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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 LumaʿiMuṣṭafa .Al-madina al-munawwara taṭawwuriha al-ʿumrani wa turathiha al-miʿmari. Beirut: Dar al-Nihḍa al-‘Arabiyya, 1981.
*Ṣāliḥ LumaʿīMuṣṭafā. ‘’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.