The house of Ibn Yusuf at Mecca
دار ابن يوسف بمكة
The Meccan house where the Prophet ﷺ was born on 8 Rabi' I — fifty days after the Elephant men's arrival — later made a mosque by al-Khayzuran, mother of al-Hadi and al-Rashid 1.
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The house in Mecca where the Prophet was born on the eighth of Rabi al-Awwal, according to al-Mas'udi. He reports that his birth came fifty days after the people of the elephant came to Mecca. Later al-Khayzuran, mother of al-Hadi and al-Rashid, built it as a mosque. 2
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- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 571
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.571
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islam.museum contributors. “The house of Ibn Yusuf at Mecca”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/dar-ibn-yusuf-mawlid/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.