Al-Tahajjud Pillar: Difference between revisions

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Currently, it is located inside the Prophet’s shrine and on the marble stone they have placed there, they have written: “هذا متهجد النبی: This is the place where the Prophet spent the night(means keeping vigil at night for performing night prayer).”
Currently, it is located inside the Prophet’s shrine and on the marble stone they have placed there, they have written: “هذا متهجد النبی: This is the place where the Prophet spent the night(means keeping vigil at night for performing night prayer).”


==The place of the Prophet’s night prayer==
==Reason for naming==
The reason why this pillar is named Tahajjud is because when the mosque was empty of worshipers, the Prophet would spread a mat next to this pillar, which was located after the door of the house of Imam Ali, and would stand on it to perform prayer.<ref>Shurrāb, ''Al- maʿālim al-ʾathīra'', p. 43.</ref> [[Imam Ali]](a) also prays the night prayer here.<ref> Najjār, ''Al-Durra al-thamīna'', p. 125; Yamānī, ''Mawsūʿa makka al-mukarrama'', vol. 2, p. 420.</ref>
The reason why this pillar is named Tahajjud is because when the mosque was empty of worshipers, the Prophet would spread a mat next to this pillar, which was located after the door of the house of Imam Ali, and would stand on it to perform prayer.<ref>Shurrāb, ''Al- maʿālim al-ʾathīra'', p. 43.</ref> [[Imam Ali]](a) also prays the night prayer here.<ref> Najjār, ''Al-Durra al-thamīna'', p. 125; Yamānī, ''Mawsūʿa makka al-mukarrama'', vol. 2, p. 420.</ref>
Following the imitation of some Muslims from the prophet, he removed the mat and in response to those who asked the reason for this, he said: I was afraid that the night prayer would become obligatory on you and you would not be able to do it.<ref>Samhūdī,  ''Wafāʾ al-wafā'', vol. 2, p. 187.</ref> Ibn Najjar and Matari from This place has been referred to as “مصلّی النّبی صلّی الله علیه و آله باللّیل: the night prayer place of the Prophet”. In the following centuries, an altar was built in that place.<ref>Samhūdī,  ''Wafāʾ al-wafā'', vol. 2, p. 189; Shurrāb, ''Al- maʿālim al-ʾathīra'', p. 43.</ref>
Following the imitation of some Muslims from the prophet, he removed the mat and in response to those who asked the reason for this, he said: I was afraid that the night prayer would become obligatory on you and you would not be able to do it.<ref>Samhūdī,  ''Wafāʾ al-wafā'', vol. 2, p. 187.</ref> Ibn Najjar and Matari from This place has been referred to as “مصلّی النّبی صلّی الله علیه و آله باللّیل: the night prayer place of the Prophet”. In the following centuries, an altar was built in that place.<ref>Samhūdī,  ''Wafāʾ al-wafā'', vol. 2, p. 189; Shurrāb, ''Al- maʿālim al-ʾathīra'', p. 43.</ref>
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