]], has not considered this sentence by Hamza' as an objection to the Prophet (s), but a question about the secret behind this command.