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'''Prophet's Miḥrāb'''(Arabic:محراب النبي) is the place where the [[Prophet Muḥammad(a)]] prays, which is located in the [[Masjid al-Nabī]] between the [[Prophet's pulpit]] and his grave. During the period of the Prophet, there was nothing in the form of a miḥrāb, until during the development of the Masjid al-Nabī during the period of Walīd b. Abdul-Malik, a miḥrāb was built in the place of his prayer. Qāytbāy, the king of Egypt (9th/15th century) rebuilt the hollow-shaped miḥrāb by renewing the mosque. this miḥrāb was decorated during the era of Ottoman rule and is still located in Masjid al-Nabī.
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'''The Prophet's Mihrab''' (Arabic: {{ia|محراب النبي}}) is the place where [[Prophet Muhammad(a)]] used to pray, which is located in the [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi]] between the [[Prophet's pulpit]] and his grave. During the time of the Prophet (s), there was nothing in the form of a mihrab, until later during the development of the al-Masjid al-Nabawi during the period of al-Walid b. 'Abd al-Malik, a mihrab was built in the place of his prayer. Qaitbay, the king of Egypt (9th/15th century) rebuilt the hollow-shaped mihrab by renewing the mosque. This mihrab was decorated during the era of Ottoman rule and is still located in al-Masjid al-Nabawi.  


==History==
==History==
During the time of the [[Prophet Muḥammad(a)]], in the place of [[Masjid al-Nabī]] where he prayed, there was no miḥrāb in the form of a hollow-shaped inside the wall. <ref>Ṣāliḥī Lumaʿī, ''Al-madīna al-munawwara'', P. 59.</ref> and the place of prayer of the Prophet, had no sign except that it was next to the [[Mukhallaqa pillar]].<ref>ʿAṭṭār, ''Al-Taʿrīf bi tārīkh wa maʿālim al-masjid al-nabawīī al-sharīf'', p. 162.</ref> This was the first time in the development of Masjid al-Nabī. During the period of Walīd b. Abdul-Malik (r. 86-96 AH/705-714-5), a miḥrāb was built at the place of the Prophet's prayer.<ref>Sayyid al-Wakīl, ''Al-masjid al-nabawīī ʿabar  tārīkh'', p. 128; Jaʿfariyān, ''Āthār-i islāmi-yi Makka wa Madīna'', p. 260.</ref>
During the time of [[Prophet Muhammad(a)]], in the place of [[al-Masjid al-Nabaw]] where he prayed, there was no mihrab in any form<ref>Ṣāliḥ Lumaʿī, ''al-Madīnat al-munawwara'', p. 59. </ref> and the place of prayer of the Prophet (s), had no sign except that it was next to the [[al-Mukhallaqa pillar]].<ref>ʿAṭṭār, ''al-Taʿrīf bi-tārīkh wa maʿālim al-Masjid al-Nabawī al-sharīf'', p. 162. </ref> This was the first time in the development of al-Masjid al-Nabawi, during the period of al-Walid b. 'Abd al-Malik (r. 86/705 -96/714-5), that a mihrab was built at the place of the Prophet's prayer.<ref>Sayyid al-Wakīl, ''al-Masjid al-Nabawī ʿibar tārīkh'', p. 128; Jaʿfarīyān, ''Āthār-i Islāmī-yi Makka wa Madīna'', p. 260. </ref>


