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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 bimā ʾānasat'', 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 | ==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 bimā ʾānasat'', p. 92; Samhūdī, ''Wafāʾ al- | This pillar became famous because Imam Ali(a) used to stand next to it to guard the Prophet.<ref>Maṭarī, ''Al-Taʿrīf bimā ʾānasat al-hijra'', p. 92; Samhūdī, ''Wafāʾ al-wafāʾ'', vol. 2, p. 185.</ref> | ||
==Other names== | ==Other names== | ||
===Mahras pillar=== | ===Mahras pillar=== | ||