Английская Википедия:Islamic shrine
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An Islamic shrine refers to a traditional Sufi mausoleum or shrine in some places of the world, typically that of a saint or notable religious leader. Medieval Arabic texts may also use the words mashhad (Шаблон:Lang) or maqām to denote the same concept.Шаблон:Sfn The terms mazār (Шаблон:Lang-ar) and marqad (Шаблон:Lang) or in the Maghreb as ḍarīḥ (Шаблон:Lang), are also used for Islamic shrines.
Etymology
- Mazār, plural mazārāt (Шаблон:Lang), is related to the word ziyāra (Шаблон:Lang, meaning "visitation").[1] It refers to a place and time of visiting.Шаблон:Sfn Arabic in origin, the word has been borrowed by Persian and Hindi-Urdu.[2][3] It has also been rendered as mazaar in English.[4]
- Darīh, plural aḍriḥa (Шаблон:Lang) or ḍarāiḥ (Шаблон:Lang), is related to the verb ḍaraḥa (Шаблон:Lang meaning "to inter").[5] It is commonly used in the Maghreb.
- Mašhad, plural mašāhid (Шаблон:Lang), is related to the word šahīd (Шаблон:Lang, meaning "martyr").Шаблон:Sfn It refers to the resting place of a martyr who gave their life for the cause of God.
Specific types of shrines
- Mashhad usually refers to a structure holding the tomb of a holy figure, or a place where a religious visitation occurred.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Efn A mashhad often had a dome over the place of the burial within the building. Some had a minaret.Шаблон:Sfn
- Maqām, plural maqāmāt, literally "station", referring to where one stays or resides, is often used for Ahl al-Bayt shrines.Шаблон:Sfn According to Ibn Taymiyya, the maqāmāt are the places where the revered person lived, died or worshiped, and the mashāhidd are buildings over the maqāmāt or over relics of the person.Шаблон:Sfn
Regional terms for equivalent structures
- Mazār is the Arabic word borrowed by Persian, Urdu and Hindi.[2][3] It is thus largely used in Iran and other countries influenced by Persian culture, in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.
- Weli (plural awliya): in Palestine, weli is the common term both for a saint and his sanctuary. A prophet's weli is called a hadrah, a common saint's is a maqam and a famous saint has a mashhad.[6] 19th- to early 20th-century Western literature has adopted the word "wali", sometimes written "weli", "welli", etc., with the meaning of a "tomb or mausoleum of a holy man".[7]
- Qubba (Шаблон:Abbr "dome", plural qubbat): in Sudan, the tomb of a holy man. Sudanese folk Islam holds that the holy man is sharing his baraka or blessings also after death through his grave, which is the repository for his baraka and thus becomes a place of ziyara ziyarat or visitation. A holy man worthy of such a shrine is called in Sudan a wali, faki, or shaykh.[8]
- In northwest China, mazar is also translated phonetically as mázhā (Шаблон:Lang). It is also often referred to as a gǒngběi (Шаблон:Lang), derived from the Persian word "gonbad" meaning "dome". It is often a shrine complex centered on a grave of a Sufi master of the Hui people.
- In Iran and South Asia, a dargah is a Sufi Islamic shrine built over the grave of a revered religious figure.
- In South Africa (especially the Western Cape), a kramat is the grave of a spiritual leader or auliya, sometimes inside a rectangular building that functions also as a shrine for the deceased (often a Cape Malay).[9][4]
- In Indonesia, the terms makam and kuburan refer to graves of early missionaries, notably the Wali Songo saints of Java.
- In the Malay language, keramat refers to an object or person believed to be sacred or blessed, for example the tomb of a Muslim saint. See also Datuk Keramat.
Related terms
- Masjid, plural masājid, means a place of prostration or prayer, and is often used by Shi'a for shrines to which mosques have been attached.Шаблон:Sfn
- Darīh, plural adriha, is a trench in the middle of the grave, or the grave itself.Шаблон:Sfn
Origins
Practices vary considerably in different countries. Syncretism is not unusual, where pre-Islamic practices and beliefs persist among Muslim communities.Шаблон:Sfn Despite Muhammad's wishes and Allah's commandШаблон:Citation needed, a cult of saints developed within some Muslim communities at an early date, following deeply ingrained pre-Islamic practices in the Middle East. Mashhads, or sanctuaries, were established by certain people for figures mentioned from the Quran, such as Muhammad, Jesus, the prophets, and other main figures of the Jewish and Christian Bible, great rulers, military leaders and clerics.Шаблон:Sfn
Opponents
The followers of Wahhabism consider that no person can mediate between man and God.[10] They consider that Muslims who believe that saints and their shrines have holy properties are polytheists and heretics. In 1802, Wahhabi forces partially destroyed the shrine of Imam Husayn.Шаблон:Sfn[11] In 1925, the commander and later-king of Saudi Arabia, Abdulaziz Ibn Saud, destroyed the manmade structures in Jannat al-Baqīʿ in Medina, the burial place of four of the Shia imams and of Muhammad's daughter.Шаблон:Sfn[12] The cemetery still exists, albeit in a much simpler form, and is used to bury the dead.
Design
There is no specific architectural type for mazārs, which vary greatly in size and elaboration. However, they all follow the conventional design of the turba, or tomb, and generally have a dome over a rectangular base.Шаблон:Sfn
Notable examples
In Iraq
The Imam al-Husayn Shrine in Karbala, Iraq draws Shia pilgrims from Iraq, Iran and elsewhere.
