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==Iraqi Pillar== | ==The Iraqi Pillar== | ||
{{Main Article: Rukn al-Iraqi}} | {{Main Article: Rukn al-Iraqi}} | ||
Rukn al-Iraqi is the second corner of the Kaaba encountered during the circumambulation (Tawaf), <ref>Baghdādī, ''Marāṣid al-ʾiṭṭlāʿ ʿlā ʾasmāʾi al-amkina wa al-buqāʿ'', vol. 2, p. 629; Fārisī al-Aṣṭakhrī, ''Al-Masālik wa al-mamālik'', p. 16.</ref> | Rukn al-Iraqi is the second corner of the Kaaba encountered during the circumambulation (Tawaf), <ref>Baghdādī, ''Marāṣid al-ʾiṭṭlāʿ ʿlā ʾasmāʾi al-amkina wa al-buqāʿ'', vol. 2, p. 629; Fārisī al-Aṣṭakhrī, ''Al-Masālik wa al-mamālik'', p. 16.</ref> | ||
following Rukn al-Hajar al-Aswad and preceding Rukn al-Shami. It is situated towards the [[Bab al-Umrah]] (Umrah Gate). <ref>Marjānī, '' Bahjat al-nufūs wa al-asrār'', vol. 2, p. 763; Kurdī,''Al-Tārīkh al-qawīm li Makka wa bayt Allāh al-karīm'', vol. 3, p. 248; Ibn Baṭūṭa,''Al-Raḥla Ibn Baṭūṭa'', vol. 1, p. 374.</ref> | following Rukn al-Hajar al-Aswad and preceding Rukn al-Shami. It is situated towards the [[Bab al-Umrah]] (Umrah Gate). <ref>Marjānī, '' Bahjat al-nufūs wa al-asrār'', vol. 2, p. 763; Kurdī,''Al-Tārīkh al-qawīm li Makka wa bayt Allāh al-karīm'', vol. 3, p. 248; Ibn Baṭūṭa,''Al-Raḥla Ibn Baṭūṭa'', vol. 1, p. 374.</ref> | ||
This corner is named Rukn al-Iraqi due to its orientation towards [[Iraq]] and the fact that it faces the qibla for the people of Iraq. <ref>Ṭūsī, '' Muṣbaḥ al-mutahajjid wa silāḥ al-mutaʿabbid'', p. 27; Ibn Ṭāwūs, ''Falāḥ al-sāʾil wa najāḥ al-masāʾil fī ʿamal al-yawm wa al-layl'', p. 129; Shurrāb,'' Al-Ma'ālim al-Athīrah fī al-Sunnah wa al-Sīrah'', p. 129.</ref> | This corner is named Rukn al-Iraqi due to its orientation towards [[Iraq]] and the fact that it faces the qibla for the people of Iraq. <ref>Ṭūsī, '' Muṣbaḥ al-mutahajjid wa silāḥ al-mutaʿabbid'', p. 27; Ibn Ṭāwūs, ''Falāḥ al-sāʾil wa najāḥ al-masāʾil fī ʿamal al-yawm wa al-layl'', p. 129; Shurrāb,'' Al-Ma'ālim al-Athīrah fī al-Sunnah wa al-Sīrah'', p. 129.</ref> | ||
==Shami Pillar== | ==The Shami Pillar== | ||
{{Main Article: Rukn al-Shami}} | {{Main Article: Rukn al-Shami}} | ||
Rukn al-Shami is the third corner of the Kaaba encountered during the circumambulation [[(Tawaf)]]. .<ref>Qalqashandī,''Ṣubḥ al-Aʿshá fī ṣināʿat al-inshā'', vol. 4, p. 258; Muʿtamid al-Dawlah, '' Safarnāmah-i Farhād Mīrzā'', p. 257; Kurdī,''Al-Tārīkh al-qawīm li Makka wa bayt Allāh al-karīm'', vol. 3, p. 247-248.</ref> | Rukn al-Shami is the third corner of the Kaaba encountered during the circumambulation [[(Tawaf)]]. .<ref>Qalqashandī,''Ṣubḥ al-Aʿshá fī ṣināʿat al-inshā'', vol. 4, p. 258; Muʿtamid al-Dawlah, '' Safarnāmah-i Farhād Mīrzā'', p. 257; Kurdī,''Al-Tārīkh al-qawīm li Makka wa bayt Allāh al-karīm'', vol. 3, p. 247-248.</ref> | ||
] It follows Rukn al-Iraqi and precedes Rukn al-Yamani. This corner is situated towards the [[Bab al-Ziyada]] (Increase Gate). <ref>Khwārazmī, ''Iṣārat al-targhīb wa al-tashwīq ilá al-masājid al-thalātha wa al-bayt al-ʿatīq'', vol. 1, p. 289-290; Marjānī, '' Bahjat al-nufūs wa al-asrār'', vol. 2, p. 763; Ibn Baṭūṭa,''Al-Raḥla Ibn Baṭūṭa'', vol. 1, p. 374.</ref> | ] It follows Rukn al-Iraqi and precedes Rukn al-Yamani. This corner is situated towards the [[Bab al-Ziyada]] (Increase Gate). <ref>Khwārazmī, ''Iṣārat al-targhīb wa al-tashwīq ilá al-masājid al-thalātha wa al-bayt al-ʿatīq'', vol. 1, p. 289-290; Marjānī, '' Bahjat al-nufūs wa al-asrār'', vol. 2, p. 763; Ibn Baṭūṭa,''Al-Raḥla Ibn Baṭūṭa'', vol. 1, p. 374.</ref> | ||
==Yamani Pillar== | ==The Yamani Pillar== | ||
{{Main Article: Rukn al-Yamani}} | {{Main Article: Rukn al-Yamani}} | ||
Rukn al-Yamani, according to the circumambulation (Tawaf) route, is recognized as the fourth and final corner of the Kaaba, preceding Rukn al-Hajar al-Aswad. <ref>Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī,'' Muʿjam al-buldān'', vol. 4, p. 465; Ibn Baṭūṭa,'' Al-Raḥla Ibn Baṭūṭa'', vol. 1, p. 374; Muʿtamid al-Dawlah, '' Safarnāmah-i Farhād Mīrzā'', p. 375.</ref> | Rukn al-Yamani, according to the circumambulation (Tawaf) route, is recognized as the fourth and final corner of the Kaaba, preceding Rukn al-Hajar al-Aswad. <ref>Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī,'' Muʿjam al-buldān'', vol. 4, p. 465; Ibn Baṭūṭa,'' Al-Raḥla Ibn Baṭūṭa'', vol. 1, p. 374; Muʿtamid al-Dawlah, '' Safarnāmah-i Farhād Mīrzā'', p. 375.</ref> | ||