Al - Masjid an - Nabawi - wikipedia Al - Masjid an - Nabawi The Prophet 's Masjid ٱلْـمَـسْـجِـدُ ٱلـنَّـبَـويّ Location in present - day Saudi Arabia Basic information Location Medina, Hejaz, Saudi Arabia Geographic coordinates 24 ° 28 ′ 06 '' N 39 ° 36 ′ 39 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 24.468333 ° N 39.610833 ° E ﻿ / 24.468333 ; 39.610833 Coordinates : 24 ° 28 ′ 06 '' N 39 ° 36 ′ 39 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 24.468333 ° N 39.610833 ° E ﻿ / 24.468333 ; 39.610833 Affiliation Islam Administration Saudi Arabian government Leadership Imam ( s ) : Abdur Rahman Al Huthaify Salaah Al Budair Abdulbari Awadh Al - Thubaity Abdul Muhsin Al - Qasim Hussain Abdul Aziz al - Sheikh Ahmad ibn Taalib Hameed Abdullah Bu'ayjaan Architectural description Architectural type Mosque Architectural style Classical and contemporary Islamic ; Ottoman ; Mamluk revivalist Date established c. 622 Specifications Capacity 600,000 ( increased to 1,000,000 during the Hajj period ) Minaret ( s ) 10 Minaret height 105 meters ( 344 ft ) The Prophet 's Mosque ( Classical Arabic : ٱلْـمَـسْـجِـدُ ٱلـنَّـبَـوِيّ ‎, Al - Masjidun - Nabawiyy ) is a mosque established and originally built by the Islamic prophet Muhammad, situated in the city of Medina in the Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia. It was the third mosque built in the history of Islam, and is now one of the largest mosques in the world. It is the second - holiest site in Islam, after the Great Mosque in Mecca. It is always open, regardless of date or time. The site was originally adjacent to Muhammad 's house ; he settled there after his migration from Mecca to Medina in 622. He shared in the heavy work of construction. The original mosque was an open - air building. The mosque served as a community center, a court, and a religious school. There was a raised platform for the people who taught the Quran. Subsequent Islamic rulers greatly expanded and decorated it. In 1909, it became the first place in the Arabian Peninsula to be provided with electrical lights. The mosque is under the control of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. The mosque is located in what was traditionally the center of Medina, with many hotels and old markets nearby. It is a major pilgrimage site. Many pilgrims who perform the Hajj go on to Medina to visit the mosque, due to its connection to Muhammad. After an expansion during the reign of the Umayyad caliph al - Walid I, it now incorporates the final resting place of Muhammad and the first two Rashidun caliphs Abu Bakr and Umar. One of the most notable features of the site is the Green Dome in the south - east corner of the mosque, originally Aisha 's house, where the tomb of Muhammad is located. In 1279, a wooden cupola was built over the tomb which was later rebuilt and renovated multiple times in late 15th century and once in 1817. The current dome was added in 1818 by the Ottoman sultan Mahmud II, and it was first painted green in 1837, hence becoming known as the `` Green Dome ''. Contents 1 History 1.1 Early days 1.2 Middle years 1.3 Saudis 2 Architecture 2.1 Rawdah 2.2 Green Dome 2.3 Mihrab 2.4 Minbar 2.5 Minarets 3 See also 4 References 5 Notes 6 Bibliography and further reading 7 External links History Early days Part of a series on Muhammad Life Life in Mecca Migration to Medina Life in Medina Farewell Pilgrimage Milestones and records Career First revelation Military career Diplomatic career Conquest of Mecca Hadith Miracles Quran Isra and Mi'raj Splitting of the moon Miracles of Muhammad Views Jews Christians Succession Event of Ghadir