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'''Al-Wufūd pillar''' (Arabic: اسطوانة الوُفُود) was the meeting place for the [[Prophet Muhammad (s)]] with representatives of various Arab tribes in [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi]]. Wufud were representatives sent by the tribes to the | '''Al-Wufūd pillar''' (Arabic: اسطوانة الوُفُود) was the meeting place for the [[Prophet Muhammad (s)]] with representatives of various Arab tribes in [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi]]. Wufud were representatives sent by the tribes to the Prophet (s). Therefore, this pillar became known as the al-Wufud Pillar. | ||
== | The pillar is also known as al-Qallada Pillar, or Majlis al-Qallada, because the Companions gathered around this pillar like a Qallada (necklace). This pillar is one of the pillars of al-Masjid al-Nabawi, half of which is inside the [[Prophet's shrine]]. | ||
This pillar is located parallel to the [[Mahras]] and [[Sarir]] pillars and is connected to the [[holy shrine | |||
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The Arabic word " | This pillar is located parallel to the [[al-Mahras]] and [[al-Sarir]] pillars and is connected to the [[the Prophet's holy shrine]].<ref>Shurrāb, ''Al-Maʿālim al-athīra'', p. 43.</ref> Some historical accounts suggest that the al-Wufud Pillar is located behind the al-Mahras Pillar on the north side and is the third pillar when viewed from the Qibla direction.<ref>Samhūdī, ''Wafāʾ al-wafā'', vol. 2, p. 185.</ref> | ||
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The Arabic word "wafd" means a representative, and a person who is sent by an individual or a group to an authority is called "wafid".<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> | |||
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> | |||
==Other names == | ==Other names == | ||
===Qallāda pillar=== | ===Qallāda pillar=== | ||