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n. A pulpit in a mosque, usually shaped like a small tower, where the imam stands to deliver sermons.
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A minbar (, also romanized as minibar or mimber) is a pulpit in the mosque where the imam (prayer leader) stands to deliver sermons (خطبة, khutbah) or in the Hussainia where the speaker sits and lectures the congregation. The word is a derivative of the Arabic root n-b-r ("to raise, elevate"); the Arabic plural is manābir .
While minbars are akin to pulpits, they have a function and position more similar to that of a church lectern, being used instead by the minister of religion, the imam, typically for a wider range of readings and prayers. The minbar, the decoration of which some believe to be part of the sunnah, is usually shaped like a small tower with a pointed roof and stairs leading up to it. In contrast, the prophet Muhammed used only a platform with three steps. There may be a seat at the top. In contrast to most Christian pulpits, the steps up to the minbar are usually in a straight line on the same axis as the seat, as seen in those illustrated here. They also take the preacher higher above the congregation than is typical in churches. The minbar is located to the right of the mihrab, the niche that indicates the direction of prayer (i.e. towards Mecca). The minbar is also a symbol of authority.
In some mosques there is a platform (müezzin mahfili in Turkish) opposite the minbar where the assistant of the Imam, the muezzin, stands during prayer. The muezzin recites the answers to the prayers of the Imam where applicable.
The oldest Islamic pulpit in the world to be preserved intact is the minbar of the Great Mosque of Kairouan (in the city of Kairouan in Tunisia). Dating from the 9th century (at about 862 AD), it is an eleven-step staircase made of carved and sculptured teak wood. Composed of an assembly of over three hundred finely sculpted parts, this minbar is considered to be a jewel of Islamic wooden art.
Minbar is an application for Linux that indicates the time when Muslims should pray. It runs in background as a tray icon and plays the " athan" (call to prayer) at prayer times. Minbar works with the main calculation methods, such as Muslim World League (default), Shafii, and Hanafi. Muslims observe salat five times a day, and Minbar helps to remind of daily prayer times.
A minbar (, also spelt mimbar or mimber) is a pulpit in the mosque where the imam (leader of prayer) stands to deliver sermons ( khutbah خطبة ) or in the Hussainia where the speaker sits and lectures the congregation. The word is a derivative of the Arabic root n-b-r 'to raise, elevate'; the Arabic plural is manābir .
Usage examples of "minbar".
Ever since arriving on Minbar a little under three Earth standard weeks ago, his just-under-twenty-five-hour Human body clock had been precessing through the shorter Minbari days, leaving him with what felt like a permanent case of jet lag.
He knew his Minbari hosts thought it odd for an ambassador to be washing his own clothes, but he had left Babylon 5 for Earth and then Earth for Minbar so abruptly he had only brought a couple of changes of clothing with him, and now that he had no idea when he might get more sent out to him, he was guarding what he did have carefully, not wanting his clothes to disappear into the helpful hands of the Minbari staff, perhaps never to reappear again.
He would try again today, as he had done every day since coming to Minbar, to get an answer to those questions.
But the meat that the military and worker castes ate on Minbar was unfit for Human consumption, and the religious caste was, in the main, vegetarian.
The nightmare, as vivid as any he had experienced since coming to Minbar, had upset him more than he wanted to admit.
Grey Council, the nine-member group that ruled Minbar primarily from behind the scenes, spending most of their time between the stars on a huge Minbari war cruiser, rarely leaving the ship, even to come to Minbar.
He was on Minbar as ambassador at the specific request of the Minbari government.
By law, all alien visitors to Minbar were required to come to the government palace and register their presence.
Humans visiting Minbar to meet with the Earth ambassador and explain their reasons for being on Minbar.
There were never that many Humans on Minbar at any one time, but enough that Sinclair had been seeing a fairly steady stream of visitors.
Your world needs you to go to Minbar, President Clark, the commander-in-chief of Earthforce, had told him.
Though most would not be staying on Minbar for long, Rathenn had pushed Sinclair to see as many of them that day as he could, giving him no time to pause.
He had been so eager to send him to Minbar, so full of platitudes about how important the job was and how only he could do it.
He had come to Minbar with what he had believed to be a clear mandate, but now nothing was clear.
For the first time since coming to Minbar, Sinclair was having a real conversation with a Minbari other than a Grey Council member, and he had to break it off, had to get back to his duties.