While the pilgrims who left Mecca by performing their pilgrimages were visiting the tomb of the Prophet in Medina, the pilgrims who went to visit the Prophet with great excitement want to pray and pray in the Garden of Eden, which is considered a garden from heaven according to the Hadith. Within the framework of the measures taken by Saudi Arabia after the epidemic, it is not possible to enter the Ravza-i Mutahhara (garden of paradise), whose importance is expressed in the Hadith-i Sharif, without an appointment.
ENTER BY APPOINTMENT, WORSHIP FOR 20 MINUTES
Pilgrims regularly visit the Ravza-i Mutahhara, which they used to wait in a tight queue, with the appointment system given to the convoy they come to. After waiting for 20 minutes, the pilgrims taken to the mosque are allowed to pray for about 20 minutes in the garden of Eden. It is possible to enter the Bab-u Salam gate and greet the Prophet (sallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) by entering the lanes created in the garden. However, a second visit is unlikely.
Masjid an-Nabawi in Medina is considered the most virtuous of the mosques on earth after the Kaaba. The area between the tomb of the Prophet (sallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) and the pulpit where he delivered his sermon in the Masjid-i-Nabawi is called Rawza-i Mutahhara, which means a clean garden.
‘THE GARDEN BETWEEN MY HOME AND MY MINBER’
The statements in the hadith of our Prophet, “The distance between my house and my pulpit is a garden from the gardens of paradise, my pulpit is above my pool and my pulpit’s feet are on Paradise” shows that worship in this area is very valuable. Accordingly, a person who is consciously here, praying or performing any other form of worship, is as if he had done what he was doing in one of the gardens of Paradise.
Various interpretations were made about how Ravza-i Mutahhara was a garden of paradise. Some scholars, such as Imam Malik, said, “This garden is a true garden of Paradise and will be transferred to Paradise in the hereafter.”
(UAV)