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'''Al-Ḥaras pillar''' or '''al-Maḥras pillar'''(Arabic: {{ia|الحَرَس}} or {{ia|المَحرَس}}) is a pillar in [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi]] that [[Imam Ali(a)]] stood next to it to guard and protect [[Prophet | '''Al-Ḥaras pillar''' or '''al-Maḥras pillar'''(Arabic: {{ia|الحَرَس}} or {{ia|المَحرَس}}) is a pillar in [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi]] that [[Imam Ali(a)]] stood next to it to guard and protect [[Prophet Muhammad(a)]]. This pillar is also known as Imam Ali's musalla (place of prayer) and the pillar of Ali is another name for this pillar. Al-Haras pillar is one of the pillars of the [[Prophet's holy shrine]] and half of it is inside the shrine. | ||
==Location== | ==Location== | ||
This pillar is located on the north side, behind the [[pillar of | This pillar is located on the north side, behind the [[pillar of al-Tawba]] (repentance) and in front of the [[Prophet's house]], which is now his holy shrine, and the prophet for praying used to enter the mosque through the door in front of it.<ref>Maṭarī, ''Al-Taʿrīf bi-mā anasat al-hijra'', p. 92.</ref> Now half of this pillar is located next to the [[prophet's holy shrine]] and inside the shrine.<ref>Shurrāb, ''al-Maʿālim al-athīra'', p. 40.</ref> | ||
==Reason for Naming== | |||
This pillar became famous because Imam Ali(a) used to stand next to it to guard the Prophet.<ref>Maṭarī, ''Al-Taʿrīf bi-mā anasat al-hijra'', p. 92; Samhūdī, ''Wafāʾ al-wafāʾ'', vol. 2, p. 185.</ref> | |||
==Other names== | ==Other names== | ||
===Mahras pillar=== | ===Al-Mahras pillar=== | ||
This pillar is also known as Mahras<ref>Maṭarī, ''Al-Taʿrīf | This pillar is also known as al-Mahras<ref>Maṭarī, ''Al-Taʿrīf bi-mā anasat'', p. 92.</ref> the arabic word al-mahras ({{ia|المحرس}}) is rooted from «ح ـ ر ـ س» that means, to guard and to protect.<ref>Ibn Manẓūr, ''Lisān al-ʿArab'', vol. 6, p. 48; word: «حرس».</ref> | ||
===Ali's pillar=== | ===Ali's pillar=== | ||
This pillar is also known as "Musalla Ali b. Abi Talib" because Imam Ali(a) recites his prayers next to it.<ref>Ibn Zabāla, ''Akhbār al-madīna'', p. 100; Shurrāb, ''Al-Maʿālim al-athīra'', p. 40; Samhūdī, ''Wafāʾ al-wafā'', vol. 2, p. 185.</ref>Based on the report of Samhoudi, the ruler of [[Medina]] used to pray near this pillar, in such a way that the pillar was placed behind him.<ref>Samhūdī, ''Wafāʾ al-wafā'', vol. 2, p. 185.</ref> | This pillar is also known as "Musalla Ali b. Abi Talib" because Imam Ali(a) recites his prayers next to it.<ref>Ibn Zabāla, ''Akhbār al-madīna'', p. 100; Shurrāb, ''Al-Maʿālim al-athīra'', p. 40; Samhūdī, ''Wafāʾ al-wafā'', vol. 2, p. 185.</ref>Based on the report of Samhoudi, the ruler of [[Medina]] used to pray near this pillar, in such a way that the pillar was placed behind him.<ref>Samhūdī, ''Wafāʾ al-wafā'', vol. 2, p. 185.</ref> | ||
===Majlis Qallada pillar=== | ===Majlis Qallada pillar=== | ||
This pillar was also called "Majlis Qallada"; Because the prominent companions surround it and hold it in the middle like a necklace.<ref>Shurrāb, ''Al-Maʿālim al-athīra'', p. 43.</ref> Samhudi did not accept this and considered Majlis Qallada to be another name for the [[pillar of wufud]].<ref>Samhūdī, ''Wafāʾ al- | This pillar was also called "Majlis Qallada"; Because the prominent companions surround it and hold it in the middle like a necklace.<ref>Shurrāb, ''Al-Maʿālim al-athīra'', p. 43.</ref> Al-Samhudi did not accept this and considered Majlis Qallada to be another name for the [[pillar of wufud]].<ref>Samhūdī, ''Wafāʾ al-wafāʾ'', vol. 2, p. 185.</ref> | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery mode="packed"> | ||
file:نقشه مسجدالنبی و ستونهای آن.webp|The map of [[Masjid al-Nabi]] where number | file:نقشه مسجدالنبی و ستونهای آن.webp|The map of [[Masjid al-Nabi]] where number 5 shows the location of the Ali's pillar. | ||
file:ستون حرس و ستون سریر.png|Haras | file:ستون حرس و ستون سریر.png|Al-Haras pillar next to [[al-Sarir pillar]]. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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{{References}} | {{References}} | ||
*Ibn Manẓūr, Muḥammad b. Mukarram. ''Lisān al-ʿArab''. Qom: Adab al-Ḥawza, 1405 AH. | *Ibn Manẓūr, Muḥammad b. Mukarram. ''Lisān al-ʿArab''. Qom: Adab al-Ḥawza, 1405 AH. | ||
*Ibn Zabāla. ''Akhbār al-madīna''. Medina: Markaz Buḥūth wa | *Ibn Zabāla. ''Akhbār al-madīna''. Medina: Markaz Buḥūth wa Dirāsāt al-Madina al-Munawwara, 1424 AH. | ||
*Maṭarī, Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-. ''Al-Taʿrīf | *Maṭarī, Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-. ''Al-Taʿrīf bi-mā anasat al-hijra min maʿālim dār al-hijra''. Riyadh: Dār al-malik ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, 2005. | ||
*Samhūdī, ʿAlī b. ʿAbd Allāh. ''Wafāʾ al- | *Samhūdī, ʿAlī b. ʿAbd Allāh al-. ''Wafāʾ al-wafāʾ bi-akhbār dar al-Muṣṭafā''. Edited by Muḥammad Muḥyi l-Dīn ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd. Beirut: 1984. | ||
*Shurrāb, Muḥammad b. Muḥammad Ḥasan. ''Al-Maʿālim al-athīra''. Tehran: Mashʿar, 1383 sh. | * Shurrāb, Muḥammad b. Muḥammad Ḥasan. ''Al-Maʿālim al-athīra''. Tehran: Mashʿar, 1383 sh. | ||
*Yamānī, Aḥmad | * Yamānī, Aḥmad Zakī al-. ''Mawsūʿat Makka al-mukarrama wa l-Madina al-munawwara''. London: Muʾssisa al-Furqān, 1429 AH. | ||
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[[Category:Pillars of al-Masjid al-Nabawi]] | [[Category:Pillars of al-Masjid al-Nabawi]] | ||
[[fa:ستون حرس]] | [[fa:ستون حرس]] | ||