Al-Masjid al-Nabawi

The Prophet's Mosque (Arabic المسجد النبوي, DMG al - Masjid an- Nabawi ) in Medina after the al -Haram Mosque in Mecca the second holiest mosque in Islam. Here is the tomb of Mohammed. First, here stood the house of the Prophet Mohammed, which he built after the Hijra 622, as well as a built in his time mosque.

History

The Prophet's Mosque was controlled by the Ottoman Empire from 1517. 1804 occupied the leader of the Wahhabitenreichs, Saud ibn Abd al- Aziz I., in his attempt of the unification of Arabia Medina and its holy sites. 1812 conquered Egyptian troops back on behalf of the Ottoman sultan medina.

Architecture

The mosque was enlarged considerably in later years and today is the most important part, the grave of Muhammad, under a green dome. There the first two " rightly guided " caliphs Abu Bakr and Umar ibn al - Khattab are buried.