Observations on housing planning and development in Madinah during the Prophet’s time

This paper discusses several social and religious aspects of the housing planning and development in Madinah during the Prophet Muhammad’s era. The paper focuses on the housing area that surrounded the Prophet’s mosque which, in turn, functioned as a community development center. The paper concludes...

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Main Author: Spahic, Omer
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Language:English
English
Published: The Islamic Cultural Centre and London Central Mosque, London 2014
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spelling iium-423762017-09-27T02:41:58Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/42376/ Observations on housing planning and development in Madinah during the Prophet’s time Spahic, Omer BL Religion NA100 Architecture and the state This paper discusses several social and religious aspects of the housing planning and development in Madinah during the Prophet Muhammad’s era. The paper focuses on the housing area that surrounded the Prophet’s mosque which, in turn, functioned as a community development center. The paper concludes that housing played a significant role in developing and managing the first Muslim community in Madinah on account of the house phenomenon in Islam denoting a physical locus of the family institution without which the fulfillment of the divine purpose on earth is virtually impossible. By means of housing, strengthening fraternity among the Muslims was intended to be achieved. Through it, the urbanization and development of the city-state were meant to be further intensified and sustained. Some core Islamic principles underscoring the philosophies of housing and man, and what relationship ought to exist between them, have thus also been put into practice. By exploring those topics, the strength and integrity of the fundamentals of the first Muslim community clearly come into sight, as does the visionary disposition of the Prophet (pbuh) to development, leadership and management. The nature of the paper, along with its content, methodology and conclusions, is conceptual and philosophical, rather than empirical. The Islamic Cultural Centre and London Central Mosque, London 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/42376/1/The_Islamic_Quarterly.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/42376/4/42376_Observations%20on%20housing%20planning%20and%20development%20in%20Madinah_SCOPUS.pdf Spahic, Omer (2014) Observations on housing planning and development in Madinah during the Prophet’s time. The Islamic Quarterly, 58 (3). pp. 239-257. ISSN 0021-1842 http://www.iccuk.org/downloads/IQ_Contents_58-3.pdf
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Spahic, Omer
Observations on housing planning and development in Madinah during the Prophet’s time
description This paper discusses several social and religious aspects of the housing planning and development in Madinah during the Prophet Muhammad’s era. The paper focuses on the housing area that surrounded the Prophet’s mosque which, in turn, functioned as a community development center. The paper concludes that housing played a significant role in developing and managing the first Muslim community in Madinah on account of the house phenomenon in Islam denoting a physical locus of the family institution without which the fulfillment of the divine purpose on earth is virtually impossible. By means of housing, strengthening fraternity among the Muslims was intended to be achieved. Through it, the urbanization and development of the city-state were meant to be further intensified and sustained. Some core Islamic principles underscoring the philosophies of housing and man, and what relationship ought to exist between them, have thus also been put into practice. By exploring those topics, the strength and integrity of the fundamentals of the first Muslim community clearly come into sight, as does the visionary disposition of the Prophet (pbuh) to development, leadership and management. The nature of the paper, along with its content, methodology and conclusions, is conceptual and philosophical, rather than empirical.
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title Observations on housing planning and development in Madinah during the Prophet’s time
title_short Observations on housing planning and development in Madinah during the Prophet’s time
title_full Observations on housing planning and development in Madinah during the Prophet’s time
title_fullStr Observations on housing planning and development in Madinah during the Prophet’s time
title_full_unstemmed Observations on housing planning and development in Madinah during the Prophet’s time
title_sort observations on housing planning and development in madinah during the prophet’s time
publisher The Islamic Cultural Centre and London Central Mosque, London
publishDate 2014
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/42376/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/42376/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/42376/1/The_Islamic_Quarterly.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/42376/4/42376_Observations%20on%20housing%20planning%20and%20development%20in%20Madinah_SCOPUS.pdf
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