Mazar (English spelling)

Japanese: マザール（英語表記）mazār

An Islamic shrine. It means "a place of pilgrimage." When a saint's tomb gains a reputation for miraculous powers, good men and women gather there and it becomes a shrine. Such shrines can be found all over the Islamic world, on the edges of villages, inside and outside cities, and on roadsides where nomads pass, and each one is linked to the indigenous pre-Islamic beliefs and customs. Religious events are held inside the shrine every Thursday evening, including the practice of zikr, in which the phrase "La ilaha" is repeatedly chanted like a Buddhist prayer, and prayers are made to the saint for help (madad). Tomb [Kagaya Hiroshi]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

イスラムの聖廟。〈参詣する所〉の意。聖者の墓で霊験があるという評判が立つと善男善女が集まり聖廟となる。このような聖廟はイスラム世界中いたるところ，村の端々，都市の内外，遊牧民の通る路傍に見られ，それぞれ土着のイスラム以前の信仰，習俗と結びついた。廟内では毎週木曜の夕方に宗教行事が開かれ，念仏のように〈ラー･イラーハ〉の句を繰り返し唱えるジクルの行や，聖者に助力(マダド)を求める祈願がなされる。墓【加賀谷寛】

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