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'''Sulaymānī's Miḥrāb'''(Arabic: محراب سلیمانی)is one of Miḥrābs of [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi|Masjid Al-Nabī]]. This Miḥrāb is on the right side of the [[Miḥrāb of the Prophet(a)]] and on the left side of the [[pulpit of the Prophet(a)]]. This Miḥrāb was built in the mosque from the 9th century/15th century AD,  and was the place of prayer for the followers of Ḥanafī denomination. In 938/1531-2, by order of [[Sultan Sulaymān qānūnī]], this Miḥrāb was rebuilt and since then it has been known as Sulaymānī Miḥrāb.
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'''Al-Sulaymani Mihrab''' (Arabic: {{ia|محراب سلیمانی}}) is one of mihrabs of [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi]]. This mihrab is on the right side of the [[the Prophet's Mihrab]] and the left side of the [[the Prophet's Pulpit]]. This mihrab was built in the mosque in the 9th/15th century and was the place of prayer for the followers of the Hanafi denomination. In 938/1531-2, by order of [[Sultan Suleiman I]], this mihrab was rebuilt and since then it has been known as al-Sulaymani Mihrab.


==The place of the Miḥrāb==
==Place==
Sulaymānī Miḥrāb, which is also called Ḥanafī Miḥrāb, is one of the Miḥrābs of [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi|Masjid Al-Nabī]] in[[File: محراب سلیمانی۲.JPG|thumbnail|right]]  [[medina]]. This Miḥrāb is located within the scope of the mosque of the time of the [[Prophet(a)]], outside the [[Rawḍa]], at the southern area of the mosque (before the southern area of ʿUmar and ʿUthmān’s development), in front and on the right side of the [[Miḥrāb of the Prophet(a)]] and on the left side of the pulpit of the Prophet(a), in the place of the third column west of this pulpit and the seventh column of [[Bāb al-Salām]].<ref>Ṣabrī Pāshā, ''Mawsūʿa Mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn'', vol. 4, p. 609;  Rāfiʿī sūdānī, ''Ittiḥāf  al-Muʾminīn'',  p. 82; Najafī, ''Madīna shināsī'', vol. 1, p. 168.</ref>
Al-Sulaymani Mihrab, which is also called al-Hanafi Mihrab, is one of the mihrabs of [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi]] in [[Medina]]. This mihrab is located within the area of the mosque in the time of the [[Prophet(a)]], outside the [[Rawda]], at the southern area of the mosque (before the southern developments in the time of 'Umar and 'Uthman), in front and on the right side of the [[the Prophet's Mihrab]] and the left side of the Prophet's pulpit, in the place of the third column west of this pulpit and the seventh column of [[Bab al-Salam]].<ref>Ṣabrī Pāshā, ''Mawsūʿa mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn'', vol. 4, p. 609;  Rāfiʿī al-Sūdānī, ''Ittiḥāf  al-muʾminīn'',  p. 82; Najafī, ''Madīnashināsī'', vol. 1, p. 168.</ref>


