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==Place==
==Place==
Al-Sulaymani Mihrab, which is also called al-Hanafi Mihrab, is one of the mihrabs of [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi]] in [[Medina]]. This mihrab is located within the area of the mosque in the time of the [[Prophet(a)]], outside the [[Rawda]], at the southern area of the mosque (before the southern developments in the time of 'Umar and 'Uthman), in front and on the right side of the [[the Prophet's Mihrab]] and the left side of the Prophet's pulpit, in the place of the third column west of this pulpit and the seventh column of [[Bab al-Salam]].<ref>Ṣabri Pasha, ''Mawsu'a Mir'at al-haramayn'', vol. 4, p. 609;  Rafi'i sudani, ''Ittihaf al-Mu'minin'',  p. 82; Najafi, ''Madina shinasi'', vol. 1, p. 168.</ref>
Al-Sulaymani Mihrab, which is also called al-Hanafi Mihrab, is one of the mihrabs of [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi]] in [[Medina]]. This mihrab is located within the area of the mosque in the time of the [[Prophet(a)]], outside the [[Rawda]], at the southern area of the mosque (before the southern developments in the time of 'Umar and 'Uthman), in front and on the right side of the [[the Prophet's Mihrab]] and the left side of the Prophet's pulpit, in the place of the third column west of this pulpit and the seventh column of [[Bab al-Salam]].<ref>Ṣabrī Pāshā, ''Mawsūʿa mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn'', vol. 4, p. 609;  Rāfiʿī al-Sūdānī, ''Ittiḥāf al-muʾminīn'',  p. 82; Najafī, ''Madīnashināsī'', vol. 1, p. 168.</ref>


==Construction==
==Construction==
Al-Sulaymani Mihrab was built in 861/1456-7 during the era of [[Malik al-Ashraf Abu Nasr Inal]], the Mamluk sultan (Ruled: 857/1453-4 - 865/1460-1) by the supervisor of the affairs of [[al-Masjid al-Haram]], Tughan Sheikh al-Ahmadi al-Hanafi (881/1476-7) the manager of al-Masjid al-Haram.<ref>Sakhawi, ''Al-Tuhfat al-laṭifa'', vol. 1, p. 474; Raf'at Pasha, ''Mir'at al-haramayn'',  vol. 1,  p. 469; ''M'alim dar al-hijra'',  p. 250,251.</ref> Before that, leaders of congregational prayer used to stand in [[the Prophet's Mihrab]] and in the [[al-'Uthmani Mihrab]] during the hajj season. Tughan Sheikh built a new mihrab in the mosque so that a separate congregational prayer could be held with a Hanafi leader.  
Al-Sulaymani Mihrab was built in 861/1456-7 during the era of [[Malik al-Ashraf Abu Nasr Inal]], the Mamluk sultan (Ruled: 857/1453-4 - 865/1460-1) by the supervisor of the affairs of [[al-Masjid al-Haram]], Tughan Sheikh al-Ahmadi al-Hanafi (881/1476-7) the manager of al-Masjid al-Haram.<ref>Sakhāwī, ''al-Tuḥfat al-laṭīfa, vol. 1, p. 474; Rafʿat Pāshā, ''Mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn'',  vol. 1,  p. 469; Yūsuf, ''Maʿālim dār al-hijra'',  p. 250,251.</ref> Before that, leaders of congregational prayer used to stand in [[the Prophet's Mihrab]] and in the [[al-'Uthmani Mihrab]] during the hajj season. Tughan Sheikh built a new mihrab in the mosque so that a separate congregational prayer could be held with a Hanafi leader.  


After this date, the first congregational prayer was held following Shafi'i imam standing in the [[Prophet's Mihrab]]. Then a Hanafi imam led another congregational prayer in the new mihrab (which became known as the al-Hanafi mihrab and later the al-Sulaymani Mihrab). The Hanafi and Shafi'i imams performed the Tarawih prayer simultaneously on the nights of [[Ramadan]].<ref>Samhudi,''Wafa' al-wafa'', vol. 2, p. 210; Raf'at Pasha, ''Mir'at al-haramayn'', vol. 1, p. 469-470.</ref> This arrangement was followed in [[Mecca]] as well.<ref>Samhudi, ''Wafa' al-wafa'', Vol. 2, p. 210.</ref>
After this date, the first congregational prayer was held following Shafi'i imam standing in the [[Prophet's Mihrab]]. Then a Hanafi imam led another congregational prayer in the new mihrab (which became known as the al-Hanafi mihrab and later the al-Sulaymani Mihrab). The Hanafi and Shafi'i imams performed the Tarawih prayer simultaneously on the nights of [[Ramadan]].<ref>Samhudi,''Wafa' al-wafa'', vol. 2, p. 210; Rafʿat Pāshā, ''Mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn'', vol. 1, p. 469-470.</ref> This arrangement was followed in [[Mecca]] as well.<ref>Samhūdī, ''Wafāʾ al-wafā'', Vol. 2, p. 210.</ref>


