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Sulaymānī Miḥrāb(Arabic: محراب سلیمانی)is one of Miḥrābs of Al-Nabīī Mosque. 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.

The place of the Miḥrāb

Sulaymānī Miḥrāb, which is also called Ḥanafī Miḥrāb, is one of the Miḥrābs of Masjid Al-Nabī in 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.

constructing the Miḥrāb

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). Until the age of Ṭūghān Sheikh, Muslims in 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 leadership of a Ḥanafī Imam. After this date, the beginning of prayer was held under the Imamate of Imam Shafi’i, who stood in the Prophet’s Mihrab, and then Imam Hanafi prayed in the new Mihrab (which became known as the Hanafi Miḥrāb and later the Soleimani Mihrab). Imam Hanafi and Imam Shafi’i performed the Taraweeh prayer together in the nights of Ramadan. [3.Samhudī, ʿAlī b. ʿAbd Allāh. ‘’Wafāʾ al-wafāvol2 p210, Ibrāhīm Rafʿat Pāshā. ‘’Mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn vol 1p469,470 ] This issue spread from Madinah to Mecca as well. [4.Samhudī, ʿAlī b. ʿAbd Allāh. ‘’Wafāʾ al-wafā. Vol 2p210. ] Becoming famous for Soleimani altar The Hanafi altar was rebuilt in 938 Hijri by the order of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, preserving the appearance of the Prophet’s altar, and was decorated with black and white marble, and from then on, it became known as the Soleimani altar[5. Ibrāhīm Rafʿat Pāshā. ‘’Mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn,vol p 470. Najafī, Sayyid Muḥammad Bāqir. Madīna shināsī. Vol 1.p168,169]. It is not held and the imam of Al-Nabi Mosque prays in the Ottoman altar. Altar inscriptions mihrab, there is an inscription in golden script on a shiny red oil background, which refers to the construction of the mihrab by the order of Sultan Suleiman in the year 938. [6. . Ibrāhīm Rafʿat Pāshā. ‘’Mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn,vol 1 p 470. Najafī, Sayyid Muḥammad Bāqir. Madīna shināsī. Vol 1.p168,169]. It is not held and the imam ]

Inside and around the altar is also decorated with inscriptions of verses of the Koran. These verses are: Verse 162 of Al-Baqarah; 95 of Al-Imran and verse 112 of repentance. [7. Ṣabrī Pāshā, Ayyūb. ‘’Mawsūʿa mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn’’vol 4.p610.. Ibrāhīm Rafʿat Pāshā. ‘’Mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn,vol 1p470 Najafī, Sayyid Muḥammad Bāqir. Madīna shināsī vol 1 p169 ]

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•Najafī, Sayyid Muḥammad Bāqir. Madīna shināsī. Tehran: Mashʿar, 1387 sh.

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