Khumm Hadith ( Pen and Paper ) Saqifah Ahl al - Bayt Sahaba History Praise Durood Naat Mawlid Perspectives Islamic Muhammad and the Bible Jewish Medieval Christian Historicity Criticism Related Mosque of the prophet Possessions Relics Muhammad portal Islam portal View of Masjid - e-Nabawi Gate 21, 22 The mosque was built by Muhammad in 622, after his arrival in the city of Medina. Riding on a camel called Qaswa he arrived at the place where this mosque was built. The land was owned by Sahal and Suhayl, partly as a place for drying dates, and at one end had been previously used as a burial ground. Refusing to `` accept the land as a gift '', he bought the land and it took seven months to complete the construction of the mosque. It measured 30.5 m × 35.62 m ( 100.1 ft × 116.9 ft ). The roof which was supported by palm trunks was made of beaten clay and palm leaves. It was at a height of 3.60 m ( 11.8 ft ). The three doors of the mosque were Bab - al - Rahmah to the south, Bab - al - Jibril to the west and Babal - Nisa to the east. After the Battle of Khaybar, the mosque was `` enlarged ''. The mosque extended for 47.32 m ( 155.2 ft ) on each side and three rows of columns were built beside the west wall, which became the place of praying. The mosque remained unaltered during the reign of the first Rashidun caliph Abu Bakr. The second caliph Umar demolished all the houses around the mosque except that of Muhammad 's wives to expand it. The new mosque 's dimensions became 57.49 m × 66.14 m ( 188.6 ft × 217.0 ft ). Sun - dried mud bricks were used to construct the walls of the enclosure. Besides strewing pebbles on the floor, the roof 's height was increased to 5.6 m ( 18 ft ). Umar moreover constructed three more gates for entrance. He also added the Al - Butayha for people to recite poetry. The third caliph Uthman demolished the mosque in 649. Ten months were spent in building the new rectangular shaped mosque whose face was turned towards the Kaaba in Mecca. The new mosque measured 81.40 m × 62.58 m ( 267.1 ft × 205.3 ft ). The number of gates as well as their names remained the same. The enclosure walls were made of stones laid in mortar. The palm trunk columns were replaced by stone columns which were joined by iron clamps. Teakwood was used in reconstructing the ceiling. Middle years Al - Masjid an - Nabawi during the Ottoman Era, 19th century In 707, Umayyad caliph Al - Walid ibn Abd al - Malik renovated the mosque. It took three years for the work to be completed. Raw materials were procured from the Byzantine Empire. The area of the mosque was increased from 5094 sq. metre of Uthman 's time to 8672 sq metre. A wall was built to segregate the mosque and the houses of the wives of Muhammad. The mosque was reconstructed in a trapezoid shape with a length of 101.76 metres ( 333.9 ft ). For the first time, porticoes were built in the mosque connecting the northern part of the structure to the sanctuary. For the first time, minarets were built in Medina as he constructed four minarets around it. Abbasid caliph Al - Mahdi extended the mosque to the north by 50 metres ( 160 ft ). His name was also inscribed on the walls of the mosque. He also planned to remove six steps to the minbar, but abandoned this idea, owing to this causing damage of the woods on which they were built. According to an inscription of Ibn Qutaybah, the third caliph Al - Mamun did `` unspecified work '' on the mosque. Al - Mutawakkil lined the enclosure of Muhammad 's tomb with marble. Al - Ashraf Qansuh al - Ghawri built a dome of stone over his grave in 1476. The Green Dome, in Richard Francis Burton 's