After the demise of the pure wives of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam), Waleed bin Abdil Malik (who was the ruler at that time), instructed that the rooms of the pure wives be demolished and the area included into the musjid.

When the instruction of Waleed (to demolish the rooms of the Azwaaj-e-Mutahharaat) reached Madinah Munawwarah, the entire population of Madinah Munawwarah cried out in dismay. Hazrat Abu Umaamah bin Sahl bin Hunaif (rahimahullah), would often say, “If only the rooms were left intact as they were, so that people would have witnessed for themselves how the Messenger (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam), who was divinely awarded the keys to the treasures of the world, passed his life in such simple rooms and huts.”