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==History==
==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<ref>Ṣalihi Lumaʿi, ''Al-madina al-munawwara'', P. 59.</ref> and the place of prayer of the Prophet (s), had no sign except that it was next to the [[al-Mukhallaqa pillar]].<ref>ʿAṭṭar, ''Al-Taʿrif bi tarikh wa maʿalim al-masjid al-nabawii al-sharif'', p. 162.</ref> 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.<ref>Sayyid al-Wakil, ''Al-masjid al-nabawii ʿabar  tarikh'', p. 128; Jaʿfariyan,  ''athar-i islami-yi Makka wa Madina'', p. 260.</ref>
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<ref>Ṣāliḥ Lumaʿī, ''al-Madīnat al-munawwara'', P. 59.</ref> and the place of prayer of the Prophet (s), had no sign except that it was next to the [[al-Mukhallaqa pillar]].<ref>ʿAṭṭār, ‘’Al-Taʿrīf bi tārīkh wa maʿālim al-masjid al-nabawī al-sharīf’’, p. 162.</ref> 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.<ref>Sayyid al-Wakil, ''Al-masjid al-nabawii ʿabar  tarikh'', p. 128; Jaʿfariyan,  ''athar-i islami-yi Makka wa Madina'', p. 260.</ref>


===During the Mamluk Period===
===During the Mamluk Period===
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===In the Ottoman Period===
===In the Ottoman Period===
In the reconstruction of [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi]] during the reign of [[king Abdul-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.<ref>Ṣalihi Lumaʿi, ''Al-madina al-munawwara'', p. 96.</ref> In the Saudi period, the same mihrab of the Qaitbay period remained.<ref>Ansari, ''ʿImarah wa tawsiah al-masjid al-nabawii'', p. 170.</ref>
In the reconstruction of [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi]] during the reign of [[king Abdul-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.<ref>Ṣāliḥ Lumaʿī, ''al-Madīnat al-munawwara'', p. 96.</ref> In the Saudi period, the same mihrab of the Qaitbay period remained.<ref>Ansari, ''ʿImarah wa tawsiah al-masjid al-nabawii'', p. 170.</ref>


==Location==
==Location==
The Prophet's mihrab was built in the place of [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi]] where [[Prophet Muhammad(s)]] prayed.<ref>Sayyid al-Wakil, ''Al-masjid al-nabawii ʿabar  tarikh'', p. 128; Jaʿfariyan,  ''athar-i islami-yi Makka wa Madina'', p. 260.</ref> This mihrab is located next to the [[al-Mukhallaqa pillar]]<ref>Sayyid al-Wakil, ''Al-masjid al-nabawii ʿabar  tarikh'',p. 163.</ref> and in the distance between the pulpit of the Prophet (a) and his grave ([[al-Rawḍa al-Sharifa]]).<ref>Sayyid al-Wakil, ''Al-masjid al-nabawii ʿabar  tarikh'',p. 163.</ref> Researchers are of the opinion that this place is the place where the Prophet(s) prayed. <ref>Sayyid al-Wakil, ''Al-masjid al-nabawii ʿabar  tarikh'', p. 128; Jaʿfariyan,  ''athar-i islami-yi Makka wa Madina'', p. 260.</ref>
The Prophet's mihrab was built in the place of [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi]] where [[Prophet Muhammad(s)]] prayed.<ref>Sayyid al-Wakil, ''Al-masjid al-nabawii ʿabar  tarikh'', p. 128; Jaʿfariyan,  ''athar-i islami-yi Makka wa Madina'', p. 260.</ref> This mihrab is located next to the [[al-Mukhallaqa pillar]]<ref>Sayyid al-Wakil, ''Al-masjid al-nabawii ʿabar  tarikh'',p. 163.</ref> and in the distance between the pulpit of the Prophet (a) and his grave ([[al-Rawḍa al-Sharifa]]).<ref>Sayyid al-Wakil, ''Al-masjid al-nabawii ʿabar  tarikh'',p. 163.</ref> Researchers are of the opinion that this place is the place where the Prophet(s) prayed. <ref>Sayyid al-Wakil, ''Al-masjid al-nabawii ʿabar  tarikh'', p. 128; Jaʿfariyan,  ''athar-i islami-yi Makka wa Madina'', p. 260.</ref>


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. <ref>Sayyid al-Wakil, ''Al-masjid al-nabawii ʿabar  tarikh'',p. 163.</ref> The Prophet's prostration place is placed under the mihrab.<ref>ʿAṭṭar, ''Al-Taʿrif bi tarikh wa maʿalim al-masjid al-nabawii al-sharif'', p. 164.</ref>
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. <ref>Sayyid al-Wakil, ''Al-masjid al-nabawii ʿabar  tarikh'',p. 163.</ref> The Prophet's prostration place is placed under the mihrab.<ref>ʿAṭṭār, ‘’Al-Taʿrīf bi tārīkh wa maʿālim al-masjid al-nabawī al-sharīf’’, p. 164.</ref>