Pilgrimage, ca. 1850 CE. The Rawdah ( referred to as al - Rawdah al - Mutaharah ), covered by the dome over the south - east corner of the mosque, was constructed in 1817C. E. during the reign of Sultan Mahmud II. The dome was painted green in 1837 C.E. and came to be known as the `` Green Dome ''. The Sultan Abdul Majid I took thirteen years to rebuild the mosque, which started in 1849. Red stone bricks were used as the main material in reconstruction of the mosque. The floor area of the mosque was increased by 1293 square metre. On the walls, verses from the Quran were inscribed in Islamic calligraphy. In the northern side of the mosque, a madrasah was built for `` teaching Quranic lessons ''. Saudis When Saud bin Abdul - Aziz took Medina in 1905, his followers, the Wahhabis, demolished nearly every tomb dome in Medina in order to prevent their veneration, and the Green Dome is said to have narrowly escaped the same fate. They considered the veneration of tombs and places thought to possess supernatural powers as an offence against tawhid. Muhammad 's tomb was stripped of its gold and jewel ornaments, but the dome was preserved either because of an unsuccessful attempt to demolish its hardened structure, or because some time ago Ibn Abd al - Wahhab wrote that he did not wish to see the dome destroyed despite his aversion to people praying at the tomb. Similar events took place in 1925 when the Saudi ikhwans retook -- and this time managed to keep -- the city. After the foundation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1932, the mosque underwent several major modifications. In 1951 King Ibn Saud ( 1932 -- 1953 ) ordered demolitions around the mosque to make way for new wings to the east and west of the prayer hall, which consisted of concrete columns with pointed arches. Older columns were reinforced with concrete and braced with copper rings at the top. The Suleymaniyya and Majidiyya minarets were replaced by two minarets in Mamluk revival style. Two additional minarets were erected to the northeast and northwest of the mosque. A library was built along the western wall to house historic Qurans and other religious texts. In 1974, King Faisal added 40,440 square metres to the mosque. The area of the mosque was also expanded during the reign of King Fahd in 1985. Bulldozers were used to demolish buildings around the mosque. In 1992, when it was completed, the area of the mosque became 1.7 million square feet. Escalators and 27 courtyards were among the additions to the mosque. A $ 6 billion project for increasing the area of the mosque was announced in September 2012. RT reported that after the end of the work, it would accommodate 1.6 million people. In March of the following year, Saudi Gazette wrote `` 95 percent of the demolition work has been completed. About 10 hotels to the eastern side of the expansion were leveled to the ground in addition to a number of houses and other utilities to make way for the expansion. '' Architecture The two tiered mosque has a rectangular plan. The Ottoman prayer hall lies towards the south. It has a flat paved roof topped with 27 sliding domes on square bases. Holes pierced into the base of each dome illuminate the interior. The roof is also used for prayer during peak times, when the domes slide out on metal tracks to shade areas of the roof, creating light wells for the prayer hall. At these times, the courtyard of the Ottoman mosque is also shaded with umbrellas affixed to freestanding columns. The roof is accessed by stairs and escalators. The paved area around the mosque is also used for prayer, equipped with umbrella tents. Sliding