Al-Qurʿa Pillar is one of the pillars of Masjid al-Nabi, which according to a narration, if Muslims know the value of this place, they will draw lots to pray there. Since the narrator of this hadith was Ayesha, this Pillar was called by the name of Aisha and it is still known by the same name, and the phrase Aisha’s pillar is written on top of it. Also, because of the gathering of Meccan immigrants around this pillar, it is also called the pillar of immigrants. According to a narration, supplication next to this pillar is fulfilled. It is also mentioned that the Companions used to pray next to this pillar.
The location of Al-Qurʿa Pillar
This pillar is one of the pillars of Rawza al-Nabi, which is the third pillar from the side of the prophet’s pulpit and the grave of the prophet[1] and is located next to the current mihrab. In other words, this pillar is located in the middle of the main pillars and there are two pillars between it and the prophet’s pulpit, and two pillars between it and the grave of prphet, and two pillars between the Qibla and the current mihrab, and it is considered the third pillar on each side. It is located next to the pillar of repentance and the bed.[2] Lottery column, a place to overtake in prayer The reason for this name is that Ayesha narrated from the Prophet of God: In my mosque, near this pillar, there is a place where if people know the reward and virtue of praying there, they will draw lots to pray there.[3][3][3] 4] Aisha’s Pillar It is known that because Ayesha reported a narration from the Prophet about the virtue of praying next to it, it was called by this name. [5] Perhaps it is because Ayesha informed about it and determined its place. [6] Some believe that this name was taken after Ayesha. [7] Now above it, the words “This is the cylinder of Ayesha” are written. [8] Column of immigrants This column is also known as “Immigrant Column”; Because the Meccan immigrants used to sit next to it to talk. Hence, it was also called “Majlis Mohajeran”.[9][10] column of creation Some have mentioned it as “creative pillar”; Because this column is also scented with aromatic substances like the creation column.[11][12] Virtue of the lottery column According to narrations, prayer is answered near this pillar.[13] It is said that some companions prayed near it.[14] Some caliphs, as well as Ibn Zubair and his son Amir, also prayed next to it.[15][16]
Notes
- ↑ Ibn Zabāla, Akhbār al-madīna, p. 101; Maṭarī, Al-Taʿrīf bimā ʾansat al-hijra, p. 91; Najjār, Al-Durra al-thamīna, p. 296.
References
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- Qāʾidān, Aṣghar. Tārīkh wa āthār-i Islāmi Makka wa Madīna. 4th edition. Qom: Nashr-i Mashʿar, 1381 Sh
- Maṭarī, Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-. Al-Taʿrīf bimā ʾansat al-hijra min maʿālim dār al-hijra. Riyadh: Dār al-malik ʿAbdu-l ʿAzīz, 2005.
- Samhūdī, ʿAlī b. ʿAbd Allāh. Wafāʾ al-wafā bi akhbār dar al-Muṣṭafā. Edited by Muḥammad Muḥyi al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd. Beirut: 1984.
- Amīnī, ʿAbd al-Ḥusayn. ‘’Al-Ghadīr fī al-kitāb wa al-sunna wa al-ʾadab’’. Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyya, 1372 Sh.
- Shurrāb, Muḥammad b. Muḥammad Ḥasan. Al-Ma ʿālim al-athīra. Tehran: Mashʿar, 1383 sh.
- Ṭabarānī, Sulaymān b. Aḥmad. ‘’Al-Muʿjam al-awsaṭ’’. Edited by Abū Maʿādh Ṭāriq b. ʿIwad Allāh. Cairo: 1415-1416 AH.
- Haythamī, ʿAlī b. Abūbakr. ‘’Majmaʿ al-zawāʾid wa manbaʿ al-fawāʾid’’. Beirut: 1402 AH.
- Yamānī, Aḥmad Zakkī. Mawsūʿa makka al-mukarrama wa al-madina al-munawwara. London: Muʾssisa al-furqān, 1429 AH.
- Najjār, Muḥammad b. Maḥmūd al- .Al-Durra al-thamīna fī akhbār al-madina. Medina: Markaz Buḥūth wa Darāsāt al-Madina al-Munawwara, 1427 AH.