1 . Suffa plateform is called the first Islamic institution which foundation was laid down by Prophet Muhammad sallallaho allihi wasalam . During the era of Prophet sallallaho allihi wasalam, this place was used as relogious institution in day time and in the night it was converted as resting place for homeless people of Madina and travellers.
2 .This platform had produced a number of Islamic Scholars, which preaching spread Islam all over the world. Near about four thousand companions got the expertise of Deen (Quran and Sunna). Syedna Abu Hurraira (RA), Syedna Abdullah Bin Umer (RA) and Syedna Anas Bin Malik (RA) are the most well known and renowned scholar of this institution.
RMOVE
A GENERAL CONFUSION
REGARDING THIS PLATE FORME
3 . If you enter in Masjid-e-Nabvi
from Bab-e-Jibrael you will see two plate forms, a few yards
ahead. One
of them at your right and the other will be at your left hand
adjacent
to back wall of Prophet's
(S. A. W.)
shrine.
It
is called "Mehrab-e-Tahajjud". Right one is mistakenly thought
"Suffa
Platform" by general public. This plateform was actually the
place
where the gaurds and workers of Masjid-nabvi used to sit in
the era of
turks. This is not suffa plate form and the same was not
present in the
holy era
of prophet Muhammad sallallaho allihi wasalam. Please see following pic.
Generally this plate
form
is though to be suffa plate form which is not true.
It is the plate form of guards and workers made by truks after
a long
time of
holy Prophet sallallaho alli hi wasalams' physical era.
4. In
present Masjid Nabvi , no indication of suffa plate form exist
. we can
only visualise it. it is now a plain space just behind behind
riaz-ul-jannah towards court yard .
5. One more thing must be
clear in
mind that there two spots of Suffa plate form in Masjid Nabvi
.
Initially it was built at a particular spot ant it remained
there till
7 Hijrah and after very first extension of Masji Nabvi in 7th
hijrah by
the holy hands Prophet Muhammad sallallaho alli hi wasalam, it
was
shifted to another spot. To understand the location of both
Suffa plate
form please see following diagrams.
1. Green DOT
showing location of RODH-E-RASOOL sallallaho allihi wasalam
2.MAROON DOT indicating
Mahrab
tahajud adjecent to back wall of Rodh-e-Aqdas
3. RED dot indicating plate form of guards made by truks.
People
wrongly think it as suffa plate form.
4. BLUE DOT indicating
exact
location of Suffa chabotra initially built.
5. BLACK DOT
indicating exact
location of Suffa chabotra after 7 Hijrah extension of masjid
nabvi,
6. The brown arrow showing the entry point in Masjid Nabvi
through BAB
JIBRAEL.
1 . Just adjacent to
the
back
wall of Prophet's shrine, you will
see a
small
platform. It is known as "Mehrab-e-Tahajjud", where
Prophet (S.
A.
W.) used to offer Tahajjud Prayer (midnight optional prayer).
One red spot indicating
the
exact place Mahrab-e-Tahajjud.A book shelf is
now placed at this spot which has hidden the MAHRAB. see pic
below in
which Mahrab-e-Tahajjud is visible.
Green spot showing Mahrab-e-Tahajjud where prophet sallalla
ho alli hi
wasalam
used to pray Salat-ul-tahajjud.
It is mehrab-e-tahajjud. Back
wall of
prophet
sall
allaho allihio
wasalams' Rodha. it is in
fact
the
wall of syeda
Fatima
radi Allah -o-talla anhas'
hujra
(house).
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Another good
look
of mehrab-e-tahajjud .it is
in fact back wall of rodha-e-Rasool.
A side wall of
Rdha-e-Rasool (Holy head side)
is also visible.
2 . Now a days, "Khuddam-e-Haram" sit here and keep recitation of Holy Quran. It is just opposite Suffa Platform.
