Soleimani Mihrab Soleimani altar is one of the altars of Al-Nabi Mosque. This mihrab is on the right side of the mihrab of the Prophet (PBUH) and on the left side of the pulpit of the Prophet. This mihrab was built in the mosque from the 9th century and was the place of prayer for the followers of the Hanafi religion. In 938, by order of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, they rebuilt this mihrab, and since then it has been known as Suleimani Mihrab. The place of the altar Soleimani Mihrab, which is also called Hanafi Mihrab, is one of the Mihrabs of Al-Nabi Mosque in Madinah, which is within the scope of the mosque during the time of the Prophet (PBUH), outside the Rozah, at the southern limit of the mosque (before the southern limit of Umar and Uthman’s development), front and side. The right side of the mihrab of the Prophet (PBUH) and the left side of the pulpit of the Messenger of God (PBUH) are located in the place of the third column west of this pulpit and the seventh column of Bab al-Salam.[1. Rafʿat Pāshā ’Mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn, vol4,p609. Rāfiʿī sūdānī, Musṭafā b. Muḥammad . Ittiḥāf al-Muʾminīn p82 ,Najafī, Sayyid Muḥammad Bāqir. Madīna shināsī vol 1,p168] Create an altar This mihrab was built in 861 Hijri during the era of Malik al-Ashraf Abu Nasr Inal, one of the kings of Egypt (857-865 AH) by the supervisor of the affairs of the Grand Mosque, Toghan Sheikh Ahmadi Hanafi (881 AH) [2. Sakhāwī, Muḥammad Tuḥfat al-laṭīfa vol1 p474.Rafʿat Pāshā. Mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn vol 1 p469 Mʿālim dār al-hijra p250,251 ]. Daily prayers were led by an imam who stood at the Prophet’s altar outside the Hajj season and at the Ottoman altar during the Hajj season. Sheikh Toghan built a new mihrab in the mosque so that a separate congregational prayer can be held under the leadership of a Hanafi 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 Mihrab 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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