===During the Mamālīk period===
===During the Mamluk Period===
Although historical sources do not have any reports about the reconstruction of the miḥrāb during the period of [[Baybars Bunduqdārī]] (r. 658-676 AH/1259-60 -1277-8 AD), the fourth [[Mamālīk]] king, some researchers, by examining historical evidence, believe that the first hollow-shaped miḥrāb (carved into the wall) in the reconstructions of the Baybars period was made in the place that [[Prophet Muḥammad(a)]] prayed; Because the reports of the sources before this date did not mention the existence of a hollow-shaped miḥrāb in the place of Prophet's prayer.<ref>al-Shahrī, ''ʿImāra al-masjid al-nabawīī'', p. 227.</ref>
Although historical sources do not have any reports about the reconstruction of the mihrab during the period of [[Baybars al-Bunduqdari]] (r. 658/1259-60 - 676/1277-8), the fourth [[Mamaluk]] king, some researchers, by examining historical evidence, believe that the first hollow-shaped mihrab (carved into the wall) in the reconstructions of the Baybars period was made in the place that [[Prophet Muhammad(a)]] prayed; Because the reports of the sources before this date did not mention the existence of a hollow-shaped mihrab in the place of the Prophet's prayer.<ref>Al-Shahrī, ''ʿImārat al-Masjid al-Nabawī'', p. 227. </ref>
In the reconstruction of [[Masjid al-Nabī]] during the period of Qāytbāy, the king of Egypt, in 888 AH/1483-4 AD after the fire in Masjid al-Nabī, the miḥrāb was rebuilt in the place of the Prophet's prayer, and in the same period, it was decorated with marble and verses from the Quran were engraved on it<ref>al-Shahrī, ''ʿImāra al-masjid al-nabawīī'', P. 342.</ref>
In the reconstruction of [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi]] during the period of Qaitbay, the Mamluk sultan, in 888/1483-4 after the fire in al-Masjid al-Nabawi, the mihrab was rebuilt in the place of the Prophet's prayer, and in the same period, it was decorated with marble and verses from the Quran were engraved on it.<ref>Al-Shahrī, ''ʿImārat al-Masjid al-Nabawī'', p. 342. </ref>


===In the Ottoman period===
===In the Ottoman Period===
In the reconstruction of [[Masjid al-Nabī]] during the reign of [[king Abdul-Majīd I]], the Prophet's miḥrāb, which was left over from the time of [[Qāytbāy]], was gilded. Also, during this time, ʿAbd Allāh Zāhidī, a Turkish calligrapher, engraved verses of the Quran, texts and poems on the miḥrāb.<ref>Ṣāliḥī Lumaʿī, ''Al-madīna al-munawwara'', p. 96.</ref> In the Saudi period, the same miḥrāb of the Qāytbāy period remained.<ref>Ansārī, ''ʿImārah wa tawsiah al-masjid al-nabawīī'', p. 170.</ref>
In the reconstruction of [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi]] during the reign of [[king Abd al-Majid I]], the Prophet's Mihrab, which was left over from the time of [[Qaitbay]], was gilded. Also, during this time, ʿAbd Allah al-Zuhdi, a Turkish calligrapher, engraved verses of the Quran, texts and poems on the mihrab.<ref>Ṣāliḥ Lumaʿī, ''al-Madīnat al-munawwara'', p. 96. </ref> In the Saudi period, the same mihrab of the Qaitbay period remained.<ref>Anṣārī, ''ʿImāra wa tawsiʿat al-Masjid al-Nabawī'', p. 170. </ref>


==location==
==Location==
The Prophet's miḥrāb was built in the place of [[Masjid al-Nabī]] where [[Prophet Muḥammad(a)]] prayed.<ref>Sayyid al-Wakīl, ''Al-masjid al-nabawīī ʿabar  tārīkh'', p. 128; Jaʿfariyān, ''Āthār-i islāmi-yi Makka wa Madīna'', p. 260.</ref> This miḥrāb is located next to the [[Mukhallaqa pillar]]<ref>Sayyid al-Wakīl, ''Al-masjid al-nabawīī ʿabar  tārīkh'',p. 163.</ref> and in the distance between the pulpit of the Prophet(a) and his grave ([[Rawḍa al-Sharīfa]]).<ref>Sayyid al-Wakīl, ''Al-masjid al-nabawīī ʿabar  tārīkh'',p. 163.</ref> Researchers are of the opinion that this place is the place where the Prophet(a) prayed. <ref>Sayyid al-Wakīl, ''Al-masjid al-nabawīī ʿabar  tārīkh'', p. 128; Jaʿfariyān, ''Āthār-i islāmi-yi Makka wa Madīna'', p. 260.</ref>
The Prophet's Mihrab was built in the place of [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi]] where [[Prophet Muhammad(s)]] prayed.<ref>Sayyid al-Wakīl, ''al-Masjid al-Nabawī ʿibar tārīkh'', p. 128; Jaʿfarīyān, ''Āthār-i Islāmī-yi Makka wa Madīna'', p. 260. </ref> This mihrab is located next to the [[al-Mukhallaqa pillar]]<ref>Sayyid al-Wakīl, ''al-Masjid al-Nabawī ʿibar tārīkh'', p. 163. </ref> and in the distance between the pulpit of the Prophet (a) and his grave ([[al-Rawḍa al-Sharifa]]).<ref>Sayyid al-Wakīl, ''al-Masjid al-Nabawī ʿibar tārīkh'', p. 163. </ref> Researchers are of the opinion that this place is the place where the Prophet(s) prayed.<ref>Sayyid al-Wakīl, ''al-Masjid al-Nabawī ʿibar tārīkh'', p. 128; Jaʿfarīyān, ''Āthār-i Islāmī-yi Makka wa Madīna'', p. 260. </ref>
The miḥrāb is placed in such a way that the one who prostrates on it places his forehead on the Prophet's sitting place, not his prostration place. <ref>Sayyid al-Wakīl, ''Al-masjid al-nabawīī ʿabar  tārīkh'',p. 163.</ref> The Prophet's prostration place is placed under the miḥrāb.<ref>ʿAṭṭār, ''Al-Taʿrīf bi tārīkh wa maʿālim al-masjid al-nabawīī al-sharīf'', p. 164.</ref>
 