3
. It ,is to be noted that this back
wall
is in fact the wall of bibi Fatima R.As' house. Actually
the room
[Hujra] of syeda Aisha siddiqa R.A and the room [Hujra] of Bibi
Fatima
R.A are adjecent to each other in this way that the back wall of
bibi
Aisha R.A room is the partition wall between these two
holy rooms
[Hujras] . At presnt both the rooms look a common
single
room ( i do not know the partition wall inside is still
present
or not ) . So in general
sense the front wall of the Roza-e-Rasool sallalla
ho
allihi wasalam where the golden grill is present , is actually
the wall
of Bibi Aisha R.A Hujra and the the back wall where this
Mahrab-e-Tahajjud is present is the wall of Syeda Fatima
R.As'
room.
Close look of
Mahrab-e-Tahajjud
on the back wall of bibi
Fatima R.A hujra [ room ]
1 . In "Masjid-e-Nabvi"
now a days, where Emam leads a prayer is known as
Mehrab-e-Usmani.
It is few rows ahead to the place of Musala-e-Rasool (S. A.
W.).
The first
one
(little far ahead) is mehrab-e-usmani
where
imam leads
prayers
today. The nearer one (man
beging)
dua) is the
mehrab-e-nabvi where prophet sallalla
ho allihi
wasalam used to
lead 5
time salat-ul-farz.
2 . In the era of Caliph Syedna Usman (RA) this extension was done and this Mehrab was constructed. Therefore, it is called Mehrab-e-Usmani.
3 . If you enter from
Bab-e-Baqqi
and cross the shrine of Prophet (S. A. W.) you will find it at
your
left.
It is not the area of Riaz-ul-Janna.
ISTEVANA (Pillars of Riaz-ul-Janna)
There are six important ISTEVANAS (Pillars) in Riaz-ul-Janna, where pilgrims feel proud to offer Salat (Prayer). The spiritual importance of these pillars is being described below.
ISTEVANA
-E-
HANNANA
OR
ISTEVANA
-E-
MAKHLAQA
1 . In the area of
Riaz-ul-Janna,
this pillar is situated in between Mehrab-e-Nabvi (Place of
Prophet's
Prayer)
and MIMBER-E-NABVI (place of delivering Sermon). It is just
adjacent to
right side of Mehrab-e-Nabvi.
Istevana-e-Hanna is
visible just
back to triangled shaped upper
part of musala-e-rasool sallalla ho allihi wasalam.(see
rounded
name plate betweentwo hanging lights.
2 . In early stage of
this
mosque, here there was a stem of dates tree and Prophet (S. A.
W.) use
to deliver sermon holding it. It was the temporary place and
when the
new
MIMBER became ready. Prophet (S. A. W.) left this stem and
started to
use
newly built MIMBER. First time, when Prophet
(S. A. W.) stood over a new
MIMBER
for delivering sermon, the companions who were siting on the
floor,
heard
that anyone was crying but they could not understand who
was
that.
Prophet (S. A. W.) stepped down from his MIMBER and put his
hand over
that
stem with love and kindness. Actually, that stem was weeping.
The
loving
touch of Prophet (S. A. W.) and made that stem some
satisfaction and it
stopped crying. This pillar is built at the point where this
historical
stem was present.
Since the sound of crying of
the stem was resembling to the cry of a camel
child which often cry in desert after being lost or
separated from it's mother. In arabic the cry sound of such
camel child is called
'' Hanana''. Because of such crying sound, this stem
is named istewana-e- Hanana .
