Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah Volume 2 - Brossura

Burton, Richard Francis

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1230384103 ISBN 13: 9781230384108

Casa editrice: TheClassics.us, 2013

Riassunto

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 edition. Excerpt: ...with those performed at Al-Bakia. After a long supplication, pronounced standing at the doorway, we entered, and sauntered about the burialground. On the left of the road stood an enclosure, which, according to Abdullah, belonged to his family. The door and stone slabs, being valuable to the poor, had been removed, and the graves of his forefathers appeared to have been invaded by the jackal. He sighed, recited a Fatihah with tears in his eyes, and hurried me away from the spot. The first dome which we visited covered the remains of Abd al-Rahman, the son of Abu Bakr, one of the Worthies of Al-Islam, equally respected by Sunni and by Shi'ah. The tomb was a simple catafalque, spread with the usual cloth. After performing our devotions at this grave, and distributing a few piastres to guardians and beggars, we crossed the main path, and found ourselves at the door of the cupola, beneath which sleeps the venerable Khadijah, Mohammed's first wife. The tomb was covered with a green cloth, and the walls of the little building were decorated with written specimens of religious poetry. A little beyond it, we were shown into another dome, the resting-place of Sitt Aminah, the Prophet's mother.1 Burckhardt chronicles its ill-usage by I Burckhardt mentions the "Tomb of Umna, the mother of Mohammed," in the Ma'ala at Meccah; and all the ciceroni agree the fanatic Wahhabis: it has now been rebuilt in that frugal style that characterizes the architecture of Al-Hijaz. An exceedingly garrulous old woman came to the door, invited us in, and superintended our devotions; at the end of which she sprinkled rosewater upon my face. When asked for a cool draught, she handed me a metal saucer, whose contents smelt strongly of mastic, earnestly directing me to...

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• Editore: TheClassics.us
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1230384103
• ISBN 13: 9781230384108
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 164