domes and retractable umbrella - like canopies were designed by the German architect Mahmoud Bodo Rasch, his firm SL Rasch GmbH, and Buro Happold. Rawdah The Rawḍah ( Arabic : رَوْضَـة ‎, literally `` Garden '' ) is an area between the minbar and burial chamber of Muhammad. It is regarded as one of the riyāḍ al - Jannah ( Arabic : رِيَـاض الْـجَـنَّـة ‎, gardens of Paradise ). A green carpet distinguishes the area from the rest of the mosque, which is covered in a red carpet. Pilgrims attempt to visit the confines of the area, for there is a tradition that supplications and prayers uttered here are never rejected. Access into the area is not always possible, especially during the Hajj season, as the space can only accommodate a few hundred people. Green dome Main article : Green Dome The chamber adjacent to the Rawdah holds the tombs of Muhammad and two of his companions, father - in - laws and caliphs, Abu Bakr and Umar ibn al - Khattab. A fourth grave is reserved for ' Īsā ( Arabic : عِـيـسَى ‎, Jesus ), as it is believed that he will return and will be buried at the site. The site is covered by the Green Dome. It was constructed in 1817 CE during the reign of the Ottoman sultan Mahmud II and painted green in 1837 CE. Mihrab There are two mihrabs in the mosque, one was built by Muhammad and another was built by the third Rashidun caliph Uthman. The one built by the latter was larger than that of Muhammad 's and act as the functional mihrab, whereas Muhammad 's mihrab is a `` commemorative '' mihrab. Besides the mihrab, the mosque also has other niches which act as indicators for praying. This includes the miḥrâb Fâṭimah ( Arabic : مِـحْـرَاب فَـاطِـمَـة ‎ ) or miḥrāb aṫ - Ṫahajjud ( Arabic : مِـحْـرَاب الـتَّـهَـجُّـد ‎ ), which was built by Muhammad for the Ṫahajjud ( Arabic : تَـهَـجُّـد ‎ ). Minbar Minbar in use at the Masjid The original minbar ( Arabic : مِـنـۢبَـر ‎ ) used by Muhammad was a `` wood block of date tree ''. This was replaced by him with a tamarisk one, which had dimensions of 50 cm × 125 cm ( 20 in × 49 in ). Also in 629, a three staired ladder was added to it. The first two caliphs, Abu Bakr and Umar, did not use the third step `` due to respect for the Prophet '', but the third caliph Uthman placed a fabric dome over it and the rest of the stairs were covered with ebony. The minbar was replaced by Baybars I in 1395, and later by Shaykh al - Mahmudi in 1417. This was also replaced by a marble one by Qaitbay in the late fifteenth century, which as of August 2013, is still used in the mosque. Minarets The first minarets ( four in number ) of 26 feet ( 7.9 m ) high were constructed by Umar. In 1307, a minaret titled Bab al - Salam was added by Muhammad ibn Kalavun which was renovated by Mehmed IV. After the renovation project of 1994, there were ten minarets which were 104 metres ( 341 ft ) high. The minarets ' upper, bottom and middle portion are cylindrical, octagonal and square shaped respectively. Entrance of the mosque with umbrella tents open The main Mihrab Details on the main entrance The mosque at night See also Islam portal Saudi Arabia portal Architecture portal Burial places of founders of world religions Destruction of early Islamic heritage sites in Saudi Arabia History of Medieval Arabic and Western European domes Holiest sites in Islam ( Shia ) Holiest sites in Islam ( Sunni ) Islamic art List of mosques References Jump up ^ Google maps. `` Location of Masjid an Nabawi ''. Google maps. Retrieved 24 September 2013. Jump up ^ Esposito, John ( 1998 ). 