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The Prophet's Mosque rebuilding begun, 663

بدء عمارة مسجد الرسول سنة 663هـ

c. 1265 CE · 663 AH

Medina

In 663 the rebuilding of the Prophet ﷺ's Mosque was begun — the work finished in four years 1.

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The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Arabia
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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Medina

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Summary

In 663 AH the rebuilding of the Mosque of the Messenger at Medina began, and it was completed within four years 2.

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Mosque of the Two Qiblas· Prophet's Mosque· The Sanctuary of Medina· Judaism in Arabia before Islam· Medina's society at the Hijra· The utum (tower-fortresses) of Yathrib· Restoration of the Abbasid Khutba in the Two Harams in 479· Abu Bakr leads the prayers during the final illness

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 542
  2. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p.542
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Mosque of the Two Qiblas

The Banu Salama mosque of Medina, named 'of the two qiblas' because the qibla was turned in it: Ibn Zabala reports that a man of Banu Salama reached them at dawn prayer with word of the change and they turned mid-prayer to the Kaaba — while al-Zamakhshari and the sira tradition make the change fall at zuhr when the Prophet had prayed two rak'as with his Companions, then turned to face the Mizab, the men and women exchanging places; Ibn Hajar reconciles the reports, and al-Majd notes that on Ibn Zabala's version Quba mosque would better deserve the name. Ibn Zabala ascribes the mosque to Banu Sawad ibn Ghanm of Banu Salama by al-Midhad, against al-Matari's ascription to Banu Haram.