The mihrab is placed in such a way that the one who prostrates in it places his forehead on the Prophet's sitting place, not his prostration place.<ref>Sayyid al-Wakīl, ''al-Masjid al-Nabawī ʿibar tārīkh'', p. 163. </ref> The Prophet's prostration place is placed under the mihrab.<ref>ʿAṭṭār, ''al-Taʿrīf bi-tārīkh wa maʿālim al-Masjid al-Nabawī al-sharīf'', p. 164. </ref>


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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file:محراب النبی.jpg|The altar of the Prophet is connected to the Mukhallaqa pillar.
file:محراب النبی.jpg|The the Prophet's Mihrab is connected to the al-Mukhallaqa pillar.  
file:نقشه مسجد النبی، محراب پیامبر.jpg|The location of the Prophet's miḥrāb in the map [[Masjid al-Nabī]].
file:نقشه مسجد النبی، محراب پیامبر.jpg|The location of the the Prophet's Mihrab on the map of [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi]].  
file:محراب پیامبر۲.jpg|Decorations of the prophet's miḥrāb with marble and gilding and verses from the Quran are written on it.
file:محراب پیامبر۲.jpg|Decorations of the the Prophet's Mihrab with marble and gilding and verses from the Quran are written on it.  
</gallery>
</gallery>
==Notes==
==Notes==
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==References==
==References==
{{References}}
{{References}}
*Ansārī, Nājī Muḥammad Ḥasan ʿabdu l-qādir al-. ʿImārah wa tawsiah al-masjid al-nabawīī al-sharīf ʿabar  tārīkh. [n.p], Nādī l-madīna al-munawwara al-adabī, 1996.
* Anṣārī, Nājī Muḥammad Ḥasan ʿAbd al-Qādir al-. ''ʿImāra wa tawsiʿat al-Masjid al-Nabawī al-sharīf ʿibar tārīkh. [n. p], Nādī l-Madīna al-Munawwara al-Adabī, 1996.  
*Hazzaʿ al-Shahrī, Muḥammad .ʿImārah al-masjid al-nabawīī munzu inshāʾihī ḥattā nihāya al-ʿasr al-mamlūkī. Cairo: Cairo: Maktabat al-qāhira li-l kutub, 2001.
* Hazzaʿ al-Shahrī, Muḥammad al-. ''ʿImārat al-Masjid al-Nabawī munz inshāʾihī ḥattā nihāyat al-ʿaṣr al-Mamlūkī''. Cairo: Maktabat al-Qāhira li-l-kutub, 2001.  
*Hazzaʿ al-Shahrī, Muḥammad .Al-masjid al-nabawīī al-sharīf fī al-ʿasr al-ʿuthmānī. . Cairo: Dār al- qāhira, 2003.
* Hazzaʿ al-Shahrī, Muḥammad al-. ''Al-Masjid al-nabawī al-sharīf fī al-ʿaṣr al-ʿUthmānī''. Cairo: Dār al- Qāhira, 2003.  
*Jaʿfariyān, Rasūl. ‘’Āthār-i islāmi-yi Makka wa Madīna’’. Tehran: Mashʿar, 1391 Sh
* Jaʿfarīyān, Rasūl. ''Āthār-i Islāmī-yi Makka wa Madīna''. Tehran: Mashʿar, 1391Sh
*Ṣāliḥī Lumaʿī, Muṣṭafā .Al-madīna al-munawwara taṭawwurihā al-ʿumrānī wa turāthiha al-miʿmārī. Beirut: Dār al-Nihḍa al-‘Arabīyya, 1981.
* Ṣāliḥ Lumaʿī, Muṣṭafā. ''Al-Madīnat al-munawwara, taṭawwurihā l-ʿumrānī wa turāthihā l-miʿmārī''. Beirut: Dār al-Nihḍa al-ʿArabīyya, 1981.  
*Sayyid al-Wakīl, Muḥammad al- .Al-masjid al-nabawīī ʿabar  tārīkh. [n.p], Dār al-mujtamaʿ li-lnashr wa al-tawziʿ, 1988.
* Sayyid al-Wakīl, Muḥammad al-. ''Al-Masjid al-Nabawī ʿibar tārīkh''. [n. p], Dār al-Mujtamaʿ li-l-Nashr wa l-Tawziʿ, 1988.  
*Sayyid Ḍīyāʾ b. Muḥammad b. Maqbūl ʿAṭṭār.Al-Taʿrīf bi tārīkh wa maʿālim al-masjid al-nabawīī al-sharīf. Jeddah: Kunūz al-maʿrifa, 1432 AH.
* ʿAṭṭār, al-Sayyid Ḍīyāʾ b. Muḥammad b. Maqbūl al-. ''Al-Taʿrīf bi-tārīkh wa maʿālim al-Masjid al-Nabawī al-sharīf''. Jeddah: Kunūz al-Maʿrifa, 1432AH.  
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the Prophet's Mihrab
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General Information
Other NamesMihrab al-Nabi, Mihrab Rasul Allah
PlaceAl-Masjid al-Nabawi
History
ReconstructionsIn the time of al-Walid b. 'Abd al-Malik and Mamaluks

