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Mihrab of the Prophet (s)
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General Information
Other NamesMihrab al-Nabi, Mihrab Rasul Allah
PlaceAl-Masjid al-Nabawi
History
ReconstructionsIn the time of al-Walid b. 'Abd al-Malik and Mamaluks

Mihrab of the Prophet (s) (Arabic: محراب النبي) is the place where Prophet Muhammad(a) used to pray, which is located in the al-Masjid al-Nabawi between the Prophet's pulpit and his grave. During the time of the Prophet (s), there was nothing in the form of a mihrab, until later during the development of the al-Masjid al-Nabawi during the period of al-Walid b. 'Abd al-Malik, a mihrab was built in the place of his prayer. Qaitbay, the king of Egypt (9th/15th century) rebuilt the hollow-shaped mihrab by renewing the mosque. this mihrab was decorated during the era of Ottoman rule and is still located in al-Masjid al-Nabawi.

History

During the time of Prophet Muhammad(a), in the place of al-Masjid al-Nabaw where he prayed, there was no mihrab in any form[1] and the place of prayer of the Prophet (s), had no sign except that it was next to the al-Mukhallaqa pillar.[2] This was the first time in the development of al-Masjid al-Nabawi, during the period of al-Walid b. 'Abd al-Malik (r. 86/705 -96/714-5), that a mihrab was built at the place of the Prophet's prayer.[3]

During the Mamluk Period

Although historical sources do not have any reports about the reconstruction of the mihrab during the period of Baybars al-Bunduqdari (r. 658/1259-60 - 676/1277-8), the fourth Mamaluk king, some researchers, by examining historical evidence, believe that the first hollow-shaped mihrab (carved into the wall) in the reconstructions of the Baybars period was made in the place that Prophet Muhammad(a) prayed; Because the reports of the sources before this date did not mention the existence of a hollow-shaped mihrab in the place of the Prophet's prayer.[4] In the reconstruction of al-Masjid al-Nabawi during the period of Qaitbay, the Mamluk sultan, in 888/1483-4 after the fire in al-Masjid al-Nabawi, the mihrab was rebuilt in the place of the Prophet's prayer, and in the same period, it was decorated with marble and verses from the Quran were engraved on it.[5]

In the Ottoman Period

In the reconstruction of al-Masjid al-Nabawi during the reign of king Abd al-Majid I, the mihrab of the Prophet, which was left over from the time of Qaitbay, was gilded. Also, during this time, ʿAbd Allah al-Zuhdi, a Turkish calligrapher, engraved verses of the Quran, texts and poems on the mihrab.[6] In the Saudi period, the same mihrab of the Qaitbay period remained.[7]

Location

The Prophet's mihrab was built in the place of al-Masjid al-Nabawi where Prophet Muhammad(s) prayed.[8] This mihrab is located next to the al-Mukhallaqa pillar[9] and in the distance between the pulpit of the Prophet (a) and his grave (al-Rawḍa al-Sharifa).[10] Researchers are of the opinion that this place is the place where the Prophet(s) prayed.[11]

The mihrab is placed in such a way that the one who prostrates in it places his forehead on the Prophet's sitting place, not his prostration place.[12] The Prophet's prostration place is placed under the mihrab.[13]

Gallery

  • The mihrab of the Prophet(s) is connected to the al-Mukhallaqa pillar.

    The mihrab of the Prophet(s) is connected to the al-Mukhallaqa pillar.

  • The location of the mihrab of the Prophet(s) on the map of al-Masjid al-Nabawi.

    The location of the mihrab of the Prophet(s) on the map of al-Masjid al-Nabawi.

  • Decorations of the mihrab of the Prophet(s) with marble and gilding and verses from the Quran are written on it.

    Decorations of the mihrab of the Prophet(s) with marble and gilding and verses from the Quran are written on it.

Notes

  1. ↑ Ṣāliḥ Lumaʿī, al-Madīnat al-munawwara, p. 59.
  2. ↑ ʿAṭṭār, al-Taʿrīf bi-tārīkh wa maʿālim al-Masjid al-Nabawī al-sharīf, p. 162.
  3. ↑ Sayyid al-Wakīl, al-Masjid al-Nabawī ʿibar tārīkh, p. 128; Jaʿfarīyān, Āthār-i Islāmī-yi Makka wa Madīna, p. 260.
  4. ↑ Al-Shahrī, ʿImārat al-Masjid al-Nabawī, p. 227.
  5. ↑ Al-Shahrī, ʿImārat al-Masjid al-Nabawī, p. 342.
  6. ↑ Ṣāliḥ Lumaʿī, al-Madīnat al-munawwara, p. 96.
  7. ↑ Anṣārī, ʿImāra wa tawsiʿat al-Masjid al-Nabawī, p. 170.
  8. ↑ Sayyid al-Wakīl, al-Masjid al-Nabawī ʿibar tārīkh, p. 128; Jaʿfarīyān, Āthār-i Islāmī-yi Makka wa Madīna, p. 260.
  9. ↑ Sayyid al-Wakīl, al-Masjid al-Nabawī ʿibar tārīkh, p. 163.
  10. ↑ Sayyid al-Wakīl, al-Masjid al-Nabawī ʿibar tārīkh, p. 163.
  11. ↑ Sayyid al-Wakīl, al-Masjid al-Nabawī ʿibar tārīkh, p. 128; Jaʿfarīyān, Āthār-i Islāmī-yi Makka wa Madīna, p. 260.
  12. ↑ Sayyid al-Wakīl, al-Masjid al-Nabawī ʿibar tārīkh, p. 163.
  13. ↑ ʿAṭṭār, al-Taʿrīf bi-tārīkh wa maʿālim al-Masjid al-Nabawī al-sharīf, p. 164.

References

  • Anṣārī, Nājī Muḥammad Ḥasan ʿAbd al-Qādir al-. ʿImāra wa tawsiʿat al-Masjid al-Nabawī al-sharīf ʿibar tārīkh. [n. p], Nādī l-Madīna al-Munawwara al-Adabī, 1996.
  • Hazzaʿ al-Shahrī, Muḥammad al-. ʿImārat al-Masjid al-Nabawī munz inshāʾihī ḥattā nihāyat al-ʿaṣr al-Mamlūkī. Cairo: Maktabat al-Qāhira li-l-kutub, 2001.
  • Hazzaʿ al-Shahrī, Muḥammad al-. Al-Masjid al-nabawī al-sharīf fī al-ʿaṣr al-ʿUthmānī. Cairo: Dār al- Qāhira, 2003.
  • Jaʿfarīyān, Rasūl. Āthār-i Islāmī-yi Makka wa Madīna. Tehran: Mashʿar, 1391Sh
  • Ṣāliḥ Lumaʿī, Muṣṭafā. Al-Madīnat al-munawwara, taṭawwurihā l-ʿumrānī wa turāthihā l-miʿmārī. Beirut: Dār al-Nihḍa al-ʿArabīyya, 1981.
  • Sayyid al-Wakīl, Muḥammad al-. Al-Masjid al-Nabawī ʿibar tārīkh. [n. p], Dār al-Mujtamaʿ li-l-Nashr wa l-Tawziʿ, 1988.
  • ʿAṭṭār, al-Sayyid Ḍīyāʾ b. Muḥammad b. Maqbūl al-. Al-Taʿrīf bi-tārīkh wa maʿālim al-Masjid al-Nabawī al-sharīf. Jeddah: Kunūz al-Maʿrifa, 1432AH.
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