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| other names = Mihrab al-Nabi, Mihrab | | other names = Mihrab al-Nabi, Mihrab Rasul Allah | ||
| place = [[Al-Masjid al-Nabawi | | place = [[Al-Masjid al-Nabawi]] | ||
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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- | 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 | 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- | 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- | 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== | ||