Visiting the Prophet at His Grave: Discussions about the Religious Topography of Madina.
| Title: | Visiting the Prophet at His Grave: Discussions about the Religious Topography of Madina. |
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| Authors: | Kellner, Martin1 (AUTHOR) martin.kellner@uni-osnabrueck.de |
| Source: | Religions. May2024, Vol. 15 Issue 5, p552. 12p. |
| Subject Terms: | *WAHHABIYAH, *PAPAL visits, *PROPHETS, *TOMBS, *TOPOGRAPHY, *DUTY |
| People: | MUHAMMAD, Prophet, d. 632 |
| Abstract: | Theological discussions about visits to the Prophet's grave in Madina are the focus of this paper. The relevant question in this context relates to the idea of a postmortem life of the Prophet and its accessibility for believers after his death. The idea of a spiritual presence of the Prophet in this world is found in the description of religious visits to Madina, namely in the traditional Sunni books of Fiqh (describing the normative rules concerning the Prophet's grave), as well as in some books of Tafsir. These ideas have been challenged by the Wahhabi movement, in which the idea of becoming connected to the Prophet's presence is refused and the visit to Madina is seen to be focused on the mosque, not the grave of the Prophet. This reinterpretation is examined in this article on the basis of various textual references. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Academic Search Complete |
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