==constructing the Miḥrāb==
==Construction==
This Miḥrāb was built in 861AH/ 1456-7AD during the era of [[Malik al-Ashraf Abū Nasr ʾīnāl]], one of the kings of [[Egypt]] (R:857-865 AH/1453-4; 1460-1AD) by the supervisor of the affairs of [[Masjid al-Ḥarām]], Ṭūghān Sheikh Aḥmadī Ḥanafī (881 AH/1476-7).<ref>Sakhāwī, ''Al-Tuḥfat al-laṭīfa'', vol. 1, p. 474; Rafʿat Pāshā, ''Mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn'',  vol. 1,  p. 469; ''Mʿālim dār al-hijra'',  p. 250,251.</ref> Until the age of Sheikh Ṭūghān, Muslims in [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi|Masjid Al-Nabī]] used to do daily prayer to an Imam who stood in the [[Prophet's Miḥrāb]] during the off-season of [[Hajj]] and in the [[ʿUthmān Miḥrāb]] during the Hajj season. Ṭūghān Sheikh built a new Miḥrāb in the mosque so that a separate congregational prayer can be held under the following of a Ḥanafī Imam. After this date, the beginning of prayer was held under the following of Imam Shafiʿī, who stood in the [[Prophet’s Miḥrāb]], and then Imam Ḥanafī prayed in the new Miḥrāb(which became known as the Ḥanafī Miḥrāb and later the Sulaymānī Miḥrāb). Imam Ḥanafī and Imam Shafiʿī performed the Tarāwīḥ prayer together in the nights of [[Ramaḍān]].<ref>Samhudī,''Wafāʾ al-wafā'', vol. 2, p. 210; Rafʿat Pāshā, ''Mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn'', vol. 1, p. 469-470.</ref>This issue spread from [[Medina]] to [[Mecca]] as well.<ref>Samhudī, ''Wafāʾ al-wafā'', Vol. 2, p. 210.</ref>
Al-Sulaymani Mihrab was built in 861/1456-7 during the era of [[Malik al-Ashraf Abu Nasr Inal]], the Mamluk sultan (Ruled: 857/1453-4 - 865/1460-1) by the supervisor of the affairs of [[al-Masjid al-Haram]], Tughan Sheikh al-Ahmadi al-Hanafi (881/1476-7) the manager of al-Masjid al-Haram.<ref>Sakhāwī, ''al-Tuḥfat al-laṭīfa, vol. 1, p. 474; Rafʿat Pāshā, ''Mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn'',  vol. 1,  p. 469; Yūsuf, ''Maʿālim dār al-hijra'',  p. 250,251.</ref> Before that, leaders of congregational prayer used to stand in [[the Prophet's Mihrab]] and in the [[al-'Uthmani Mihrab]] during the hajj season. Tughan Sheikh built a new mihrab in the mosque so that a separate congregational prayer could be held with a Hanafi leader.  


==Becoming famous as Sulaymānī Miḥrāb==
After this date, the first congregational prayer was held following Shafi'i imam standing in the [[Prophet's Mihrab]]. Then a Hanafi imam led another congregational prayer in the new mihrab (which became known as the al-Hanafi mihrab and later the al-Sulaymani Mihrab). The Hanafi and Shafi'i imams performed the Tarawih prayer simultaneously on the nights of [[Ramadan]].<ref>Samhudi,''Wafa' al-wafa'', vol. 2, p. 210; Rafʿat Pāshā, ''Mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn'', vol. 1, p. 469-470.</ref> This arrangement was followed in [[Mecca]] as well.<ref>Samhūdī, ''Wafāʾ al-wafā'', Vol. 2, p. 210.</ref>
The Ḥanafī Miḥrāb was rebuilt in 938AH/ 1531-2 AD by the order of [[Sultan Sulaymān qānūnī]], preserving the appearance of the [[Prophet’s Miḥrāb]], and was decorated with black and white marble, and from then on, it became known as the Sulaymānī Miḥrāb<ref>Rafʿat Pāshā, ''Mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn'', vol. 1, p. 470; Najafī, ''Madīna shināsī'', Vol. 1, p. 168,169</ref> Currently, congregational prayers are not held in this miḥrāb and the imam of [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi|Masjid Al-Nabī]] prays in the [[ʿUthmān Miḥrāb]].


===Miḥrāb inscriptions===
==Naming as al-Sulaymani Mihrab==
Behind the building of the miḥrāb, there is an inscription in gold script on a shiny red oil background, which refers to the construction of the miḥrāb by the order of Sultan Sulaymān in the year 938AH/1531-2AD.<ref>Rafʿat Pāshā, ''Mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn'', vol. 1, p. 470; Najafī, ''Madīna shināsī'', Vol. 1, p. 168,169.</ref>
The al-Hanafi Mihrab was rebuilt in 938/1531-2 by the order of [[Sultan Suleiman I]], with the style of [[the Prophet's Mihrab]], and was decorated with black and white marble, and from then on, it became known as the al-Sulaymani Mihrab<ref>Rafʿat Pāshā, ''Mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn'', vol. 1, p. 470; Najafī, ''Madīnashināsī'', Vol. 1, p. 168,169</ref> Today, imam of congregational prayers of [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi do not stand in this mihrab rather they stand in [[al-'Uthmani Mihrab]].


