5-Endless Bliss Fifth Fascicle - Hakikat Kitabevi

the Prophet’s ‘alaihis-salâm’ grave. One prayer of salât in Masjîd-i-
Nabî is superior to a thousand prayers of salât at other places. So is
the case with such kinds of worship as fasting, alms, dhikr, and
reading the Qur’ân. You do not wear the ihrâm when you enter
Medina. The prohibitions that are valid as you wear the ihrâm in
Mekka are not valid in Medina. Ibn Teymiyya said that one should
not go to Medina in order to visit the Prophet’s grave, but his
assertion has been answered by the savants of Ahl-as-sunna.
Imâm-i-Abû Hasan Alî Subkî ’rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ aleyh’, [in his
books Erreddu li-Ibni Teymiyya and Shîfâ-us-sikâm fî ziyârat-i
Sayyid-il enâm], refutes Ibni Teymiyya’s misleading words with
strong proofs. It is permissible even for women to visit the blessed
grave at times when it is not crowded, provided they shall cover
themselves.” The articles refuting Ibni Teymiyya, by Imâm-i-Subkî
and other savants, have been published in Arabic in the book
Islamic Savants.
It is written in Marâqilfalâh and in its marginal notes, “Seeing
Medina from a distance, you say salât and salâm. Then say the
following prayer: “Allâhumma hâzâ haram-u-Nabiyyika wa
mehbit-u-wahyika famnin ’alayya bi-d-duhûl-i-fîhi waj’alhu
vikâyatan lî min-an-nâr wa amânan min-al-’azâb waj’alnî minal-fâizîna
bi-shafâ’at-il-Mustafâ yawm-al-meâb.” You make a
ghusl before entering the city or Masjîd. You put on some good
alcohol-free perfume. You assume new, clean clothes. It will be
good to enter the city walking. After placing your luggage, etc. at
some place, with a hanging head and a broken heart, meditating on
the value and the greatness of those sacred places, saying the
prayer, “Bismillâhi wa ’alâ millati Rasûlillah,” and the eightieth
âyat of sûra Isrâ, which was revealed on the night of Hegira, and
also the salawât-i-sherîfs, which are said also in namâz, you arrive
at Masjîd. Entering Masjîd either through the Bâb-us-salâm or
through the Bâb-ul-Jibrîl, you perform two rak’ats of Tahiyyatulmasjîd
namâz near the minbar. The pillar of the minbar must be in
line with your right shoulder. Rasûlullah ‘sallallâhu alaihi wa sallam’
would pray there. Then you perform two rak’ats of namâz of
thanksgiving. After saying your prayers you stand up and with adab
come near the Hujra-i-sa’âda. With your face toward the wall of
Muwâjaha-i-sa’âda and toward Rasûlullah’s blessed face and your
back toward the qibla you stand with adab, about two metres from
the blessed grave. You keep in your mind that Rasûlullah sees you,
hears your salâm and prayers, and answers you, saying âmîn.
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