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Ābār ʿAlī (آبار علي), "Ali's wells" is an area in the south of Medina, which is also called (Dhul-Hulayfa), where the (Masjid al-Shajara), which is the miqat for the people of Medina, is located. This region, through which (Wadi 'Atiq) passes, has had and still has palm groves and wells. This area has been called "Abar Ali" or "Biʾr Ali" since past centuries, so much so that Masjid al- Shajara was also referred to as Masjid Biʾr Ali. According to some narratives, the name Be’r Ali (Well of Ali) is derived from the name of Ali b. Abi Talib. Some have said that there was a well at this location where Ali fought with the jinn, and others consider it to be the land that the Prophet gave to Ali as a gift. However, some sources do not accept such an attribution.

Location

"Abar" and "Abiyar" are plural forms of "Biʾr" and mean wells.[1] Abar Ali is the name of an area located 9 kilometers south of the city of Medina, in Wadi Aqiq and on the western slope of Mount Ayr, which is on the route to Mecca. This area is the same as the area of Dhul Hulayfa, where Masjid al-Shajara, which is the Miqat (station) for the people of Medina, is located.[2]

Today's situation

Today, in the gardens and farms located to the west of Shajara mosque on the banks of Wadi Aqiq (Aqiq River), there remain numerous ancient water wells.[3] Some of the pilgrims visit a number of these wells (which are located on the farm of Mansour Osman Al-Faridi.[4] These wells are considered by some pilgrims to be attributed to Imam Ali, but according to Abdul Aziz Ka'aki, a contemporary geographer of Medina, the wells attributed to Imam Ali have disappeared today and their location is unknown.[5]

Naming history

The use of the name Abar Ali or Biʾr Ali has ancient origins, but the reason for its naming is not clearly known. Sources from the eighth century indicate that Biʾr Ali was a common name, and nobody recognized this place by the name Dhul Hulayfa.[6]

Evliya Çelebi, who went on pilgrimage in the eleventh century, referred to the Miqat (station) for the people of Medina as Abar Ali and even called the Ihram Mosque as Ali Mosque.[7] Farhad Mirza also notes in his travelogue from the year 1292 AH/1875-6 that the local people only know Masjid al-Shajara by the name of Be’r Ali or Abar Ali.[8]

The battle of Ali with the jinn

It is narrated that in this area there was a well where Imam Ali fought with the jinn.[9] Samhudi, a famous historian of Medina, quotes Ibn Jama'ah [10] states that he refutes the accuracy of this story.[11] However, the fact that in some geographical sources from the ninth century or before and after, terms like «بئر علی بن ابی طالب» are used to refer to this well.[12] "بئر علی رضی الله عنه" (Biʾr Ali, may Allah be pleased with him),[13]"البئر المنسوبه الی علی بن ابی طالب" (The well attributed to Ali ibn Abi Talib)[14] indicates that the attribution of this name to Ali b. Abi Talib was a common belief.

The Prophet's dedication to Ali

It is sometimes said that Imam Ali had dug wells in this area, and for this reason, the place was named after him.[15] Some researchers have also suggested that this area might have been part of the lands that the Prophet granted to Ali ibn Abi Talib as a gift, and the name of the area originates from this. This interpretation is based on a narrative according to which the Prophet granted lands including Faqirayn, Qays, and Shajara to Ali.[16] On the other hand, some reports indicate that this area (Wadi Aqiq) was granted by the Prophet to Bilal ibn Harith al-Muzani as a fief, and it was called Bilad Muzaynah.[17] Based on this, some consider the attribution of the wells in this area to Ali b. Abi Talib to be incorrect.[18]

The connection between the name Abar Ali to Ali Dinar

In an undocumented report found on the internet, the name "Ali Dinar" has been attributed to Ali Abars. It is said that in the year 1315 AH/ 1898 AD, he reconstructed the wells of Dhul-Hulayfa and thereafter this area came to be known as Ali Abars. However, such a claim is not accurate because the name Ali Abars (as mentioned earlier) has been prevalent for centuries.[19]

Gallery

  • The wells that some people call Ali's wells today are located in Mansour Al Faridi's farm

    The wells that some people call Ali's wells today are located in Mansour Al Faridi's farm

  • The minaret of the Shajra Mosque and its distance from these wells are known in this picture

    The minaret of the Shajra Mosque and its distance from these wells are known in this picture

Notes

  1. ↑ Farāhīdī, Kitāb al-ʿayn , vol. 8, p. 290; Ibn Manẓūr, Lisān al-ʿArab, vol. 4, p. 37; Ḥusaynī al-Zabīdī, Tāj al-ʿarūs min jawāhir al-qāmūs, vol. 6, p. 43.
  2. ↑ Shurrāb, Al- maʿālim al-ʾathīra fī al-sunna wa al-sīra , p. 103.
  3. ↑ Kaʿakī, Ma ʿālim al-madina al-munawwara bayn al-ʿMārat wa al-Tārīkh, vol. 2, p. 478-483.
  4. ↑ Kaʿakī, Ma ʿālim al-madina al-munawwara bayn al-ʿMārat wa al-Tārīkh, vol. 2, p. 478-483.
  5. ↑ Kaʿakī, Ma ʿālim al-madina al-munawwara bayn al-ʿMārat wa al-Tārīkh, vol. 4, p. 487.
  6. ↑ Samhūdī, Wafāʾ al-wafā bi akhbār dar al-Muṣṭafā, vol. 3, p. 421; Fīrūz Abādī, Al-maghānim al-muṭāba fī ma ʿālim al-ṭāba, p. 82.
  7. ↑ Chilibī, Al-Raḥla al-ḥijazīyya, p. 161.
  8. ↑ Farhā Mīrzā, Safarnāma-yi Farhā Mīrzā, p. 202.
  9. ↑ Samhūdī, Wafāʾ al-wafā bi akhbār dar al-Muṣṭafā, vol. 4, p. 246; Ibn Najīm,Al-Baḥr al-rāʾiq: sharḥ-i kanz al-daqāʾiq, vol. 2, p. 555; Ḥaṣkafī, al-. Al-durr al-mukhtār, vol. 2, p. 522-523; Ajlūnī, , al-. Kashf al-khif ā, vol. 2, p. 418.
  10. ↑ Najafī, Madīna shināsī , p. 181.
  11. ↑ Samhūdī, Wafāʾ al-wafā bi akhbār dar al-Muṣṭafā, vol. 4, p. 247.
  12. ↑ Ibn Mujāwir, Tārīkh mustabṣir , p. 27.
  13. ↑ Fīrūz Abādī, Al-maghānim al-muṭāba fī ma ʿālim al-ṭāba, p. 172.
  14. ↑ Ḥusaynī Madanī, Jawāhir al-thamīna fī maḥāsin al-madina, p. 123.
  15. ↑ Damyāṭī, Al-sayyid al-bakrī, al-Iʿāna al-ṭālibīn, vol. 2, p. 341; Investigating the natural geography of Medina, Miqat Hajj magazine, Num, 103, p. 91.
  16. ↑ Najafī, Madīna shināsī , vol. 1, p. 181.
  17. ↑ Ḥamawī,Muʿjam al-buldān, vol. 4, p. 139; Samhūdī, Wafāʾ al-wafā bi akhbār dar al-Muṣṭafā, vol. 4, p. 14.
  18. ↑ Ṣabrī Pāshā,Mawsūʿa mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn, vol. 4, p. 876.
  19. ↑ http://alwalaa.com/detail.cfm?inttopicid=329

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