Sela_(Saudi_Arabia)

Sela (Saudi Arabia)

Sela (Saudi Arabia)

Hill in Saudi Arabia

Selaʾ (Arabic: سلع) is a mountain in Medina in modern Saudi Arabia.

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Jabal Sela and Fatah Mosque, in the area of the Seven Mosques in the Hejaz

Mount Selaʾ in the "District of the Seven Mosques" in city of Medina Municipality in Saudi Arabia. Sela means "sliced", because the mountain looks as if it is sliced several times.[1][2]

The Islamic prophet Muhammad in the Battle of the Trench prayed to God for victory on Mount Sela. Mount Sela was mentioned in several Hadith of the stories of Muhammad such as The Prayer for Rain, The forgiveness of Kaʾb bin Mālik.[3][4][5]

Sela is mentioned by al-Ḥamdāni in his book Geography of Arabian Peninsula as part of Medina city in his time 150 years after Muhammad.[6][7] His name and the name of his companions Umar and Ali are inscribed on a stone on top of the mountain.[8][9][10][11]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Al-Madinah Regional Municipality, Saudi Arabia Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    Sela' (Medina) citations at Book Mujam Buldan by Yaqut Hamwi, Volume I: pages 5,1,5.145.237.432.663.671 Volume ii:pages ,32.111. Volume 3: pages 117.661.767.839. Volume IV: pages 434.439,.468.556.626 al-Hamawi, Yaqut (1994). Kitab muʻjam al-buldān. Tehran: Frankfurt am Main : Institute for the History of Arabic-Islamic Science at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University. p. 323. OCLC 61192389.
  3. [3]
    Watt, Montgomery (1956). Muhammad at Medina. pp. 37, 169. ISBN 9780199064731. Mount Sela' (Sal') of Medina mentioned Alt URL
  4. [4]
    "Hadith, Sahih Bukhari: Volume 2, Book 16, Number 126". mention of Mountain of Sila' in Hadith. 605. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  5. [5]
    "Hadith, Sahih Bukhari: Volume 3, Book 38, Number 500". mention of Sala' in Hadith. 605. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  6. [6]
    Hamdani, al-Hasan. Geography of the Arabian Peninsula.
  7. [7]
    "Hadith mentioning Mount Sela'".
  8. [8]
    Mountains of al Madinah al Munawarah, Saudi Arabia, Pilgrims Guide, Government of Saudi Arabia
  9. [9]
    "article about Mount Selae in Pilgrims guide Saudi Arabia".
  10. [10]
    "article about Mount Sela' in Medina".
  11. [11]
    al-Khattab, compiled by a group of scholars under the supervision of Shaikh Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri ; translated by Nasiruddin (2004). History of Al-Madinah Al Munawarah (2nd ed.). Riyadh: Darussalam. p. 113. ISBN 9789960892115.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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