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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*Hazzaʿ al-Shahri, Muhammad .Al-masjid al-nabawii al-sharif fi al-ʿasr al-ʿuthmani. . Cairo: Dar al- qahira, 2003.
*Hazzaʿ al-Shahri, Muhammad .Al-masjid al-nabawii al-sharif fi al-ʿasr al-ʿuthmani. . Cairo: Dar al- qahira, 2003.
*Jaʿfariyan, Rasūl. ‘’athar-i islami-yi Makka wa Madina’’. Tehran: Mashʿar, 1391 Sh
*Jaʿfariyan, Rasūl. ‘’athar-i islami-yi Makka wa Madina’’. Tehran: Mashʿar, 1391 Sh
*Ṣalihi Lumaʿi,  Muṣṭafa .Al-madina al-munawwara taṭawwuriha al-ʿumrani wa turathiha al-miʿmari. Beirut: Dar al-Nihḍa al-‘Arabiyya, 1981.
*Ṣāliḥ Lumaʿī,  Muṣṭafā. ‘’Al-Madīnat al-munawwara, taṭawwurihā l-ʿumrānī wa turāthihā l-miʿmārī’’. Beirut: Dār al-Nihḍa al-ʿArabīyya, 1981.
*Sayyid al-Wakil, Muhammad al- .Al-masjid al-nabawii ʿabar  tarikh. [n.p], Dar al-mujtamaʿ li-lnashr wa al-tawziʿ, 1988.
*Sayyid al-Wakil, Muhammad al- .Al-masjid al-nabawii ʿabar  tarikh. [n.p], Dar al-mujtamaʿ li-lnashr wa al-tawziʿ, 1988.
*Sayyid Ḍiyaʾ b. Muhammad b. Maqbūl ʿAṭṭar.Al-Taʿrif  bi tarikh wa maʿalim al-masjid al-nabawii al-sharif. Jeddah: Kunūz al-maʿrifa, 1432 AH.
*Sayyid Ḍiyaʾ b. Muhammad b. Maqbūl ʿAṭṭar.Al-Taʿrif  bi tarikh wa maʿalim al-masjid al-nabawii al-sharif. Jeddah: Kunūz al-maʿrifa, 1432 AH.

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Mihrab of the Prophet (s)
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General Information
Other NamesMihrab al-Nabi, Mihrab Rasulallah
PlaceMasjid al-Nabi
History
ReconstructionsIn the time of Umar b. Abdul Aziz and Mamalik of Egypt
ReconstructorsQaytbay

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 Abdul-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-Wakil, Al-masjid al-nabawii ʿabar tarikh, p. 128; Jaʿfariyan, athar-i islami-yi Makka wa Madina, p. 260.
  4. ↑ al-Shahri, ʿImara al-masjid al-nabawii, p. 227.
  5. ↑ al-Shahri, ʿImara al-masjid al-nabawii, P. 342.
  6. ↑ Ṣāliḥ Lumaʿī, al-Madīnat al-munawwara, p. 96.
  7. ↑ Ansari, ʿImarah wa tawsiah al-masjid al-nabawii, p. 170.
  8. ↑ Sayyid al-Wakil, Al-masjid al-nabawii ʿabar tarikh, p. 128; Jaʿfariyan, athar-i islami-yi Makka wa Madina, p. 260.
  9. ↑ Sayyid al-Wakil, Al-masjid al-nabawii ʿabar tarikh,p. 163.
  10. ↑ Sayyid al-Wakil, Al-masjid al-nabawii ʿabar tarikh,p. 163.
  11. ↑ Sayyid al-Wakil, Al-masjid al-nabawii ʿabar tarikh, p. 128; Jaʿfariyan, athar-i islami-yi Makka wa Madina, p. 260.
  12. ↑ Sayyid al-Wakil, Al-masjid al-nabawii ʿabar tarikh,p. 163.
  13. ↑ ʿAṭṭār, ‘’Al-Taʿrīf bi tārīkh wa maʿālim al-masjid al-nabawī al-sharīf’’, p. 164.

References

  • Ansari, Naji Muhammad hasan ʿabdu l-qadir al-. ʿImarah wa tawsiah al-masjid al-nabawii al-sharif ʿabar tarikh. [n.p], Nadi l-madina al-munawwara al-adabi, 1996.
  • Hazzaʿ al-Shahri, Muhammad .ʿImarah al-masjid al-nabawii munzu inshaʾihi hatta nihaya al-ʿasr al-mamlūki. Cairo: Cairo: Maktabat al-qahira li-l kutub, 2001.
  • Hazzaʿ al-Shahri, Muhammad .Al-masjid al-nabawii al-sharif fi al-ʿasr al-ʿuthmani. . Cairo: Dar al- qahira, 2003.
  • Jaʿfariyan, Rasūl. ‘’athar-i islami-yi Makka wa Madina’’. Tehran: Mashʿar, 1391 Sh
  • Ṣāliḥ Lumaʿī, Muṣṭafā. ‘’Al-Madīnat al-munawwara, taṭawwurihā l-ʿumrānī wa turāthihā l-miʿmārī’’. Beirut: Dār al-Nihḍa al-ʿArabīyya, 1981.
  • Sayyid al-Wakil, Muhammad al- .Al-masjid al-nabawii ʿabar tarikh. [n.p], Dar al-mujtamaʿ li-lnashr wa al-tawziʿ, 1988.
  • Sayyid Ḍiyaʾ b. Muhammad b. Maqbūl ʿAṭṭar.Al-Taʿrif bi tarikh wa maʿalim al-masjid al-nabawii al-sharif. Jeddah: Kunūz al-maʿrifa, 1432 AH.
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