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Overview
In 17 'Umar b. al-Khattab performed 'umra, built the Sacred Mosque and enlarged it 1.
Connections
- Occurred at
- Mecca (Makkah)
- Had participant
- Umar ibn al-Khattab
People and things also explored
The seven ahruf· Abu al-Mukhtar's Satire on the Ahwaz Officials· Abu Bakr leads the prayers during the final illness· The conversion of Abu Sufyan ibn Harb· Abu Sufyan's mission to Medina· Abu Ubayd's Dispatch to Iraq· al-Ahnaf's Petition to Umar for Basra· Ali's counsel in Umar's judgments
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 352
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islam.museum contributors. “'Umar's expansion of al-Masjid al-Haram (17 AH)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/masjid-haram-expansion-17/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.