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Notes Jump up ^ Assuming that Islam started with Muhammad. Muslims believe that Islam did not start with him, but that it represents even previous Prophets, such as Jesus, David, Moses, Abraham, Noah and Adam. In addition, the Quran treats the Masjidayn ( Arabic : مَـسْـجِـدَيْـن ‎, literally `` two places of prostration '' ) of Al - Haram and Al - Aqsa as being no less old. Ariffin, Syed Ahmad Iskandar Syed. Architectural Conservation in Islam : Case Study of the Prophet 's Mosque. Penerbit UTM. ISBN 978 - 983 - 52 - 0373 - 2. Munt, Harry. The Holy City of Medina : Sacred Space in Early Islamic Arabia. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978 - 1 - 107 - 04213 - 1. Bibliography and further reading Fahd, Salem Bahmmam. Pilgrimage in Islam : A description and explanation of the fifth pillar of Islam. Modern Guide, 2014. ISBN 978 - 1 - 78338 - 174 - 6. Hasrat Muhammad the Prophet of Islam. Adam Publishers. ISBN 978 - 81 - 7435 - 582 - 9. Muhammad, Asad. The Road To Mecca. The Book Foundation, 1954. ISBN 978 - 0 - 9927981 - 0 - 9. Sir, Richard Francis Burton. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al - Madinah & Meccah, Volume 2. ISBN 978 - 0 - 486 - 21218 - 0. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Al - Masjid an - Nabawi. Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Medina. 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Companions of the Elephant People of al - Ukhdūd People of a township in Surah Ya - Sin People of Yathrib or Medina Qawm Lūṭ ( People of Sodom and Gomorrah ) Nation of Noah Tribes, ethnicities or families A'rāb ( Arabs or Bedouins ) ʿĀd ( people of Hud ) Companions of the Rass Qawm Tubba ' ( People of Tubba ) People of Saba ' or Sheba Quraysh Thamūd ( people of Saleh ) Aṣḥāb al - Ḥijr ( `` Companions of the Stoneland '' ) ' Ajam Ar - Rûm ( literally `` The Romans '' ) Banī Isrā'īl ( Children of Israel ) Mu'tafikāt ( The overthrown cities of Sodom and Gomorrah ) People of Ibrahim People of Ilyas People of Nuh People of Shuaib Ahl Madyan People of Madyan ) Aṣḥāb al - Aykah ( `` Companions of the Wood '' ) Qawm Yūnus ( People of Jonah ) Ya'juj and Ma'juj / Gog and Magog Ahl al - Bayt ( `` People of the Household '' ) Household of Abraham Brothers of Yūsuf Daughters of Abraham 's nephew Lot ( Ritha, Za'ura, et al. ) Progeny of Imran Household of Moses Household of Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Abdul - Muttalib ibn Hashim Daughters of Muhammad Wives of Muhammad Household of Salih People of Fir'aun Current Ummah of Islam ( Ummah of Muhammad ) Aṣḥāb Muḥammad ( Companions of Muhammad ) Anṣār ( Muslims of Medina who helped Muhammad and his Meccan followers, literally ' Helpers ' ) Muhajirun ( Emigrants from Mecca to Medina ) People of Mecca Umm Jamil ( wife of Abu Lahab ) Children of Ayyub Dead son of Sulaiman Qabil / Cain ( son of Adam ) Wali'ah or Wa'ilah / Waala ( wife of Nuh ) Walihah or Wahilah ( wife of Lut ) Ya'jūj wa Ma'jūj ( Gog and Magog ) Yam or Kan'an ( son of Nuh ) Implicitly mentioned Amalek Ahl as - Suffa ( People of the Verandah ) Banu Nadir Banu Qaynuqa Banu Qurayza Iranian people Umayyad Dynasty Aus and Khazraj People of Quba Religious groups Ahl al - dhimmah ( Dhimmi ) Kāfirūn ( Infidels ) Zoroastrians Munāfiq ūn ( Hypocrites ) Muslims People of the Book ( Ahl al - Kitāb ) Naṣārā ( Christian ( s ) or People of the Injil ) Ruhban ( Christian monks ) Qissis ( Christian priest ) Yahūd ( Jews ) Ahbār ( Jewish scholars ) Rabbani / Rabbi Sabians Polytheists Meccan polytheists at the time of Muhammad Mesopotamian polytheists at the time of Abraham and Lot Locations Mentioned Al - Arḍ Al - Muqaddasah ( `` The Holy Land '' ) ' Blessed ' Land In the Arabian Peninsula ( excluding Madyan ) Al - Aḥqāf ( `` The Sandy Plains, '' or `` the Wind - curved Sand - hills '' ) Iram dhāt al - ' Imād ( Iram of the Pillars ) Al - Madīnah ( formerly Yathrib ) ' Arafāt Al - Ḥijr ( Hegra ) Badr Ḥunayn Makkah ( Mecca ) Bakkah Ḥaraman Āminan ( `` Sanctuary ( which is ) Secure '' ) Ka'bah ( Kaaba ) Maqām Ibrāhīm ( Station of Abraham ) Safa and Marwah Saba ' ( Sheba ) ' Arim Saba ' ( Dam of Sheba ) Rass Al - Jannah ( Paradise, literally `` The Garden '' ) Jahannam ( Hell ) In Mesopotamia : Al - Jūdiyy Munzalanm - Mubārakan ( `` Place - of - Landing Blessed '' ) Bābil ( Babylon ) Qaryat Yūnus ( `` Township of Jonah, '' that is Nineveh ) Door of Hittah Madyan ( Midian ) Majma ' al - Baḥrayn Miṣr ( Mainland Egypt ) Salsabīl ( A river in Paradise ) Sinai Region or Tīh Desert Al - Wād Al - Muqaddas Ṭuwan ( The Holy Valley of Tuwa ) Al - Wādil - Ayman ( The valley on the ' righthand ' side of the Valley of Tuwa and Mount Sinai ) Mount Sinai or Mount Tabor Religious locations Bay'a ( Church ) Miḥrāb Monastery Masjid ( Mosque, literally `` Place of Prostration '' ) Al - Mash'ar Al - Ḥarām ( `` The Sacred Grove '' ) Al - Masjid Al - Aqṣā ( Al - Aqsa Mosque, literally `` The Farthest Place - of - Prostration '' ) Al - Masjid Al - Ḥarām ( The Sacred Mosque of Mecca ) Masjid al - Dirar A Mosque in the area of Medina, possibly : Masjid Qubā ' ( Quba Mosque ) The Prophet 's Mosque Salat ( Synagogue ) Implied Antioch Antakya Arabia Ayla Barrier of Dhul - Qarnayn Bayt al - Muqaddas & ' Ariha Bilād ar - Rāfidayn ( Mesopotamia ) Canaan Cave of Seven Sleepers Dār an - Nadwa Al - Ḥijāz ( literally `` The Barrier '' ) Black Stone ( Al - Ḥajar al - Aswad ) & Al - Hijr of Isma'il Cave of Hira & Ghar al - Thawr ( Cave of the Bull ) Ta'if Hudaybiyyah Jordan River Nile River Palestine River Paradise of Shaddad Plant matter Baṣal ( Onion ) Fūm ( Garlic or wheat ) Shaṭ ' ( Shoot ) Sūq ( Plant stem ) Zar ' ( Seed ) Fruits ' Adas ( Lentil ) Baql ( Herb ) Ḥabb dhul - ' aṣf ( Corn of the husk ) Qith - thā ' ( Cucumber ) Rummān ( Pomegranate ) Tīn ( Fig ) Ukul khamṭ ( Bitter fruit or food of Sheba ) Zaytūn ( Olive ) In Paradise Forbidden fruit of Adam Bushes, trees or plants Plants of Sheba Athl ( Tamarisk ) Sidr ( Lote - tree ) Līnah ( Tender Palm tree ) Nakhl ( Date palm ) Rayḥān ( Scented plant ) Sidrat al - Muntahā Zaqqūm Islamic holy books Al - Injīl ( The Gospel of Jesus ) Al - Qur'ān ( The Book of Muhammad ) Ṣuḥuf - i Ibrāhīm ( Scroll ( s ) of Abraham ) At - Tawrāt ( The Torah ) Ṣuḥuf - i - Mūsā ( Scroll ( s ) of Moses ) Tablets of Stone Az - Zabūr ( The Psalms of David ) Umm al - Kitāb ( `` Mother of the Book ( s ) '' ) Objects of people or beings Heavenly Food of Christian Apostles Noah 's Ark Staff of Musa Tābūt as - Sakīnah ( Casket of Shekhinah ) Throne of Bilqis Trumpet of Israfil Mentioned idols ( cult images ) ' Ansāb Idols of Israelites : Baal The ' ijl ( golden calf statue ) of Israelites Idols of Noah 's people : Nasr Suwā ' Wadd Yaghūth Ya'ūq Idols of Quraysh : Al - Lāt Al - ' Uzzá Manāt Jibt and Ṭāghūt Celestial bodies Maṣābīḥ ( literally ' lamps ' ) : Al - Qamar ( The Moon ) Kawākib ( Planets ) Al - Arḍ ( The Earth ) Nujūm ( Stars ) Ash - Shams ( The Sun ) Liquids Mā ' ( Water or fluid ) Nahr ( River ) Yamm ( River or sea ) Sharāb ( Drink ) Events, incidents, occasions or times Incident of Ifk Laylat al - Qadr Mubahalah Sayl al - ' Arim ( Flood of the Great Dam of Marib in Sheba ) The Farewell Pilgrimage Treaty of Hudaybiyyah Battles or military expeditions Battle of al - Aḥzāb ( `` the Confederates '' ) Battle of Badr Battle of Hunayn