View Full Version : Qs for Sh. Yasir  Amatullah -Slave of Allah
08-25-2005, 12:59 PM Wondering if Br. Abu Ammaar came across the
petition to save the birthplace of the Messenger, salallahu
alaihiwassalam.  What is the ruling on that?  I heard it is a
library that is going to be destroyed by Saudi government to
make hotel or for expansion (not sure about the reason)...but
they are saying it is for economic reasons rather than
theological.  There has been a hue and cry about that...Can
sheikh please explain what is the Islamic ruling on that?  Abu
Ammaar 08-26-2005, 06:29 PM Salaam Aliakum  I'm not really aware
of that move by the gov., but I do know there's a lot of
expansion going on.  The birth-place of the Prophet (SAW) is
reputed to be where the current library of Makkah stands. The
original house was long destroyed; what stands is a modern
library. Even if this location is true (and of course no one can
really prove anything in our times; its all rumours) the fact
that there's a library or store or someth