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  | other names = Mihrab al-Nabi, Mihrab Rasulallah
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  | place = [[Al-Masjid al-Nabawi|Masjid al-Nabi]]
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  | reconstructions = In the time of Umar b. Abdul Aziz and Mamalik of Egypt
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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>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 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-Wakīl, ‘’al-Masjid al-Nabawī ʿibar tārīkh’’, p. 128; Jaʿfarīyān, ‘’Āthār-i Islāmī-yi Makka wa Madīna’’, 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>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>
In the reconstruction of [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi]] during the reign of [[king Abd al-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-Wakīl, ‘’al-Masjid al-Nabawī ʿibar tārīkh’’, p. 128; Jaʿfarīyān, ‘’Āthār-i Islāmī-yi Makka wa Madīna’’, p. 260.</ref> This mihrab is located next to the [[al-Mukhallaqa pillar]]<ref>Sayyid al-Wakīl, ‘’al-Masjid al-Nabawī ʿibar tārīkh’’,p. 163.</ref> and in the distance between the pulpit of the Prophet (a) and his grave ([[al-Rawḍa al-Sharifa]]).<ref>Sayyid al-Wakīl, ‘’al-Masjid al-Nabawī ʿibar tārīkh’’,p. 163.</ref> Researchers are of the opinion that this place is the place where the Prophet(s) prayed. <ref>Sayyid al-Wakīl, ‘’al-Masjid al-Nabawī ʿibar tārīkh’’, p. 128; Jaʿfarīyān, ‘’Āthār-i Islāmī-yi Makka wa Madīna’’, 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>ʿAṭṭār, ‘’Al-Taʿrīf  bi tārīkh wa maʿālim al-masjid al-nabawī al-sharīf’’, 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-Wakīl, ‘’al-Masjid al-Nabawī ʿibar tārīkh’’,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==