Madinah– The Prophet’s Holy Mosque houses several monuments that are linked to Prophet Mohammed – peace be upon him – and tell facts from his noble biography after his migration to Madinah.
Al-Minbar (pulpit) is one of the monuments at the Prophet’s Holy Mosque, and its construction dates back to the eighth year of Hijri calendar, when Prophet Mohammed – peace be upon him – first used a minbar that was made of tamarix trees at the northern Madinah, which is currently called Al-Khalil.
The Prophet’s Holy Mosque, upon first ordering prayer, did not have a minbar that imams ascend to deliver their sermons, where Prophet Mohammed – peace be upon him – used to deliver the sermon while laying his back to trunk of a palm tree to show people the provisions of the Islamic Sharia through Friday sermons, where the increasing number of worshippers and those who embrace Islam required Prophet Mohammed to deliver his sermons from a high place so that all attendees can see him.
Constructing the minbar was linked to the evidence of prophecy, where the Prophet’s minbar is located in the western part of the Holy Rawdah and receives the same care as other parts of Rawdah, where the minbar is five metres high, where the top of the entrance of the minbar is ornamented with the phrase “There is no God but Allah, and Mohammed is the prophet of Allah”. The front of the minbar has two steps covered with carpet and a door made of wood and stairs for imams to ascend to the minbar that is surrounded by a gold-plated fence.
Source: Saudi Press Agency