Makkah Al Mukarramah Library (Arabic: مَكْتَبَة مَكَّة ٱلْمُكَرَّمَة, romanized: Maktabah Makkah Al-Mukarramah)[3][4] is a library near the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Since it is believed to stand on the spot where the Islamic prophet Muhammad was born, it is also known as Bayt al-Mawlid (Arabic: بَيْت ٱلْمَوْلِد, lit. 'House of the Birth').[1][2]
House of the Birth[1][2] Makkah Al Mukarramah Library | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Islam |
Region | Makkah Province, Hejaz |
Rite | Ziyarat |
Leadership | Al Saud |
Location | |
Location | Near Al-Masjid al-Haram, Mecca, Hejaz, Saudi Arabia |
Municipality | Makkah |
Location of the library in Saudi Arabia Makkah Al Mukarramah Library (Middle East) Makkah Al Mukarramah Library (West and Central Asia) | |
Administration | Al Saud |
Geographic coordinates | 21°25′30″N 39°49′48″E / 21.42500°N 39.83000°E |
Architecture | |
Type | Library |
Founder | Saudi King 'Abdul-'Aziz bin 'Abdul-Rahman Al Saud[1] |
Aminah bint Wahb ibn Abd Manaf is believed to have given birth to Muhammad[5] in the month of Rabi' al-Awwal,[6] circa 53 B.H. or 570 C.E.[7][8][9] Her husband, Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib, had died three[10] to six[11] months prior.[12]
After consulting senior scholars, 'Abdul-'Aziz bin 'Abdul-Rahman Al Saud, the founding king of modern Saudi Arabia, established the modern library over the site of Muhammad's birth.[1]
A second important aspect of the meaning of the term emerges in Meccan revelations concerning the practice of the Prophet Abraham. Here it stands for the straight path (al-dīn al-ḥanīf) toward which Abraham and other messengers called the people [...] The Qurʿān asserts that this was the path or practice followed by Abraham [...] In the final analysis, dīn encompasses social and spiritual, as well the legal and political behaviour of the believers as a comprehensive way of life, a connotation wider than the word "religion."