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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>
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>


==Al-Qurʿa Pillar, a place to overtake in prayer==
==Reason for naming==
The reason for this name is that [[Aisha]] narrated from the Prophet: In my mosque, near this pillar, there is a place where if people know the reward and virtue of praying there, they will draw lots to pray there.<ref>Samhūdī, ''Wafāʾ al-wafā'', vol. 2, p. 176; Yamānī, ''Mawsūʿa makka al-mukarrama'', vol. 2, p. 443.</ref>
The reason for this name is that [[Aisha]] narrated from the Prophet: In my mosque, near this pillar, there is a place where if people know the reward and virtue of praying there, they will draw lots to pray there.<ref>Samhūdī, ''Wafāʾ al-wafā'', vol. 2, p. 176; Yamānī, ''Mawsūʿa makka al-mukarrama'', vol. 2, p. 443.</ref>
===Aisha’s Pillar===
===Aisha’s Pillar===