Masjid E Nabvi History, Facts, Virtues, And Key Information

Masjid e Nabvi is located at the heart of the city of Madina. Masjid e Nabvi is the second mosque in the city, and the first mosque in the city is Masjid e Quba. It was built by our Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SAW). The land of the Masjid was bought from the two orphans, Sahl and Suhayl. Hazrat Abu Ayyub al-Ansari paid for the land, and the mosque's construction started. It took seven months for the Muslims to construct this mosque ultimately. 

Here are the details after the brief introduction about Masjid e Nabvi's History, Facts, Virtues, and Key Information. In the beginning, the holy Masjid e Nabvi was an open-air building. It was the epicenter for the Muslims as it was utilized as a community center, court of law, and a spiritual school for the Muslims to learn about their religion. After some time, a mimbar was erected in the mosque for the Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) so that he could deliver the sermon of Friday prayers to his fellow Muslims.

Size and dimensions

The early size or dimensions of the Holy Masjid e Nabvi was around 35*30 meters. The overall height of the mosque was 2.5 meters.

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With time, as the number of Muslims increased, the size and height of the mosque again increased to 50*50 meters and the height of the mosque to 3.5 meters. Since the demise of our Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SAW), the dimensions of Masjid e Nabvi have changed so many times. The current shape, size, and dimensions of the Masjid e Nabvi are 90,000 square meters area, the height of the mosque is 1300 meters, and the length of the roof is around 66,000 meters, with more than 2,000 pillars to hold the structure intact to its foundations.

Hujrah Mubarak

The Hujrah e Mubarak of our Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) is a place of residence and death. At the same spot, our Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) used to live and was the house of Hazrat Ayesha (RA). Inside the Hujrah Mubaraka, our Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) is buried with these two most trusted companions and friends, Hazrat Abu Bakar (RA) and Hazrat Umar (RA). Our Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) narrates, "Anyone who comes to visit me and he came solely for this purpose, then It becomes Wajib upon me to do intercession for him on the Day of Judgment.”

The importance of Masjid-e-Nabawi is to be considered one of the most significant mosques. For the importance of this mosque, our Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) narrated, “Do not prepare yourself for a journey to any mosque [with the intention to earn a special reward of prayers] but the three mosques al-Masjid al-Haram, al-Masjid al-Aqsa, and my mosque.”

Riadh-ul-Jannah

It is the backyard of paradise. Here is another excellent part of Masjid-e-Nabawi that comprises 22 meters in length and 15 meters in width. On the above, a part of this land stretches to the Hujrah Mubarak of our Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SAW). Abu Hurairah describes that the Holy Prophet (PBUH) said: “Between my house and my pulpit lays a garden from the gardens of Paradise, and my pulpit is upon my fountain (Al-Kauthar).”

The significance of Riadh-ul-Jannah can be seen in that it is considered a garden similar to the ones present in paradise. With this being said, it means that offering salah at the place of Riadh-ul-Jannah will make you feel like you are offering your salah in heaven.