What is the intended meaning of the dislike of praying in the mihrabs, and what is the meaning of the verse (And the angels called to him while he was standing and praying in the mihrab)?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, the author (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned the dislike of praying in the mihrabs, so what is the interpretation of the saying of Allah the Exalted[Ali 'Imran 3:39]?
Answer:
My brothers, the mihrab intended here is not the one you know, this one. A mihrab is a place of prayer; the place where one prays is called a mihrab. Is the room where one prays called a mihrab? Yes, all of them. So the intended meaning of mihrab is the place of prayer. As for the mihrab in the wall, what is intended by it is the marker for the qiblah, indicating the direction of the qiblah. It is disliked for the imam to enter and pray in it because he becomes hidden from the ma'mums; he becomes hidden from the ma'mums.
And because it resembles the Jews, for they pray in these niches and believe in them. Yes. You must understand matters as they are. There are people who denounce the mihrabs, and there are people who denounce the lamps on the mosques. My brothers, if the mosques had no mihrabs and no lamps, who would know that it is a mosque?
And if you entered, how would you know the qiblah except by the mihrab? These are matters in which there is no denunciation. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, the author (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned the dislike of praying in the mihrabs, so what is the interpretation of the saying of Allah the Exalted
So the angels called him while he was standing in prayer in the chamber
فَنَادَتْهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّي فِي الْمِحْرَابِAnswer:
My brothers, the mihrab intended here is not the one you know, this one. A mihrab is a place of prayer; the place where one prays is called a mihrab. Is the room where one prays called a mihrab? Yes, all of them. So the intended meaning of mihrab is the place of prayer. As for the mihrab in the wall, what is intended by it is the marker for the qiblah, indicating the direction of the qiblah. It is disliked for the imam to enter and pray in it because he becomes hidden from the ma'mums; he becomes hidden from the ma'mums.
And because it resembles the Jews, for they pray in these niches and believe in them. Yes. You must understand matters as they are. There are people who denounce the mihrabs, and there are people who denounce the lamps on the mosques. My brothers, if the mosques had no mihrabs and no lamps, who would know that it is a mosque?
And if you entered, how would you know the qiblah except by the mihrab? These are matters in which there is no denunciation. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [278 -2802]ما مقصود كراهة الصلاة في المحاريب وما معنى الآية(فنادته الملائكةوهو قائم يصلي في المحراب) — youtube.com
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