Inside and around the altar is also decorated with inscriptions of verses of the [[Quran]]. These verses are: Verse 162 of Al-Baqara; 95 Al-Imran and verse 112 of Al-Tawba.<ref>Ṣabrī Pāshā, ''Mawsūʿa mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn'', vol. 4, p. 610; Rafʿat Pāshā, ''Mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn'', vol. 1, p. 470; Najafī, ''Madīna shināsī'', vol. 1, p. 169.</ref>
==Inscriptions==
Behind the building of the mihrab, there is an inscription in gold script on a shiny red oil background, about the construction of the mihrab by the order of Sultan Suleiman I in the year 938/1531-2.<ref>Rafʿat Pāshā, ''Mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn'', vol. 1, p. 470; Najafī, ''Madīnashināsī'', Vol. 1, p. 168,169.</ref>
 
Inside and around the mihrab is also decorated with inscriptions of verses of the [[Quran]]. The verses are: al-Baqara:162, Al 'Imran:95 and al-Tawba:112.<ref>Ṣabrī Pāshā, ''Mawsūʿa mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn'', vol. 4, p. 610; Rafʿat Pāshā, ''Mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn'', vol. 1, p. 470; Najafī, ''Madīnashināsī'', vol. 1, p. 169.</ref>


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* Najafī, Sayyid Muḥammad Bāqir. ''Madīnashināsī''. Tehran: Mashʿar, 1387Sh.
*Najafī, Sayyid Muḥammad Bāqir. Madīna shināsī. Tehran: Mashʿar, 1387 sh.
* Rafʿat Pāshā, Ibrāhīm. ''Mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn, aw, al-raḥlāt al-ḥijāziyya wa al-ḥaj wa mashāʿirihi al-dīnīyya''. Beirut: Dār al-Maʿrifa, [n.d].
*Rafʿat Pāshā, Ibrāhīm. ‘’Mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn, aw, al-raḥlāt al-ḥijāziyya wa al-ḥaj wa mashāʿirihi al-dīniyya’’. Beirut: Dār al-Maʿrifa, [n.d].
* Rāfiʿī al-Sūdānī, Musṭafā b. Muḥammad al-. ''Ittiḥāf  al-muʾminīn bi-tārīkh Masjid Khātam al-Nabīyyīn''. Medina: al-Maktabat al-ʿIlmīyya, 1404AH.
*Rāfiʿī sūdānī, Musṭafā b. Muḥammad . Ittiḥāf  al-Muʾminīn bi tārīkh masjid khātam al-nabyyīn. Medina: Maktabat al- Maktabat al-ʿIlmīyya, 1404 AH.
* Ṣabrī Pāshā, Ayyūb. ''Mawsūʿa mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn''. 1st edition. Cairo: Dār al-Āfāq al-ʿArabīyya, 1424 AH.
*Ṣabrī Pāshā, Ayyūb. ‘’Mawsūʿa mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn’’. 1st edition. Cairo: Dār al-Āfāq al-ʿArabīyya, 1424 AH.
* Sakhāwī, Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān. ''Al-Tuḥfat al-laṭīfa fī tārīkh al-Madīna al-sharīfa’’. Beirut: Dār al-Kutub al-ʿIlmīyya, 1414/1993.
*Sakhāwī, Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān. ‘’Al-Tuḥfat al-laṭīfa fī tārīkh al-Madīna al-sharīfa’’. Beirut: Dār al-Kutub al-ʿIlmiyya, 1414 AH-1993.
* Samhūdī, ʿAlī b. ʿAbd Allāh. ''Wafāʾ al-wafā bi-akhbār dār al-Muṣṭafā''. Beirut: Dār al-Kutub al-ʿIlmīyya, 2006.
*Samhudī, ʿAlī b. ʿAbd Allāh. ‘’Wafāʾ al-wafā bi akhbār dar al-Muṣṭafā’’. Beirut: Dār al-Kutub al-ʿIlmiyya, 2006.
* Yūsuf, ʿAbd al-Razzāq. ''Maʿālim dār al-hijra''. Medina:  Maktabat al-ʿIlmīyya, 1401AH.
*Yūsuf ,ʿAbd al-razzāq. Mʿālim dār al-hijra. Medina:  Maktabat al-ʿIlmīyya, 1401 AH.
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