Saudis plan shifting Prophet Muhammad’s tomb, One of Islam’s most revered holy sites – the tomb of the Prophet Muhammad – could be destroyed and his body removed to an anonymous grave under plans which threaten to spark discord across the Muslim world, reports the Independent. The controversial proposals are part of a consultation document by a leading Saudi academic which has been circulated among the supervisors of al-Masjid al-Nabawi mosque in Madinah, where the remains of the Prophet are housed under the Green Dome, visited by millions of pilgrims and venerated as Islam’s second-holiest site. -
The al-Baqi cemetery already contains the bodies of many of the Prophet’s family, including his father who was removed there in the 1970s, Dr Alawi said. In 1924 all the grave markers were removed, so pilgrims would not know who was buried there, and so be unable to pray to them.
‘The Prophet would be anonymous,’ Alawi added. ‘Everything around the Prophet’s mosque has already been destroyed. It is surrounded by bulldozers. Once they’ve removed everything they can move towards the mosque. The imam is likely to say there is a need to expand the mosque and do it that way, while the world’s eyes are on Iraq and Syria’. The Prophet Muhammad’s grave is venerated by the mainstream Sunni, who would never do it. It is just as important for the Shia too, who venerate the Prophet’s daughter, Fatima.
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Prophet was anonymous for the past 1400 years ., I knew it.. and prophet will be anonymous ., Off course we make some 100n million dollars every year in the name of prophet Haj.. Zam zam piss ... whatever
Good move Sand kings.. Bulldoze everything about Prophet's Islam and start new Islam of Arabian baboons
The Tomb..
I wonder what kind of bones are in it.. can get some DNA??