The Prophet's Mihrab: Difference between revisions

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'''Mihrab of the Prophet (s)''' (Arabic: {{ia|محراب النبي}}) is the place where [[Prophet Muhammad(a)]] used to pray, which is located in the [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi]] between the [[Prophet's pulpit]] and his grave. During the time of the Prophet (s), there was nothing in the form of a mihrab, until later during the development of the al-Masjid al-Nabawi during the period of al-Walid b. 'Abd al-Malik, a mihrab was built in the place of his prayer. Qaitbay, the king of Egypt (9th/15th century) rebuilt the hollow-shaped mihrab by renewing the mosque. this mihrab was decorated during the era of Ottoman rule and is still located in al-Masjid al-Nabawi.  

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>Anṣārī, ''ʿImāra wa tawsiʿat al-Masjid al-Nabawī'', p. 170. </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>

file:محراب النبی.jpg|The mihrab of the Prophet(s) is connected to the al-Mukhallaqa pillar.  

file:نقشه مسجد النبی، محراب پیامبر.jpg|The location of the mihrab of the Prophet(s) on the map of [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi]].  

file:محراب پیامبر۲.jpg|Decorations of the mihrab of the Prophet(s) with marble and gilding and verses from the Quran are written on it.