Bayt al-Ahzan

Jannat al-Baqi' in the 1910s, with the Bayt al-Ahzan located on the right-hand side of the photograph

Bayt al-Ahzan (Arabic: بَيْت ٱلْأَحْزَان, romanized: Bayt al-Aḥzān lit. 'house of sorrows') is a structure which has been destroyed in the Al-Baqi Cemetery in Medinah, the Hejaz.[1][2] Bayt al-Ahzan is located at the south of ‘Abbas ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib;[3][4] and likewise behind the court of four Shia Imams in Baqi', namely: Hasan ibn Ali, Zayn al-Abidin, Muhammad al-Baqir and Ja'far as-Sadiq.[5]

History

Considering that Fatimah al-Zahra was so sorrowful of her father's passing away and used to cry a lot for him,[6] then her husband Ali built a structure (Bayt al-Ahzan) for her to mourn her father there.[7][8]

Bayt al-Ahzan is considered the third probable place --after Al-Masjid an-Nabawi and al-Baqi' cemetery-- to be the grave place of Fatimah's grave.[9][10] This building was demolished after the (second) attack of Wahhabists to Hejaz and the occupation of Medina in 1926 (1344 A.H.).[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ Beit al-Ahzan Beit al-Ahzan aviny.com Retrieved 12 Nov 2018
  2. ^ Destruction of Baqi' (and Bayt-al-Ahzan) by Wahhabists hadana.ir Retrieved 12 Nov 2018
  3. ^ The mosque of Fatimah hajj.ir Retrieved 12 Nov 2018
  4. ^ Bayt-al-Ahzan, a fact which won't be forgotten farsnews.com Retrieved 12 Nov 2018
  5. ^ Hesam al-Saltanah, Dalil al-Anam, P. 152
  6. ^ Majlisi, Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 43, P. 177
  7. ^ The constitution of Daeratul-Ma'aref al-Fiqh al-Islamiah, Jahan-Islam encyclopedia, Vol. 1. P. 2368
  8. ^ Baytul Ahzan lib.eshia.ir Retrieved 17 Nov 2018
  9. ^ Khalili, Encyclopedia of al-Atabat al-Moqaddasah, the section of al-Medina al-Monawarah, P. 284-285
  10. ^ Sakhavi, al-Tuhfah al-Latifah, Vol.1, P. 41
  11. ^ Panjah Safar-Nameh, Vol. 3, P. 196

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