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| '''Ḥaras pillar''' or '''Maḥras pillar'''(Arabic: حَرَس or مَحرَس) is a pillar in [[Masjid al-Nabi]] that [[Imam Ali(a)]] stood next to it to guard and protect [[Prophet Mohammad(a)]]. This pillar is also known as Imam Ali's musalla(place of prayer) and the pillar of Ali is another name for this pillar. Haras pillar is one of the pillars of the [[Prophet's holy shrine]] and half of it is inside the shrine.
| | Muzdalifa (meaning approaching) is the name of a place near [[Mecca]] where pilgrims must stop after the night journey from [['Arafat|Arafat]]. The reason for this name is that people enter this area at night. Another name of this place is "Jam". Because pilgrims gather there. This point is the same as Mushar al-Haram mentioned in the Qur'an. |
| ==location==
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| This pillar is located on the north side, behind the [[pillar of Al-Tawba]] (repentance) and in front of the [[Prophet's house]], which is now his holy shrine, and the prophet for praying used to enter the mosque through the door in front of it.<ref>Maṭarī, ''Al-Taʿrīf bimā ʾānasat'', p. 92.</ref> Now half of this pillar is located next to the [[prophet's holy shrine]] and inside the shrine.<ref>Shurrāb, ''Al-Maʿālim al-athīra'', p. 40.</ref>
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| ==Reason for naming==
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| This pillar became famous because Imam Ali(a) used to stand next to it to guard the Prophet.<ref>Maṭarī, ''Al-Taʿrīf bimā ʾānasat'', p. 92; Samhūdī, ''Wafāʾ al-wafā'', vol. 2, p. 185.</ref> | |
| ==Other names==
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| ===Mahras pillar===
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| This pillar is also known as Mahras<ref>Maṭarī, ''Al-Taʿrīf bimā ʾānasat'', p. 92.</ref> the arabic word mahras(محرس) is rooted from «ح ـ ر ـ س» that means, to guard and to protect.<ref>Ibn Manẓūr, ''Lisān al-ʿArab'', vol. 6, p. 48; word: «حرس».</ref>
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| ===Ali's pillar===
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| This pillar is also known as "Musalla Ali b. Abi Talib" because Imam Ali(a) recites his prayers next to it.<ref>Ibn Zabāla, ''Akhbār al-madīna'', p. 100; Shurrāb, ''Al-Maʿālim al-athīra'', p. 40; Samhūdī, ''Wafāʾ al-wafā'', vol. 2, p. 185.</ref>Based on the report of Samhoudi, the ruler of [[Medina]] used to pray near this pillar, in such a way that the pillar was placed behind him.<ref>Samhūdī, ''Wafāʾ al-wafā'', vol. 2, p. 185.</ref>
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| ===Majlis Qallada pillar===
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| This pillar was also called "Majlis Qallada"; Because the prominent companions surround it and hold it in the middle like a necklace.<ref>Shurrāb, ''Al-Maʿālim al-athīra'', p. 43.</ref> Samhudi did not accept this and considered Majlis Qallada to be another name for the [[pillar of wufud]].<ref>Samhūdī, ''Wafāʾ al-wafā'', vol. 2, p. 185.</ref>
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| ==Notes==
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| ==References==
| | Muzdalifa, with an area of about 63.9 square kilometers, is located between Mina and Arafat, which is limited to Wadi Mazameen and Hayaz. Standing in Muzdalifah on the 10th night of the month of Dhi-Hijjah is one of the obligations of Hajj. |
| {{References}}
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| *Ibn Manẓūr, Muḥammad b. Mukarram. ''Lisān al-ʿArab''. Qom: Adab al-Ḥawza, 1405 AH.
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| *Ibn Zabāla. ''Akhbār al-madīna''. Medina: Markaz Buḥūth wa Darāsāt al-Madina al-Munawwara, 1424 AH.
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| *Maṭarī, Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-. ''Al-Taʿrīf bimā ʾānasat al-hijra min maʿālim dār al-hijra''. Riyadh: Dār al-malik ʿAbdu-l ʿAzīz, 2005.
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| *Samhūdī, ʿAlī b. ʿAbd Allāh. ''Wafāʾ al-wafā bi akhbār dar al-Muṣṭafā''. Edited by Muḥammad Muḥyi al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd. Beirut: 1984.
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| *Shurrāb, Muḥammad b. Muḥammad Ḥasan. ''Al-Maʿālim al-athīra''. Tehran: Mashʿar, 1383 sh.
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| *Yamānī, Aḥmad Zakkī. ''Mawsūʿa makka al-mukarrama wa al-madina al-munawwara''. London: Muʾssisa al-furqān, 1429 AH.
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