Aish'a's description of her house and Prophet's Muhammad's grave description. The presence of the Prophet's grave in his masjid in Madeenah can neither be used to justify the placing of bodies in other masjids nor the building of masjid over graves. The Prophet did not order that he be buried in his masjid nor did his companions put his grave into the Masjid. For that , his Companions wisely avoided burying the Prophet in the local graveyard for fear that later generations would become overly attached to his grave. 'Umar , related that when the sahabat ( companions) gathered to decide on the Prophet's burial , one said : "Let us bury him in the place he used to pray" - Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) replied " May Allah protect us from making him an idol to be worshipped" Others then said " Let us bury him in al Baqee' ( a graveyard in Madeenah) where his brothers amond the migrants from Makkah ( Muhaajireen) are buried . Abu Bakr , refused again and answered " Verily , burying the Prophet in there is detestable because some people may try to seek refuge in him which is a right belonging only to Allah. So , if we take him out ( to the graveyard) we will ruin Allah's right even if we carefully guard the Messenger's grave" They then asked " What is your opinion , Ô Abu Bakr ? " He replied " I heard's Allah's Messenger say " Allah has not taken the life of his prophets exept that were buried where they die" Some of them said " By Allah what you have said is pleasing and convincing" They then made a line around the Prophet's bed ( in Aish'a house) and dug the grave where his bed was. Alee , al Abbas , al Fadl and the Prophet's familly took his body and prepared it for burial. 'Aesh'a's ( may Allah be pleased with her ) house was separated from the Masjid by a wall and it had a door through which the Prophet used to enter the masjid to lead salaah. The companions sealed off this doorway in order to complete the separation of the Prophet's grave from his masjid. Consequently , the only way that his grave could be visited at that time was from outside the masjid. Expansions of the masjid took place in the time of the second Capliph 'Umar and third Caliph 'Uthmaan. But both of them avoided the inclusion of either 'Aisha house or that of any of the other wives of the Prophet. Expansion in the direction of the houses of the wives of the Prophet would have automatically included the Prophet's grave in the masjid. However , after the death of all the sahaabah who were in Medinah , Caliph al Waleed ibn 'Abdil Malik , was the first to extend the mosquee in a easterly direction.He then included Ai'sha house inside the mosquee , but demolished the houses of the other wives of the Prophet.The expansion was reported to have been carried out by al-Waleed's governor 'Umar ibn 'Abdul 'Azeez. When Aish'a's house was included inside the mosquee , a high circular wall was built around it so that it would not be visible at all from inside the masjid.Two additional walls were later built at an angle from the two northern corners of the house in such a way that they met each other forming a triangle. This was down to prevent anyone from facing the grave directly. Many years later , the familiar dome was added to the roof of the mosquee and was placed directly above the Prophet's grave. The grave was later surrounded by a brass cage with doors and windows, and the walls of the grave itself were draped in green cloth , the error still remains to be corrected.Walls should once again be placed to separate it from the masjid so that one could pray in its direction nor visit it inside the mosquee. Does it also means that salaah in Prophet's Masjid is also prohibited? No , it is only applicable to his Masjid. Why ? Due to the many virtues attributed to prayer in it, not found in any other masjid containing a grave. The Prophet himself stated this special feature saying " Do not journey exept to 3 masjids : Al Masjid al Haram ( Mekkah ) , al masjid al Aqsaa and this Masjid of mine " He also pointed " a single salaah in this masjid of mine is better than 1000 salaah anywhere else, exept Makkah" Thus , if salaah in the Prophet's masjid was considered disliked ( makruh) , the virtues of his masjid would be negated and it would be made equal with all other masjids. So to conclude, if a grave were to be put in either al Masjid al Haram or al Masjid al Aqsaa , salaah would still be desirable in them due to their special virtues and place of honor in the sight of God.
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