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| '''Wufūd pillar'''(Arabic: وُفُود) is the meeting place of [[Prophet Muhammad(a)]] with the representatives of the Arab tribes in [[Masjid al-Nabi]]. Wufud were representatives sent by the tribes to the grandees. The Prophet (a) also sat next to this pillar and met with the officials of the tribes, i.e. wufud. Therefore, this pillar became known as the wufud pillar.
| | The Hars column or Mohres column is a column in Masjid al-Nabi that Ali (a.s.) stood next to to guard and protect the Prophet (s.a.w.). This column is also known as Masla Ali (A.S.) and the column of Ali is another name for this column. This pillar is one of the pillars of the shrine of the Prophet and half of it is inside the shrine. |
| pillar of Qallāda, or Majlis Qallāda is also another name for this pillar, which means that the Companions gathered around this pllar like a Qallāda (necklace). This pillar is one of the pillars of Masjid al-Nabi, half of which is inside the [[Prophet's shrine]].
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| ==locaton==
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| This pillar is located parallel to the [[Mahras]] and [[Sarir]] pillars and is connected to the [[holy shrine of the Prophet]].<ref>Shurrāb, ''Al-Maʿālim al-athīra'', p. 43.</ref> Some have introduced it behind the Mahras pillar from the north side and the third pillar from the [[Qibla]] side.<ref>Samhūdī, ''Wafāʾ al-wafā'', vol. 2, p. 185.</ref>
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| ==reason for naming==
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| The Arabic word "Wafd" means a representative, and a person who is sent by an individual or a group to a great authority is called "wāfid".<ref>Ṭurayḥī, ''Majmaʿ al-baḥrayn'', vol. 4, p. 525, word: "وفد"</ref> The delegation sent by the tribes was called wafūd (plural form of wafd) and hence the mentioned pillar was called by this name.<ref>Shurrāb, ''Al-Maʿālim al-athīra'', p. 43.</ref>
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| After the [[conquest of Mecca]] in the 8 AH/630, delegations from far and near tribes of the Arabian Peninsula were sent to [[medina]] to announce their conversion to [[Islam]] or to sign an agreement with the Islamic State of Medina. For this reason, in the sources of biography and history, the 9AH/630-1 was known as "ʿĀm al-Wufūd".<ref>Ibn Hishām, ''Al-Sīra al-nabawīyya'', vol. 4, p. 985.</ref> Prophet Muhammad(a) used to meet these new converts next to this pillar and sit down to talk with them.<ref>Najjār, ''Al-Durra al-thamīna'', p. 298; Maṭarī, ''Al-Taʿrīf bimā ʾānasat al-hijra'', p. 31. </ref> The names of many delegations are available in sources of biography.<ref>Ibn Hishām, ''Al-Sīra al-nabawīyya'', vol. 3, p. 591; vol. 4, p. 925, 964; Ibn Saʿd, ''Al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā'', vol. 1, p. 22, 116, 164.</ref>
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| ==Other names ==
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| ===Qallāda pillar===
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| "Qallāda pillar" or "Majlis Qallāda" is another name for Wufud pillar; Because the prominent [[companions]]<ref>Maṭarī, ''Al-Taʿrīf bimā ʾānasat al-hijra'', p. 31; Samhūdī, ''Wafāʾ al-wafā'', vol. 2, p. 186.</ref> surround it and hold it in the middle like a necklace.<ref>Ibn Zabāla, ''Akhbār al-madīna'', p. 103 ;Samhūdī, ''Wafāʾ al-wafā'', vol. 2, p. 185; Shurrāb, ''Al-Maʿālim al-athīra'', p. 43.</ref>
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| ===Al-Wafāda pillar===
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| Al-Wafāda pillar is another name of this pillar,<ref>''Kitāb fī aḥwāl al-Ḥaramayn al-sharīfayn'', p. 95; Yamānī, ''Mawsūʿa makka al-mukarrama'', vol. 2, p. 442.</ref> which is said to be used for abbreviation.<ref>Yamānī, ''Mawsūʿa makka al-mukarrama'', vol. 2, p. 440.</ref>
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