The Prophet's Mihrab (Arabic: محراب النبي) is the place where Prophet Muhammad(a) used to pray, which is located in the al-Masjid al-Nabawi between the Prophet's pulpit and his grave. During the time of the Prophet (s), there was nothing in the form of a mihrab, until later during the development of the al-Masjid al-Nabawi during the period of al-Walid b. 'Abd al-Malik, a mihrab was built in the place of his prayer. Qaitbay, the king of Egypt (9th/15th century) rebuilt the hollow-shaped mihrab by renewing the mosque. This mihrab was decorated during the era of Ottoman rule and is still located in al-Masjid al-Nabawi.

History

During the time of Prophet Muhammad(a), in the place of al-Masjid al-Nabaw where he prayed, there was no mihrab in any form[1] and the place of prayer of the Prophet (s), had no sign except that it was next to the al-Mukhallaqa pillar.[2] This was the first time in the development of al-Masjid al-Nabawi, during the period of al-Walid b. 'Abd al-Malik (r. 86/705 -96/714-5), that a mihrab was built at the place of the Prophet's prayer.[3]

During the Mamluk Period

Although historical sources do not have any reports about the reconstruction of the mihrab during the period of Baybars al-Bunduqdari (r. 658/1259-60 - 676/1277-8), the fourth Mamaluk king, some researchers, by examining historical evidence, believe that the first hollow-shaped mihrab (carved into the wall) in the reconstructions of the Baybars period was made in the place that Prophet Muhammad(a) prayed; Because the reports of the sources before this date did not mention the existence of a hollow-shaped mihrab in the place of the Prophet's prayer.[4] In the reconstruction of al-Masjid al-Nabawi during the period of Qaitbay, the Mamluk sultan, in 888/1483-4 after the fire in al-Masjid al-Nabawi, the mihrab was rebuilt in the place of the Prophet's prayer, and in the same period, it was decorated with marble and verses from the Quran were engraved on it.[5]

In the Ottoman Period

In the reconstruction of al-Masjid al-Nabawi during the reign of king Abd al-Majid I, the Prophet's Mihrab, which was left over from the time of Qaitbay, was gilded. Also, during this time, ʿAbd Allah al-Zuhdi, a Turkish calligrapher, engraved verses of the Quran, texts and poems on the mihrab.[6] In the Saudi period, the same mihrab of the Qaitbay period remained.[7]

Location

The Prophet's Mihrab was built in the place of al-Masjid al-Nabawi where Prophet Muhammad(s) prayed.[8] This mihrab is located next to the al-Mukhallaqa pillar[9] and in the distance between the pulpit of the Prophet (a) and his grave (al-Rawḍa al-Sharifa).[10] Researchers are of the opinion that this place is the place where the Prophet(s) prayed.[11]

The mihrab is placed in such a way that the one who prostrates in it places his forehead on the Prophet's sitting place, not his prostration place.[12] The Prophet's prostration place is placed under the mihrab.[13]

Gallery

  • The the Prophet's Mihrab is connected to the al-Mukhallaqa pillar.