The Sardāb of Caliph al-Mahdi (Шаблон:Abbr 775–785) is preserved in Samarra, Iraq under a golden dome that was presented by Naser al-Din Shah Qajar and that was completed by Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar in 1905.Шаблон:Sfn The tomb lies within the Al-Askari Mosque, one of the most important of Shia shrines. The mosque was badly damaged in a February 2006 bombing, presumably the work of Sunni militants.Шаблон:Sfn
In Iran
As of 2007, the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, Iran attracted 12 million visitors annually, second only to Mecca as a destination for Muslim pilgrims. This shrine is known for its healing powers.
The shrine of Princess Shahrbanu, just south of Tehran, is open only to women. Shahrbanu was the daughter of Yazdegerd III, the last Sassanid ruler of Persia. She married Imam Hussein ibn Ali and was mother of the fourth Shia imam, Ali ibn al-Husayn, so has come to symbolize the early and close connection between Shiism and Iran. The shrine is popular with women seeking solace or assistance.Шаблон:Sfn
In Syria
The Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque, the shrine of Zaynab bint Ali in Damascus, has been restored with the help of contributions from Shias from India, Pakistan, Iran and elsewhere.Шаблон:Sfn The shrine is one of the most important Shia sites in Syria, and draws many pilgrims from Iraq, Lebanon and Iran. In September 2008 a car bomb was detonated outside the shrine, killing 17.Шаблон:Sfn
In Aleppo, the Mashhad al-Husayn from the Ayyubid period is the most important of Syrian medieval buildings.Шаблон:Sfn The shrine of al-Husayn was built on a place indicated to a shepherd by a holy man who appeared to him in a dream, and was built by members of the local Shia community.Шаблон:Sfn The present building is a reconstruction: the original suffered severe damage in 1918 from a huge explosion, and for forty years lay in ruins.Шаблон:Sfn The original restoration largely succeeded in restoring the mashhad to its former appearance. Later additions included covering the courtyard with a steel frame canopy and adding a brightly decorated "shrine", which have given the monument a very different character from the original.Шаблон:Sfn
In Egypt
In Egypt, many mashhads devoted to religious figures were built in Fatimid Cairo, mostly straightforward square structures with a dome. A few of the mausoleums at Aswan were more complex and included side rooms.Шаблон:Sfn Most of the Fatimid mausoleums have either been destroyed or have been greatly altered through later renovations. The Mashad al-Juyushi, also called Mashad Badr al-Jamali, is an exception. This building has a prayer hall covered with cross-vaults, with a dome resting on squinches over the area in front of the mihrab. It has a courtyard with a tall square minaret. It is not clear whom the mashhad commemorates.Шаблон:Sfn
Two other important mashhads from the Fatimid era in Cairo are those of Sayyida Ruqayya and of Yayha al-Shabib, in the Fustat cemetery. Sayyida Ruqayya, a descendant of Ali, never visited Egypt, but the mashhad was built to commemorate her. It is similar to al-Juyushi, but with a larger, fluted dome and with an elegantly decorated mihrab.Шаблон:Sfn
In Pakistan
Some shrines draw both Sunni and Shia pilgrims. One example is the shrine of Abdol-Ghazi Sahab in Karachi, said to be a relative of Ja'far al-Sadiq, the sixth imam. He had fled from the Abbasids in Baghdad to Sindh, where he was given refuge by a Hindu prince.Шаблон:Sfn The Shias venerate him as a member of the family of imams, while the Sunni simply see him as a person of great sanctity.
Another example is the Lahore shrine of Bibi Pak Daman, incorrectly thought to be the place of burial of one of Ali's daughters and four other women of Muhammad's family.Шаблон:Sfn The famous Sufi saint of the Sunni branch of Islam, Sayyid al-Hujwiri (died 1071), once meditated for forty days in this shrine.Шаблон:Sfn
In Uzbekistan
- Mausoleum of Sheihantaur in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
In Kyrgyzstan
- Manas Ordo Mausoleum of Manas in Talas Province, Kyrgyzstan
In Afghanistan
- Shrine of the Cloak in Kandahar, Afghanistan. It contains a cloak believed to have been worn by Muhammad.
- Shrine of Ali in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. One of the reputed burial places of Ali.
In China
- Afaq Khoja Mausoleum near Kashgar in Xinjiang, China, tomb of Muhammad Yūsuf and his son Afaq Khoja
- Sultan Satuk Bughra Khan Mausoleum in Artush
- Ordam Padishah shrine near Kashgar
- Imam Asim Khan Mausoleum
In Egypt
- Aga Khan III Mausoleum in Aswan
- Abu Al Hassan El-Shazly Mausoleum in Sheikh Shazly
In Sudan
- Mausoleum of the Mahdi in Omdurman
- Mausoleum of Sheikh Hassan al-Nil in Omdurman
In Pakistan
- Shrine of Data Ganj Baksh near Bhati Gate, in Lahore's Walled City, Pakistan.
- Mazar-e-Quaid, tomb of the founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, in Karachi, Pakistan.
- Mazar of Sultan Bahu, the founder of Sarwari Qadri order in Garh Maharaja, in Lahore, Pakistan.
In India
- Dargah Nizamuddin, founder of Chisti Nizami order, in Delhi, India.
- Laila Majnu Ki Mazar, near Anupgarh, Rajasthan, India. According to local legend, the couple Layla and Majnun died here.
- Mausoleum of Fakhruddin Shaheed in Galiakot, Rajasthan, India.
In Bangladesh
- Shrine of Bayazid Bostami in Chittagong, Bangladesh
- Shrine of Shaiykh Saiyed Razzaq Ali Gilani in a.k.khan, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
- Shrine of Shah Jalal in Sylhet, Bangladesh.
In Indonesia
- Imogiri in Java, mausoleum complex of the sultans of Mataram, Yogyakarta and Surakarta.
In Singapore
- Keramat Iskandar Syah, at Fort Canning Hill, is believed to be the tomb of Raja Iskandar Shah a 14-century king of Singapore.[13]
See also
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