The House the Prophet (s.a.w.) was Born in was Once a Mosque
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Shaykh Abu al-Walid Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah al-Azraqi ( r.a. ) in his Akhbar Makkah wa ma Ja’ fiha min Atsarin , mentioned the locations in which it is commendable to pray in Makkah, and what lies therein of the relics of the Prophet ( s.a.w. ). The house, in which the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) was born, is the house of Muhammad ibn Yusuf, the brother of al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf. Sayyidina ‘Aqil ibn Abu Thalib ( r.a. ) took the responsibility at the time the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) migrated. The Prophet ( s.a.w. ) said in the year of the Farewell Speech, when it was asked of him, “Where shall we live, O Rasulullah ( s.a.w. ),” asked, “Has ‘Aqil left for us a shade?” The house remained in his family’s custody until his son sold it to Muhammad ibn Yusuf, after which he moved in and called it “ al-Baydah ”, which was known until the Wahhabis closed it down as “ibn Yusuf”. This household remained until al-Khayzuran bint ‘Aththa, the wife o...