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title: "6 Facts About Dome of Masjid an Nabawi"
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updated: "2024-05-10"
description: "Dome of Masjid e Nabawi is also known as Gunbad e Khizra. There are 6 facts which will amaze you and clarify all the misconceptions about it."
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# 6 Facts About Dome of Masjid an Nabawi

Source: https://theislamicinformation.com/blogs/facts-dome-masjid-e-nabawi/
Updated: 2024-05-10

Dome of Masjid an Nabawi will amaze you and clarify all its misconceptions.

## **1. The dome was decorated differently with different ears**

People in the historical era used to decorate the tomb with silver and gold jewels. As time passed, it was taken off, and the grave remained simple. No one in history ever decorated the grave but indeed decorated the tomb. Prophet Muhammad PBUH's grave is 2 cubits long and 41 inches high.

## **2. Once the Dome of Prophet Mosque was burnt**

In 1481, the mosque got stuck with a huge fire that almost burnt the dome of Masjid e Nawabi. Furthermore, the walls of the inner chamber were affected too, which later had to be reconstructed.

## **3. The Dome was never there, It was constructed in 678 AH**

Many people think that the dome of Prophet Muhammad PBUH's grave was always there, but that's not true!

![PROPHET MUHAMMAD MOSQUE FACTS](https://theislamicinformation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/PROPHET-MUHAMMAD-MOSQUE-FACTS.jpg)

*Photo: Abdullah Shakoor / Pixabay*

The dome was first constructed in 678 AH by Al-Nasir Hasan Ibn Muhammad Qalawoon.

## **4. There are Special people hired for it's cleaning**

People often think that "Ordinary" people like you and me are hired for the cleaning of the Chamber, but that is not true!

There are special people assigned to perform this task, Eunuchs from [Abyssini](https://theislamicinformation.com/blogs/non-muslims-praised-by-prophet-muhammad/)a, these people live in isolation and are becoming extinct. Right now, only five Eunuchs left!

## **5. Dome's Window mistake for a grave!**

This thing on the top of the dome of Masjid e Nabawi is a window and nothing else.

![grave on dome muhammad masjid nabawi](https://theislamicinformation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/grave-on-dome-muhammad-masjid-nabawi.jpg)

*Photo: Life in Saudi Arabia*

But sadly, a story narrated by Sheikh Al Zubaidi says that a person tried to demolish the green dome and was about to damage it; as he stood over it, he was struck by lightning and killed the man.

![dome of masjid e nabawi](https://theislamicinformation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/dome-of-masjid-e-nabawi.jpg)

*Photo: Abdullah Shakoor / Pixabay*

When people observed a dead body and wanted to get rid of it, but they couldn't so a very pious man in Madina was instructed through a dream to bury the body where it is. This story is fake and a complete lie.

## 6. The dome of Masjid e Nabawi was not always green!

![muhammad wallpapers masjid nabwi](https://theislamicinformation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/muhammad-wallpapers-masjid-nabwi.jpg)

*Photo: Abdullah Shakoor / Pixabay*

The dome of Masjid an Nabawi was never always green. It was first constructed with wood and used to be brown after some time it was changed to White color, then it changed to Blue and Purple, and upon the orders from the Sultan of Ottoman, it was given green color in 1253 AH.