Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Fifth Fascicle

door on the qibla side. The east wall has the Bâb-i-Jibrîl, which is
opposite the Bâburrahma. Please see the chart on the ninety-sixth
page of (sixteenth edition of) The Sunnî Path.
It is written in Durr-ul-mukhtâr: “The fard hajj must be made
before visiting Medina. It is also permissible to visit Medina first.
As you make the supererogatory hajj you go to the city, which is
on your way, first. When entering Medina you must intend only to
visit the Prophet’s ‘alaihis-salâm’ grave. One prayer of salât
performed in the Masjîd-i-Nabî is superior to a thousand prayers
of salât performed at other places. So is the case with such kinds of
worship as fasting, alms, dhikr, and reading (or reciting) the
Qur’ân al-kerîm. You do not wear the ihrâm when you enter
Medina. The prohibitions that are valid as you wear the ihrâm in
Mekka are not valid in Medina. Ibn Teymiyya said that one should
not go to Medina in order to visit the Prophet’s grave, but his
argument has been confuted by the savants of Ahl-as-sunna.
Imâm-i-Abû Hasan Alî Subkî ’rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ ’alaih’, [in his
books Erreddu li-ibni Teymiyya and Shîfâ-us-sikâm fî ziyârat-i
Sayyid-il enâm,] refutes Ibni Teymiyya’s misleading words with
incontestable proofs. It is permissible even for women to visit the
blessed grave at times when it is not crowded, provided they shall
cover themselves.” The articles refuting Ibni Teymiyya, by Imâmi-Subkî
and other savants, have been published in Arabic in the
book Islamic Savants.
It is written in Marâqilfalâh and in its annotation: “When you
see Medina from afar, you say salât and salâm. Then say the
following prayer: “Allâhumma hâzâ harem-u-Nabiyyika wa
mehbit-u-wahyika famnin ’alayya bi-d-duhûl-i-fîhi waj’alhu
vikâyatan lî min-an-nâr wa amânan min-al-’azâb waj’alnî min-alfâizîna
bi-shafâ’at-il-Mustafâ yawm-al-meâb.” You make a ghusl
before entering the city or the Masjîd. You put on some good
alcohol-free perfume. You assume new, clean clothes. It will be
good to enter the city walking. After placing your luggage, etc. at
some place, with a hanging head and a broken heart, meditating on
the value and the greatness of those sacred places, saying the
prayer, “Bismillâhi wa ’alâ millati Rasûlillah,” and the eightieth
âyat of sûra Isrâ, which was revealed on the night of Hegira, and
also the salawât-i-sherîfs, which are said also in namâz, and also
the prayer, “Waghfir lî-zunûbî wa-f-tâh lî ebwâba rahmatika wa
fadlika,” you arrive at the Masjîd. Entering the Masjîd either
through the Bâb-us-salâm or through the Bâb-ul-Jibrîl, you
perform two rak’ats of Tahiyyatul-masjîd namâz near the minbar.
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