ONE MORE NAME OF THIS STEM
This pillar
has two historic names . One is HANANA which is described
above . The other name of such stem is ''ISTEWANA-E-MAKHLAQA''
And this is the name which is embossed in a
circle of this pillar. Actually once a man made this stem tree dirty , perhaps spiting on it. It was not liked by prophet Muhmmad sallalla ho allihi wasalam and according to his holy wish it was thoroughly washed, cleaned and perfumed. An special arabic perfume named '' KHOLOO'' was applied on this stem in a larger quantity and due to this historic event this pillar is named '' MAKHLAQA'' which means the thing on which perfume KHOLOO was applied. It was done because it was the place of honor where prophet Muhammad sallalla ho allihi wasalam used to stand delievering sermon (khutba )'' |
Another view of
istewana Hanana
(rounded name plate is visible)
ISTEVANA
-E-
AISHA
(RA)
istevana-e-Aisha in
riaz ul
jannah
1 . This pillar is situated few feet behind, at the left hand of Mehrab-e-Nabvi if your face is towards QIBLA.
2 . Once Prophet (S.
A.
W.)
indicated a spot in Riaz-ul-Janna and said, "If I (S. A. W.)
tell you
the
importance and reward of praying at this point, people will
start to
draw
their names to pray here first". Prophet (S. A. W.) did not
disclose
this
point but once UMMUL-MOMEENEEN Syeda Aisha (RA) pointed out
that
particular
place to her nephew. The pillar is situated at the point which
was
indicated
by Syeda Aisha (RA) and the name of this pillar is embossed
over it.
a Another view of
AISHA
PILLAR
1 . Few feet behind
Mehrab-e-Nabvi
you will see three pillars between Mehrab and green wall of
Prophet's
Shrine
(Wall of Riaz-ul-Janna side). The middle one is
Istevana-e-Abi-Lababa.
It is just after Istevana-e-Aisha (RA).
Close look of Istewan-e-Abi Lababa
2 . Once a companion Syedna Abi Lababa made a mistake unintentionally. He had opened the secret of prophet Muhammad sallalaaho allihi wasalam and pointed out mistakenly towards enemies which were in muslims custody that you would have been killed .He felt much guilty of his mistake and fasten himself with a stem and declared that he would keep himself fasten unless Almighty Allah forgave him. When Almighty Allah accepted his apologize, Prophet (S. A. W.) came and unfastened him with his Holy Hands. It is really a very spiritual and historic pillar.
istevana-e-Abu-lababa
2 . It is the place where Prophet (S. A. W.) used to sit (Stay) for Aatekaf during last ten days in Ramadan. There was a window in the wall and Syeda Aisha (RA) used to give oil and comb in Prophet's (S. A. W.) hairs from inside her house. The image of this window may be seen today.
It is the picture of istevana-e-sareer
jjust
adjecent
to
head mubarak side of
rodha-e0rasool sallalla ho allihi wasalam.Half circle is
inside rodha
wall
1 . The middle pillar among those three which are half inside the shrine and half outside in Riaz-ul-Janna is known as Istevana-e-Haras. Haras means 'fear'
2 . It is the place where companions used to set their duties for the security of Prophet (S. A. W.). Once Syedna Ali (RA) paid the duty as a guard of Prophet's (S. A. W.), therefore, the second name of this pillar is ISTEVANA-e-ALI (RA).
3 .When the vahee had been revealed and Almighty Allah took the responsibility of security of Prophet Muhammad sallalla ho allihiwasalam, such duty had been removed from this place (now pilaar of Haras)
1 . The last pillar adjacent to green wall of Prophet's (S. A. W.) Shrine in Riaz-ul-Janna is called Istevana-e-Wafood.
2 . Actually, this was the place where Prophet (S. A. W.) used to meet with different local and foreign delegations to solve different matters. In Arabic delegations means "Wafood" and it is the reason of this pillar's name.
1 . This pillar is
now
inside
the shrine and can not be seen. It was the place where Prophet
(S. A.
W.)
used to offer Tahajjud Prayer. It is inside the shrine
near the
back
wall where now the plate form of
Mehrab-e-Tahajjud is present
which
is separately described.
COMPLETE
MAP OF PILLARS AND RIAZ-UL-JANNAH
ESTEVANAS, MEHRAB NABVI &
MIMBER RIAZ-UL-JANNAH