Did the Messenger of Allah have a mihrab?
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Question:
Did the mosque of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) not have a mihrab? If it did not have a mihrab, is the mihrab then an innovation (bid'ah) that only came after the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)?
Answer:
We do not know that he was in a mihrab, but the Muslims placed it, and the Muslims in the early centuries before the righteous Salaf returned to it. So the mihrab is a marker in the mosque, and the Muslims deemed it necessary and did it. What the Muslims agreed upon is a proof, and the Muslims agreed on this, and they saw that there are benefits in it, such as indicating the qiblah, clarifying the mosque, and expanding the space for the people of the mosque if it is also small. It should be in the state of ihram, and the point is that the ihram is not corrupt, and it is not an innovation as some ignorant people think. No. Yes.
Did the mosque of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) not have a mihrab? If it did not have a mihrab, is the mihrab then an innovation (bid'ah) that only came after the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)?
Answer:
We do not know that he was in a mihrab, but the Muslims placed it, and the Muslims in the early centuries before the righteous Salaf returned to it. So the mihrab is a marker in the mosque, and the Muslims deemed it necessary and did it. What the Muslims agreed upon is a proof, and the Muslims agreed on this, and they saw that there are benefits in it, such as indicating the qiblah, clarifying the mosque, and expanding the space for the people of the mosque if it is also small. It should be in the state of ihram, and the point is that the ihram is not corrupt, and it is not an innovation as some ignorant people think. No. Yes.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 136 هل كان لرسول الله محراب؟ للإمام ابن باز — youtube.com
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