Rawda Rasul (peace be upon him):How is it from inside the grills !!

Back ground • Like all muslim brother and sisters visiting Harameen and specially Medinah

Munawarah ,I always used to wonder how does it looks inside the grills of the Ruda Mubarrak .I tried to look for books on the subject but was never able to find any thing . The only thing found was some pictures on net which other sources rightly proved as fake pictures of some other places.

• On every visit the curiosity kept increasing and every time was able to look inside never saw anything other than green curtains.

• Fortunately, last year a friend of mine took me to “Dar al Madinah’ museum in Madinah . Besides , various other very informative items they had a detailed modular description of the history of Rawda Mubarak .

• This presentation is prepared mainly using the pictures taken from those models and a book on History of Medinah available at the museum. All other information and pictures used are the only one which confirm with the information available at the museum and the book .

• The purpose of circulation is solely the information of muslims .May Allah forgive any mistakes and accept this effort and make it a source of our forgiveness and Ziarat Nabi Kareem ( SalAllah Alehey Waasalam ) Ameen !!

Rawda and Masjid

Rawdeykijaleean

Interior View

Key things to note !!

• Behind the Jali Muabark there is some open area( where we see the curtains) .

• Then there is a five corner sealed structure and inside that there is another four corner structure with a small dome .Qaboor Mubarrak of Nabi Kareem and HazratAbu Bakar and Hazrat Umar are in the inner chamber .The Green dome visible from out side is on top of the small dome and almost over the five cornered structure .

• There is no door of any of the chambers .Hence no one can enter outer or inner chamber .Each dome has a closed window from the top

• Outer Chamber has space for one more grave .

Description of Interior

Inner Chamber

Position of Quboor Mubaraka.We say salam from the place marked by arrows

Window of the outer dome. (Its not a person buried as mentioned on some websites)

Some possible pictures of the interior open area before the two chambers: included here as the

curtain print and gear match description in the book and what we visually see .WaAllah Alam !!

VARIOUS STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION OF RAWDA MUABARAK

Masjid Nabawi and Hujrat(see link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vE17kU14GM

Each Hujra abt4.5m*4.5 and 3m height

Small shed and a bigger area as room

Modular Description of Amma Aaisha Hujra .Prophet SalaAllah AlheyWasalam after wisal was buried in the Hujra at a place marked in the

model picture by arrow .

After a while some woolen cloth was placed on the shed .

Passage of time had impact

Structure rebuilt with higher walls and change in structure .No more room and shed area covered and

increased

Timber room and window built on the inner chamber and outer chamber changed to a 5 corner structure

Dome Built around 1279 AD !

A fire incident seriously damaged Masjid in 1481 AD

For decades no one dared to enter but the everything was reconstructed .Major Wooden base replaced by brick

structure

New dome added in 1818 .Initially was not green.Top of the front grills was open

Dome painted Green in 1837