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==Location== | ==Location== | ||
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 | 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== | ==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 | 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== | ||
===Al-Mahras pillar=== | ===Al-Mahras pillar=== | ||
This pillar is also known as al-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=== | ||