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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( | 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 Muhammad (s)]], 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> | ||
==Construction== | ==Construction== | ||
Al-Sulaymani Mihrab was built in 861/1456-7 during the era of [[Malik al-Ashraf Abu Nasr Inal]], the Mamluk sultan ( | Al-Sulaymani Mihrab was built in 861/1456-7 during the era of [[Malik al-Ashraf Abu Nasr Inal]], the Mamluk sultan (R: 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. | ||
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> | 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> | ||
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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]]. | 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]]. | ||
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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> | 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> | ||
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* 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-ʿIlmīyya, 1414/1993. | ||
* Samhūdī, ʿAlī b. ʿAbd Allāh. | * Samhūdī, ʿAlī b. ʿAbd Allāh. ''Wafāʾ al-wafā bi-akhbār dār al-Muṣṭafā''. Beirut: Dār al-Kutub al-ʿIlmīyya, 2006. | ||
* Yūsuf, ʿAbd al-Razzāq. ''Maʿālim dār al-hijra''. Medina: Maktabat al-ʿIlmīyya, 1401AH. | * Yūsuf, ʿAbd al-Razzāq. ''Maʿālim dār al-hijra''. Medina: Maktabat al-ʿIlmīyya, 1401AH. | ||
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