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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==
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*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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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

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.