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Muhammad Ibn Umar informed us; he said: Mamar Ibn Rashid
related to me on the authority of al-Zuhri; he said:
The she-camel of the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, bent her
neck and sat down close to the (future) site of the Mosque of the Apostle
of Allah, may Allah bless him; at that time the Muslims used to offer
prayers there. It was a pen for the camels, belonging to Sahl and Suhayl,
two orphan boys of the Ansar; they were under the guardianship of Abu
Umámah As’ad Ibn Zurarah. The Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him,
called the two boys and offered to purchase their pen for the construction
of a mosque. They said: 0 Apostle of Allah ! we offer it as a gift. The
Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, declined (the offer) and purchased
it from both of them.
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Muhammad Ibn Umar said: Some narrator other than Mamar said on
the authority of al-Zuhri:
He purchased it from them for ten dinars.
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He (Muhammad Ibn Umar) said: Mamar said on the authority of alZuhri:
He (Prophet) ordered Abn Bakr to make payment to them. It was just an
enclosure with a surrounding wall without roof, and its Qiblah side was
towards Bayt al-Muqaddas (Jerusalem). As’ad Ibn Zurarah had erected
it and used to offer prayers there with his companions. He used to offer
congregational prayers on Jumah (Friday), before the arrival of the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him. The Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, ordered the palm and gharqad (buckthorn or some big thorny) trees, which were growing there, to be cut. He ordered bricks (sunbaked) to be made. There were in it some graves from the days of Jahiliyyah. The Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, ordered them to be dug and the bones were concealed. There was also a spring in the pen; people changed its course, and ultimately it disappeared. They laid the foundation of the mosque; its length on the side of the qiblah was one hundred cubits and its breadth was equal to it; thus, it was a square. It is also said that it was less than one hundred (cubits). They erected a plinth above the ground, about three cubits, in stone; then they built it in bricks. The Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, and his Companions built it (the Mosque) themselves. The (Prophet) also carried stones along with them, reciting: O Allah ! there is no life but the life hereafter, Forgive the Ansárs and the Muhájirs. (Cf. Ibn Hisham, vol. I, p. 298) He was also reciting: This burden is not the burden of Khaybar, O our Lord ! this is very clean and pious. He kept the qiblah towards Bayt al-Muqaddas. He built three gates, one opposite to qiblah and the second was Bab al-Rahmat, which is now called Bab al-Atikah; through the third, the Apostle of Allah, may Allah
bless him, used to enter, and this was close to the (quarter of the) children
of Uthmàn. The wall was very long; its pillars were (made of) the trunks of palm trees, and the roof of their branches. It was said to him (Prophet): Why do you not thatch it? He said: The hut is like that of Moses which was built of small pieces of wood and straw. Close to it were constructed small rooms with bricks and covered with trunks and branches of palm-trees. When he was free from the construction, he allotted the room, near the path leading to the mosque, to 'Ayishah; the other room close to the door of the (house of the) children of 'Uthman was given to Sawdah Bint Zamah.
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‘Affan Ibn Muslim informed us: `Abd al-Wàrith Ibn Sa’id informed us:
Abu al-Tayyab informed us on the authority of Anas Ibn Malik; he said:
The Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, used to offer prayers (before
the construction of the mosque) at whatever place he happened to be at
the time. He used to offer prayers in the pens of goats; then he ordered
(the construction of) the mosque. He sent for a party of Banu al-Najjar.
They came to him, and he said (to them): Accept the price of this garden
of yours from me. They said: By Allah ! we do not want its price, but
from Allah. Anas said: In it there were the graves of the polytheists, the
palm-trees, and rocks. The Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him,
ordered the palms to be cut, the graves to be dug, and the rocks to be
levelled. He said: Arrange the palm-trees in a line towards the qiblah and
they were supported on both sides by stones. They were reciting this
rajaz and the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, was also reciting
with them:
O Allah there is no blessing except the blessing of hereafter,
Support the Ancárs and the Muhájirs.
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Abu al-Tayyàh said: Ibn Abi al-Hudhayl related to me:
That ‘Ammar was a stout person and carried two stones each time.
Thereupon the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him said: well done, 0
Ibn Sumayyah ! a party of rebels shall kill you. (Ibn Hisham’s version is
slightly different. Ammar had wrinkled skin and thy people had asked him to carry two stones at a time. He complained to the Prophet; that they would kill him. Thereupon the Prophet consoled him and prophesied that a group of rebels would kill him. Vol. I, p. 298) Volume 1, Parts II.65.6 'Affan Ibn Muslim informed us; he said: Mu'tamar Ibn Sulayman alTaymi related to me; he said: I heard Mamar Ibn Rashid relating on the
authority of Al-Zuhri; he said:
The Prophet of Allah, may Allah bless him, recited (the following), while
they were building the mosque:
This burden is not the burden of Kaybar,
0 our Lord ! this is pious and clean.
He (Ma`mar) said: Al-Zuhri, used to say that the Prophet never
composed a verse except this, or else he only recited and it had been composed before. He never intended (to compose a verse).
Aal-e-Qutub Aal-e-Syed Abdullah Shah Ghazi 