Al Baqi
24 28 '02 "N 39 36' 58" E / 24.467219, 39.615996
| Al-Baqi cemetery in al-`Gharqad to Medina | |||
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| Presentation | |||
| Local Name | (Al-Baqi `al-Gharqad) | ||
| Worship | Islam | ||
| Type | Necropolis | ||
| Construction begins | before the seventh century | ||
| Work Completed | The mausoleums have been razed in 1925. | ||
| Geography | |||
| Country | Saudi Arabia | ||
| Region | Al Madinah Province | ||
| City | Medina | ||
| Contact | 24 28 '07 "North 39 36 '40 "East / 24.46866, 39.61115 | ||
Geolocation on the map: Saudi Arabia
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Al-Baqi ` , means the cemetery to Medina in south-east corner of the mosque of the Prophet , the term `Al-Baqi (sometimes transliterated Bakhiah?) was used for several similar places in Medina: Baqi `al-Zubair al-Baqi` Khail, and others, one is called Al-Baqi `al-Gharqad . Gharqad is the Arabic name of Lycium shawii a thorny shrub that grew there.
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History
Shortly before his death Muhammad is sick. He is staying with his wife Aisha :
"Two or three days afterwards his condition had improved slightly, the Prophet, who felt uncomfortable in the house, called Abu Mouwahiba, put his hand on the neck of the freed and went slowly out of the city, al-Baqi `-Gharqad, the Muslim graveyard. There, placed near the graves, he said: Hi, O inhabitants of the tombs, which are free trials that reach the men. He then returned to the house of Aisha. "
- Tabari (trans. Zotenberg Herman), op. cit., "Death of the Prophet", p. 341 .
After his death, Muhammad is buried in the house of Aisha:
"Opinions were divided on the place where we had to pit. Some wanted to dig into the mosque, others claimed he had buried the Prophet Baqi al-Gharqad, the Muslim graveyard. Then Abu Bakr said: I heard the Messenger of God, a prophet should be buried where he surrendered his soul. Accordingly, we moved the bed on which he died and we dug the soil at this location, the apartment of Aisha, adjoining the mosque. "
- Tabari (trans. Zotenberg Herman), op. cit. "Burial of the Prophet", p. 353 .
The presence of mausoleums and tombs decorated, built, or expanded, before 1326, is attested by Ibn Battuta during his pilgrimage to Mecca, and Ibn Jubayr before him (1183). Ibn Batuta speaks of a "great dome" on the grave of Uthman ibn Affan , so that Ibn Jubair , in 1183, had seen "a modest little dome . "
"First mention one called Baki algharkad. It is to the east of the noblest Medina ... Opposite is the tomb of Imam Abu Abd Allah of Medina Malik, son of Anas, surmounted by a small cupola of a simple construction. Vis--vis to see the tomb of the son of Prophet Ibrahim, above which rises a white dome. ... In front of them to see a mausoleum, where they say that are the tombs of the mothers of believers. It is followed by another, which is the tomb of Al-Abbas, son of Abd almotthalib, uncle of the Messenger of God, and that of Hassan, son of Aly, son of Abu Talib. It is a dome that rises into the air beautifully constructed and located to the right of one who comes out of the cemetery gate. Hasan's head is at the foot of Al'abbs; their two tombs are raised above the ground, they are spacious and beautifully covered with shelves attached, inlaid with brass plates, worked well. In this cemetery ... most of these tombs are unknown. At the back of the cemetery is the grave of the Commander of Believers Abu Omar Othman son of Affan, surmounted by a large dome. "
- Ibn Battuta, op. cit., Vol. I Destruction of mausoleums The Wahhabis , under a fatwa taken by Sheikh Muhammad al-Tayyib, destroyed the tombs of the cemetery of Al-Baqi `to prevent extra-canonical pilgrimages to the tombs of characters who are buried there. They also caution against the veneration of the tomb of Mohammed, the green dome, included in the current speaker of the Mosque of the Prophet. Nevertheless the King Abdel Aziz ibn Saud allowed the pilgrims coming to pray in the mosque, three-quarters of Muslims making the pilgrimage to Mecca also travel to Medina . After awhile it will be the same for the cemetery in Mecca. This destruction refers to various hadith whose instance it (translated from English): "Narrated by` Aisha: - Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj , " Sahih Muslim Volume 2, Book 23, Number 472. " Nevertheless, the green dome, which houses the tomb of Mohammed and is included in the Prophet's mosque was not destroyed, although this was one of those projects that have destroyed the graves of al-Baqi `. Many Shiites commemorate the day of destruction of the mausoleums of al-Baqi ` and call it "day of sorrow . During a period from 1925 to 1986, entering the cemetery was completely prohibited by a wall several feet high around the entire site. In 1982, the Ayatollah Khomeini took the cemetery of Al Baqi `as witnessed several demonstrations, Iranian pilgrims were in the habit of reciting prayers at the wall preventing access to the cemetery. In 1986, King Fahd made a concession by allowing the Shiites again to visit the cemetery . 
The Messenger of God, during his last illness said: "God cursed the Jews and Christians because they built places of worship on the graves of their prophets." And if that was not said, so people could see the tomb of the prophet. He feared, or people feared that his tomb can be taken to a place of worship. " Some of the famous dead buried at Al-Baqi `
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