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'''The Pillar of Tawba''' is situated within the '''[[Rawdat al-Nabi]]''' section of [[the Prophet's Mosque]].<ref>Yamānī,''Mawsūʿa makka al-mukarrama'', vol. 2, p. 423.</ref> It's positioned two pillars away from the Prophet's grave.<ref>Ibn Zabāla, ''Akhbār al-Madīna'', p. 102.</ref> When considering the mosque's layout, the pillar is the fourth one from the Prophet's pulpit and the third from the Qibla wall.<ref>Ansārī, ''Imārah wa tawsiʿat al-Masjid al-Nabawīī'', p. 70.</ref> Adjacent to it is the [[al-Qur'a Pillar]], and notably, the door to [[the Prophet's house]], often referred to as the "Door of Repentance" (Bab al-Tawbah), aligns with the level of the al-Tawba Pillar.<ref>Qāʾidān, ''Tārīkh wa āthār-i Islāmi-yi Makka wa Madīna'', p. 203-206.</ref>

{{main|Abu Lubaba al-Ansari}}

Following the [[Battle of the Trench]], where the [[Banu Qurayza]] broke their alliance with the Muslims and sided with the enemy, their fortress was besieged. In a desperate attempt to influence the outcome, the Banu Qurayza requested that Abu Lubabah, a trusted companion of the Prophet Muhammad, be allowed to consult with them.

Upon reaching the Banu Qurayza, Abu Lubabah in response to their intent of submission to the Prophet (s), he pointed to his throat and showed them that they would be killed if they surrender. According to Abu Lubaba before taking a step he was overwhelmed by guilt and remorse, he immediately sought forgiveness by binding himself to a pillar within the Prophet's Mosque and swore that he would not allow anyone but the Prophet to remove him from that pillar.<ref>Wāqidī, ''al-Maghāzī'', vol. 2, p. 509; Ibn Hishām, ''al-Sīra al-Nabawīyya'', vol. 4, p. 196-197; Ibn Saʿd, ''al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā'', vol. 4, p. 376; Ansārī, ''Imārah wa tawsiʿat al-Masjid al-Nabawīī'', p. 70.</ref>

After six,<ref> Ibn Hishām, ''al-Sīra al-Nabawīyya'', vol. 2, p. 237.</ref> seven<ref>Wāqidī, ''al-Maghāzī'', vol. 2, p. 509.</ref> or 20 nights<ref>Ibn Kathīr, ''al-Bidāya wa l-nihāya'', vol. 4, p. 137.</ref> a verse of Quran was revealed,{{enote|{{ia| یَا أَیُّهَا الَّذِینَ آمَنُوا لاَ تَخُونُوا اللهَ و الرَّسُولَ وَتَخُونُوا أَمَانَاتِکُم وَأَنتُم تَعلَمُونَ }}, O believers, betray not God and the Messenger, and betray not your trusts and that wittingly (Quran: 8:27)}} and his repentance was accepted.<ref>Wāḥidī, ''Asbāb al-nuzūl'', p. 157; Zamakhsharī, ''Tafsīr al-kashshāf'', vol. 2, p. 213; Ṭabrisī, ''Majmaʿ al-bayān'', vol. 4, p. 823.</ref>

Tradition holds that the Prophet Muhammad (s) primarily offered his [[nafila prayers]] near the Pillar of Repentance.<ref>Samhūdī, ''Wafāʾ al-wafā'', vol. 2, p. 180.</ref> Following morning prayers, he would often sit by this pillar, engaging in conversation with the poor and weak until sunrise. During these gatherings, he would share newly revealed Quranic verses.<ref>Ḥalabī, ''al-Sīra al-Ḥalabīyya'', vol 2, p. 664.</ref> Historical accounts also indicate that the Prophet occasionally performed [[i'tikaf]] near this pillar<ref>Ḥillī, ''Kitāb al-sarāʾir'', vol.1, p. 652.</ref> and placed his bed behind it.<ref>Ibn Zabāla, ''Akhbār al-Madīna'', p. 102.</ref>

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*Ibn Hishām, ʿAbd al-Malik. ''Al-Sīra al-Nabawīyya''. Edited by Muṣṭafā al-Saqqā. Beirut: Dār al-Maʿrifa, [n.d].

*Ibn Kathīr al-Dimashqī, Ismāʿīl b. ʿUmar. ''Al-Bidāya wa l-nihāya''. Beirut: Dār Iḥyāʾ al-Turāth al-ʿArabī, 1408 AH.

*Kulaynī, Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-. ''Al-Kāfī''. Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmīyya, 1367 Sh.

*Qāʾidān, Aṣghar. ''Tārīkh wa āthār-i Islāmi-yi Makka wa Madīna''. 4th edition. Qom: Nashr-i Mashʿar, 1381 Sh.

*Ṣadūq, Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-. ''Man lā yaḥḍuruh al-faqīh''. Edited by ʿAlī Akbar Ghaffārī. Qom: Intishārāt-i Islāmī, 1413 AH.

*Wāqidī, Muḥammad b. ʿUmar al-. ''Al-Maghāzī''. Edited by Marsden Jones. Beirut: Muʾassisa al-Aʿlām, 1409 AH.

*Zamakhsharī, Maḥmūd b. ʿUmar al-. ''Tafsīr al-kashshāf''. Beirut: Dār al-Kutub al-ʿArabī, 1407 AH.

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