==Naming as al-Sulaymani Mihrab==
==Naming as al-Sulaymani Mihrab==
The al-Hanafi Mihrab was rebuilt in 938/1531-2 by the order of [[Sultan Suleiman I]], with the style of [[the Prophet's Mihrab]], and was decorated with black and white marble, and from then on, it became known as the al-Sulaymani Mihrab<ref>Raf'at Pasha, ''Mir'at al-haramayn'', vol. 1, p. 470;  Najafi, ''Madina shinasi'', Vol. 1, p. 168,169</ref> Today, imam of congregational prayers of [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi do not stand in this mihrab rather they stand in [[al-'Uthmani Mihrab]].
The al-Hanafi Mihrab was rebuilt in 938/1531-2 by the order of [[Sultan Suleiman I]], with the style of [[the Prophet's Mihrab]], and was decorated with black and white marble, and from then on, it became known as the al-Sulaymani Mihrab<ref>Rafʿat Pāshā, ''Mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn'', vol. 1, p. 470;  Najafī, ''Madīnashināsī'', Vol. 1, p. 168,169</ref> Today, imam of congregational prayers of [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi do not stand in this mihrab rather they stand in [[al-'Uthmani Mihrab]].


===Mihrab inscriptions===
===Mihrab inscriptions===
Behind the building of the mihrab, there is an inscription in gold script on a shiny red oil background, about the construction of the mihrab by the order of Sultan Suleiman I in the year 938/1531-2.<ref>Raf'at Pasha, ''Mir'at al-haramayn'', vol. 1, p. 470; Najafi, ''Madina shinasi'', Vol. 1, p. 168,169.</ref>
Behind the building of the mihrab, there is an inscription in gold script on a shiny red oil background, about the construction of the mihrab by the order of Sultan Suleiman I in the year 938/1531-2.<ref>Rafʿat Pāshā, ''Mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn'', vol. 1, p. 470; Najafī, ''Madīnashināsī'', Vol. 1, p. 168,169.</ref>


Inside and around the mihrab is also decorated with inscriptions of verses of the [[Quran]]. The verses are: al-Baqara:162, Al 'Imran:95 and al-Tawba:112.<ref>Ṣabri Pasha, ''Mawsu'a mir'at al-haramayn'', vol. 4, p. 610; Raf'at Pasha, ''Mir'at al-haramayn'', vol. 1, p. 470; Najafi, ''Madina shinasi'', vol. 1, p. 169.</ref>
Inside and around the mihrab is also decorated with inscriptions of verses of the [[Quran]]. The verses are: al-Baqara:162, Al 'Imran:95 and al-Tawba:112.<ref>Ṣabrī Pāshā, ''Mawsūʿa mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn'', vol. 4, p. 610; Rafʿat Pāshā, ''Mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn'', vol. 1, p. 470; Najafī, ''Madīnashināsī'', vol. 1, p. 169.</ref>


==Notes==
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==References==
==References==
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*Najafi, Sayyid Muhammad Baqir. Madina shinasi. Tehran: Mash'ar, 1387 sh.
* Rafʿat Pāshā, Ibrāhīm. ''Mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn, aw, al-raḥlāt al-ḥijāziyya wa al-ḥaj wa mashāʿirihi al-dīnīyya''. Beirut: Dār al-Maʿrifa, [n.d].
*Raf'at Pasha, Ibrahim. 'Mir'at al-haramayn, aw, al-rahlat al-hijaziyya wa al-haj wa masha'irihi al-diniyya''. Beirut: Dar al-Ma'rifa, [n.d].
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*Rafi'i sudani, Musṭafa b. Muhammad . Ittihaf al-Mu'minin bi tarikh masjid khatam al-nabyyin. Medina: Maktabat al- Maktabat al-'Ilmiyya, 1404 AH.
* Ṣabrī Pāshā, Ayyūb. ''Mawsūʿa mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn''. 1st edition. Cairo: Dār al-Āfāq al-ʿArabīyya, 1424 AH.
*Ṣabri Pasha, Ayyub. ‘'Mawsu'a mir'at al-haramayn''. 1st edition. Cairo: Dar al-Āfaq al-'Arabiyya, 1424 AH.
* Sakhāwī, Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān. ''Al-Tuḥfat al-laṭīfa fī tārīkh al-Madīna al-sharīfa’’. Beirut: Dār al-Kutub al-ʿIlmīyya, 1414/1993.
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