    The the Prophet's Mihrab is connected to the al-Mukhallaqa pillar.

  • The location of the the Prophet's Mihrab on the map of al-Masjid al-Nabawi.

    The location of the the Prophet's Mihrab on the map of al-Masjid al-Nabawi.

  • Decorations of the the Prophet's Mihrab with marble and gilding and verses from the Quran are written on it.

    Decorations of the the Prophet's Mihrab with marble and gilding and verses from the Quran are written on it.

Notes

  1. ↑ Ṣāliḥ Lumaʿī, al-Madīnat al-munawwara, p. 59.
  2. ↑ ʿAṭṭār, al-Taʿrīf bi-tārīkh wa maʿālim al-Masjid al-Nabawī al-sharīf, p. 162.
  3. ↑ Sayyid al-Wakīl, al-Masjid al-Nabawī ʿibar tārīkh, p. 128; Jaʿfarīyān, Āthār-i Islāmī-yi Makka wa Madīna, p. 260.
  4. ↑ Al-Shahrī, ʿImārat al-Masjid al-Nabawī, p. 227.
  5. ↑ Al-Shahrī, ʿImārat al-Masjid al-Nabawī, p. 342.
  6. ↑ Ṣāliḥ Lumaʿī, al-Madīnat al-munawwara, p. 96.
  7. ↑ Anṣārī, ʿImāra wa tawsiʿat al-Masjid al-Nabawī, p. 170.
  8. ↑ Sayyid al-Wakīl, al-Masjid al-Nabawī ʿibar tārīkh, p. 128; Jaʿfarīyān, Āthār-i Islāmī-yi Makka wa Madīna, p. 260.
  9. ↑ Sayyid al-Wakīl, al-Masjid al-Nabawī ʿibar tārīkh, p. 163.
  10. ↑ Sayyid al-Wakīl, al-Masjid al-Nabawī ʿibar tārīkh, p. 163.
  11. ↑ Sayyid al-Wakīl, al-Masjid al-Nabawī ʿibar tārīkh, p. 128; Jaʿfarīyān, Āthār-i Islāmī-yi Makka wa Madīna, p. 260.
  12. ↑ Sayyid al-Wakīl, al-Masjid al-Nabawī ʿibar tārīkh, p. 163.
  13. ↑ ʿAṭṭār, al-Taʿrīf bi-tārīkh wa maʿālim al-Masjid al-Nabawī al-sharīf, p. 164.

References

  • Anṣārī, Nājī Muḥammad Ḥasan ʿAbd al-Qādir al-. ʿImāra wa tawsiʿat al-Masjid al-Nabawī al-sharīf ʿibar tārīkh. [n. p], Nādī l-Madīna al-Munawwara al-Adabī, 1996.
  • Hazzaʿ al-Shahrī, Muḥammad al-. ʿImārat al-Masjid al-Nabawī munz inshāʾihī ḥattā nihāyat al-ʿaṣr al-Mamlūkī. Cairo: Maktabat al-Qāhira li-l-kutub, 2001.
  • Hazzaʿ al-Shahrī, Muḥammad al-. Al-Masjid al-nabawī al-sharīf fī al-ʿaṣr al-ʿUthmānī. Cairo: Dār al- Qāhira, 2003.
  • Jaʿfarīyān, Rasūl. Āthār-i Islāmī-yi Makka wa Madīna. Tehran: Mashʿar, 1391Sh
  • Ṣāliḥ Lumaʿī, Muṣṭafā. Al-Madīnat al-munawwara, taṭawwurihā l-ʿumrānī wa turāthihā l-miʿmārī. Beirut: Dār al-Nihḍa al-ʿArabīyya, 1981.
  • Sayyid al-Wakīl, Muḥammad al-. Al-Masjid al-Nabawī ʿibar tārīkh. [n. p], Dār al-Mujtamaʿ li-l-Nashr wa l-Tawziʿ, 1988.
  • ʿAṭṭār, al-Sayyid Ḍīyāʾ b. Muḥammad b. Maqbūl al-. Al-Taʿrīf bi-tārīkh wa maʿālim al-Masjid al-Nabawī al-sharīf. Jeddah: Kunūz al-Maʿrifa, 1432AH.
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