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Makkah Al Mukarramah Library is a library near the ''
Masjid al-Haram , native_name_lang = ar , religious_affiliation = Islam , image = Al-Haram mosque - Flickr - Al Jazeera English.jpg , image_upright = 1.25 , caption = Aerial view of the Great Mosque of Mecca , ma ...
'' in
Mecca Mecca (; officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah ()) is a city and administrative center of the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia, and the holiest city in Islam. It is inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a narrow val ...
,
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the List of Asian countries by area, fifth-largest country in Asia ...
. Since it is believed to stand on the spot where the
Islamic prophet Prophets in Islam ( ar, الأنبياء في الإسلام, translit=al-ʾAnbiyāʾ fī al-ʾIslām) are individuals in Islam who are believed to spread God's message on Earth and to serve as models of ideal human behaviour. Some prophets a ...
Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد;  570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monot ...
was born, it is also known as ''Bayt al- Mawlid'' ( ar, بَيْت ٱلْمَوْلِد, lit=House of the Birth).


History


Ancient

Aminah bint Wahb ibn Abd Manaf is believed to have given birth to Muhammad in the month of '' Rabi' al-Awwal'', ''circa'' 53 B.H. or 570 C.E. Her husband,
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib Abdullah may refer to: * Abdullah (name), a list of people with the given name or surname * Abdullah, Kargı, Turkey, a village * ''Abdullah'' (film), a 1980 Bollywood film directed by Sanjay Khan * '' Abdullah: The Final Witness'', a 2015 Pak ...
, had died three to six months prior.


Modern

After consulting senior scholars, 'Abdul-'Aziz bin 'Abdul-Rahman
Al Saud The House of Saud ( ar, آل سُعُود, ʾĀl Suʿūd ) is the ruling royal family of Saudi Arabia. It is composed of the descendants of Muhammad bin Saud, founder of the Emirate of Diriyah, known as the First Saudi state (1727–1818), a ...
, the founding
king King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the ...
of modern Saudi Arabia, established the modern library over the site of Muhammad's birth.


See also

* Church of the Nativity, birthplace of 'Isa (
Jesus Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religiou ...
) * Family tree of Muhammad * The Green Dome over the tomb of Muhammad


References


External links


Birthplace of the Prophet (ﷺ)

Birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
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Bayt al Mawlid/Geburtsort des Propheten s.a.v
Buildings and structures in Mecca History of Islam History of Mecca Islamic buildings Libraries in Saudi Arabia Life of Muhammad {{Library-struct-stub