Bayt al-Ahzan

Bayt al-Ahzan (Arabic: بَيْت ٱلْأَحْزَان, romanized: Bayt al-Aḥzān) literally means "House of the Sorrows",[1][2] is a structure which has been destroyed in the Al-Baqi Cemetery in Medinah, the Hejaz.[3][4] Bayt al-Ahzan is located at the south of ‘Abbas ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib;[5][6] and likewise behind the court of four Shia Imams in Baqi', namely: Hasan ibn Ali, Zayn al-Abidin, Muhammad al-Baqir and Ja'far as-Sadiq.[7]

Jannat al-Baqi' in the 1910s, with the Bayt al-Ahzan located on the right hand side of the photograph
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History

Considering that Fatimah al-Zahra was so sorrowful of her father's passing away and used to cry a lot for him,[8] then her husband Ali built a structure (Bayt al-Ahzan) for her to mourn her father there.[9][10]

Bayt al-Ahzan is considered to be the third probable place --after Al-Masjid an-Nabawi and al-Baqi' cemetery-- to be the grave place of Fatimah's grave.[11][12] This building was demolished after the (second) attack of Wahhabists to Hejaz and the occupation of Medina in 1926 (1344 A.H.).[13]

Meaning

The word bayt (بَیْت) in Arabic means "home",[14] and the word "Ahzan" is the plural form of Hozn (sorrow) which means sorrows;[15] and this phrase (Bayt al-Ahzan) altogether means the home of sorrows.[16]

See also

References
  1. "What is the meaning of Bayt al-Ahzan?". Sibtayn.com. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  2. Encyclopedia lib.eshia.ir Retrieved 10 Nov 2018
  3. Beit al-Ahzan Beit al-Ahzan aviny.com Retrieved 12 Nov 2018
  4. Destruction of Baqi' (and Bayt-al-Ahzan) by Wahhabists hadana.ir Retrieved 12 Nov 2018
  5. The mosque of Fatimah hajj.ir Retrieved 12 Nov 2018
  6. Bayt-al-Ahzan, a fact which won't be forgotten farsnews.com Retrieved 12 Nov 2018
  7. Hesam al-Saltanah, Dalil al-Anam, P. 152
  8. Majlisi, Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 43, P. 177
  9. The constitution of Daeratul-Ma'aref al-Fiqh al-Islamiah, Jahan-Islam encyclopedia, Vol. 1. P. 2368
  10. Baytul Ahzan lib.eshia.ir Retrieved 17 Nov 2018
  11. Khalili, Encyclopedia of al-Atabat al-Moqaddasah, the section of al-Medina al-Monawarah, P. 284-285
  12. Sakhavi, al-Tuhfah al-Latifah, Vol.1, P. 41
  13. Panjah Safar nameh, Vol. 3, P. 196
  14. An unforgettable fact, Bayt al-Ahzan hawzah.net Retrieved 17 Nov 2018
  15. The meaning of Ahzan almaany.com Retrieved 17 Nov 2018
  16. The meaning of Bayt al-Ahzan vajehyab.com Retrieved 17 Nov 2018

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