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The reason for this naming is that, according to Ibn Shahr Ashub, when [[Imam Ali]](a), with the help of three [[emigrants]], [['Abbas]] and his son Fazl and [[Usama b. Zayd]], wanted to bury the holy body of the Prophet, the [[Ansar]] asked Imam Ali to One of them should also enter the grave to bury the body of the Prophet. Ali sent Aws b. Kholi into the grave. After placing the blessed body of the Prophet in the grave, Imam Ali said to him: "Go out and make the grave four corners."<ref>Ibn Shahrāshūb, ''Manāqib Āl Abī Ṭālib'', vol. 1, p. 174; Shurrāb, ''Al- maʿālim al-ʾathīra'', p. 39.</ref> Another reason of this name is that this pillar is placed inside a shrine where the four-cornered [[tomb of the Prophet]] is located.<ref>Shurrāb, ''Al- maʿālim al-ʾathīra'', p. 39.</ref>
The reason for this naming is that, according to Ibn Shahr Ashub, when [[Imam Ali]](a), with the help of three [[emigrants]], [['Abbas]] and his son Fazl and [[Usama b. Zayd]], wanted to bury the holy body of the Prophet, the [[Ansar]] asked Imam Ali to One of them should also enter the grave to bury the body of the Prophet. Ali sent Aws b. Kholi into the grave. After placing the blessed body of the Prophet in the grave, Imam Ali said to him: "Go out and make the grave four corners."<ref>Ibn Shahrāshūb, ''Manāqib Āl Abī Ṭālib'', vol. 1, p. 174; Shurrāb, ''Al- maʿālim al-ʾathīra'', p. 39.</ref> Another reason of this name is that this pillar is placed inside a shrine where the four-cornered [[tomb of the Prophet]] is located.<ref>Shurrāb, ''Al- maʿālim al-ʾathīra'', p. 39.</ref>
===Maqam Jibra'il===
===Maqam Jibra'il===
This pillar became known as the place where Gabriel descended to the Prophet.<ref>Yamānī, ''Mawsūʿa makka al-mukarrama'', vol. 2, p. 446; Samhūdī,  ''Wafāʾ al-wafā'', vol. 2, p. 186.</ref>
This pillar became known as the place where Gabriel descended to [[Prophet Muhammad(a)]].<ref>Yamānī, ''Mawsūʿa makka al-mukarrama'', vol. 2, p. 446; Samhūdī,  ''Wafāʾ al-wafā'', vol. 2, p. 186.</ref>
 
===Ma'ras pillar===
===Ma'ras pillar===
This pillar is located in the northwest of the [[Prophet's grave]] and according to Sabri Pasha, it is located between the two pillars of the[[Wufud]] pillar and the Prophet's grave, and it was next to it in [[Fatima's house]].<ref>Rafʿat Pāshā, ''Mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn'', vol. 3, p. 238-239</ref> According to reports, Fatima's wedding took place in this place. Hence, it is also called "استوانة المَعْرَس: Al-Ma'ras pillar".<ref>Yamānī, ''Mawsūʿa makka al-mukarrama'', vol. 2, p. 446.</ref>
This pillar is located in the northwest of the [[Prophet's grave]] and according to Sabri Pasha, it is located between the two pillars of the[[Wufud]] pillar and the Prophet's grave, and it was next to it in [[Fatima's house]].<ref>Rafʿat Pāshā, ''Mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn'', vol. 3, p. 238-239</ref> According to reports, Fatima's wedding took place in this place. Hence, it is also called "استوانة المَعْرَس: Al-Ma'ras pillar".<ref>Yamānī, ''Mawsūʿa makka al-mukarrama'', vol. 2, p. 446.</ref>