The Location of the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) Grave

Question:
However, there is confusion among some of the common people outside the Kingdom who say that the grave of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is in al-Masjid al-Nabawi?

Answer:
This is a lie. The Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) mosque is in Aisha’s room in his house, because the Prophet is buried in the place where he died, as in the hadith: he died in it. Therefore, he (peace and blessings be upon him) was buried in the place where he died, which is Aisha’s room. Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said, “If it were not for that, his grave would have been made prominent, but he feared that it would be taken as a mosque.” This means that if it had been made prominent and he had been buried in Aisha’s room, it would have been preserved from extremism at his grave. The mosque had been built ten years before the room, when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) first arrived in Madinah and his mosque was first built. When he died, he was buried in his house, in Aisha’s room, outside the mosque. The room was incorporated into the mosque during the caliphate of al-Walid ibn ‘Abd al-Malik, much later than the time of the Companions, the Successors, and those who followed them. This incorporation was an error, but it is protected, and no one can reach it or see it. No one sees his grave, (peace and blessings be upon him). The scholar Ibn al-Qayyim said, “So the Lord of the Worlds answered his supplication and surrounded it with three walls, so its corners became, by his supplication, in honor, protection, and preservation. Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.” Yes.

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