17/03/2024
The Mihrab of Maryam, or the Mihrab of Zakaria, is one of the landmarks of the city of Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The Mihrab of Zakaria is located inside a room to the east of the Al-Qibli Mosque, and is entered through the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque. The western wall of the room is a door to it.
Abu al-Yaman Mujir al-Din al-Hanbali described it, saying: Next to the complex known as the Mosque of Omar, on the north side, is a large, arched iwan called Maqam Uzair, and it has a door through which one leads to the Mosque of Omar, and next to this iwan, on the north side, is a nice iwan with a mihrab called the Mihrab of Zakariya, peace be upon him, and it is Next to the eastern door, and towards this mihrab, there is the thirteenth column built at the eastern door of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which is considered one of the columns that support the roof and dome of the mosque.
The shrine of Zechariah was mentioned in the Holy Qur’an in the Almighty’s saying in Surah Al Imran: “Whenever Zechariah entered upon her into the shrine, he found with her provision. He said, ‘O Mary, how has this come to you?’ She said, ‘It is from Allah. “Indeed, Allah provides for whomsoever He wills without reckoning,” and it is the mihrab in which she took charge. Mary, peace be upon her, serving Jerusalem.
This sanctuary witnessed the miracle of the birth of Yahya, peace be upon him. Zachariah’s wife gave birth to him a son after he was very old and she was barren. There, tears of Zachariah, peace be upon him, flowed, calling on Allah Almighty to bless him with a boy from whom he would inherit the inheritance of prophecy. He said: “He will inherit from me and inherit from the family of Jacob.” ".
The miracle was fulfilled as Allah Almighty told us, and the angels gave him good news of the birth of Yahya: “Then the angels called to him while he was standing and praying in the sanctuary, ‘Allah gives you good news of Yahya, confirming a word from Allah . And a master, a ruler, and a prophet from among the righteous.” But despite that, there is no definitive evidence in the Holy Qur’an that the niche of Zechariah Or the niche of Mary is mentioned in the Holy Quran