Al-Qurʿa Pillar: Difference between revisions

'''Al-Qurʿa Pillar '''(Arabic: القُرعَه) is one of the [[pillars of Masjid al-Nabi]], which according to a narration, if Muslims know the value of this place, they will draw lots to pray there. Since the narrator of this hadith was Aisha, this Pillar was called by the name of [[Aisha]] and it is still known by the same name, and the phrase Aisha’s pillar is written on top of it. Also, because of the gathering of Meccan immigrants around this pillar, it is also called the pillar of immigrants.

According to a narration, supplication next to this pillar is fulfilled. It is also mentioned that the Companions used to pray next to this pillar.

This pillar is one of the pillars of [[Rawza al-Nabi]], which is the third pillar from the side of the prophet’s pulpit and the grave of the prophet<ref>Ibn Zabāla, ''Akhbār al-madīna'', p. 101; Maṭarī, ''Al-Taʿrīf bimā ʾansat al-hijra'', p. 91; Najjār, ''Al-Durra al-thamīna'', p. 296.</ref> and is located next to the current [[Prophet's Mihrab|mihrab]]. In other words, this pillar is located in the middle of the main pillars and there are two pillars between it and the [[prophet’s pulpit]], and two pillars between it and the [[grave of the prophet]], and two pillars between the Qibla and the current mihrab, and it is considered the third pillar on each side. It is located next to the [[pillar of Al-Tawba]] and [[Al-Sarīr]].<ref>Qāʾidān, ''Tārīkh wa āthār-i Islāmi Makka wa Madīna'', p. 191.</ref>