Battle of Khaybar Battle of Tabouk Battle of Uhud Conquest of Mecca Days Al - Jumu'ah ( The Friday ) As - Sabt ( The Sabbath or Saturday ) Days of battles Days of Hajj Doomsday Months of the Islamic calendar Four holy months Ramaḍān Pilgrimages Al - Ḥajj ( literally `` The Pilgrimage '', the Greater Pilgrimage ) Al - ' Umrah ( The Lesser Pilgrimage ) Times for Prayer or Remembrance Times for Duʿāʾ ( ' Invocation ' ), Ṣalāh and Dhikr ( ' Remembrance ', including Taḥmīd ( ' Praising ' ), Takbīr and Tasbīḥ ) : Al - ' Ashiyy ( The Afternoon or the Night ) Al - Ghuduww ( `` The Mornings '' ) Al - Bukrah ( `` The Morning '' ) Aṣ - Ṣabāḥ ( `` The Morning '' ) Al - Layl ( `` The Night '' ) Al - ' Ishā ' ( `` The Late - Night '' ) Aẓ - Ẓuhr ( `` The Noon '' ) Dulūk ash - Shams ( `` Decline of the Sun '' ) Al - Masā ' ( `` The Evening '' ) Qabl al - Ghurūb ( `` Before the Setting ( of the Sun ) '' ) Al - Aṣīl ( `` The Afternoon '' ) Al - Aṣr ( `` The Afternoon '' ) Qabl ṭulū ' ash - Shams ( `` Before the rising of the Sun '' ) Al - Fajr ( `` The Dawn '' ) Implied Event of Ghadir Khumm Laylat al - Mabit The first pilgrimage Note : The names are sorted alphabetically. Standard form : Islamic name / Biblical name ( title or relationship ) Mosques in Saudi Arabia Al Jum'ah Mosque Al - Fuqair Mosque Al - Ijabah Mosque Al - Rayah mosque Anbariya Mosque As - Sabaq Mosque As - Sajadah Mosque Bani Bayadhah Mosque Bani Haritsah Mosque Bay'ah Mosque Fas'h mosque Grand mosque of Masjid al - Haram Imam Turki bin Abdullah Mosque Jawatha Mosque King Saud Mosque Manartain mosque Masjid al - Nabawi Masjid al - Qiblatayn Masjid e Taneem Masjid - u-Shajarah Mosque of Al - Fadeekh Mosque of Al - Ghamama Mosque of Al - Saqiya Mosque of Atban Bin Malik Mosque of Bani Haram Mosque of the Jinn Quba Mosque The Seven Mosques Islam in Saudi Arabia Mosques by country Hajj topics Every year, from the eighth to the twelfth day of Dhu al - Hijjah. Preparation Ihram Meeqath Dhu'l - Hulayfah Juhfah Yalamlam Sequence Tawaf Zamzam Well Safa and Marwa Mina Mount Arafat Muzdalifah Rami al - Jamarat Eid al - Adha Tawaf al - Ifadah Tawaf al - Wida Mosques Great Mosque of Mecca Al - Masjid an - Nabawi Masjid - u-Shajarah Rabigh History WorldCat Identities GND : 4408211 - 3 VIAF : 246942336 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Al-Masjid_an-Nabawi&oldid=865023841 '' Categories : Mosques in Saudi Arabia 8th - century mosques Islamic holy places Mausoleums in Saudi Arabia Mosques in Medina Umayyad architecture Ziyarat Al - Masjid an - Nabawi Hidden categories : Articles containing Arabic - language text Good articles Coordinates on Wikidata Pages using infobox religious building with unsupported parameters Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Talk Views Contents About Wikipedia Acèh Afrikaans অসমীয়া Авар Azərbaycanca বাংলা Башҡортса Български Bosanski Brezhoneg Català Deutsch Ελληνικά Español Esperanto Euskara فارسی Français 한국어 Hausa हिन्दी Hrvatski Bahasa Indonesia Italiano עברית Basa Jawa ქართული Қазақша Kinyarwanda Кырык мары മലയാളം Bahasa Melayu Baso Minangkabau Nederlands 日本 語 Нохчийн Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча پنجابی پښتو Polski Português Română Русский Scots Shqip Simple English Soomaaliga کوردی Српски / srpski Suomi Svenska தமிழ் Татарча / tatarça తెలుగు Тоҷикӣ Türkçe Українська اردو ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche Tiếng Việt Winaray 中文 54 more Edit links This page was last edited on 21 October 2018, at 05 : 43 ( UTC ). 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Question: who purchased the land for masjid e nabwi
Answer: Muhammad