Sebil (drinking water facility)
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Sebil refers to a public water facility designed for human drinking. These were historically located at crossroads, or places where drinking water could be made available to those in need, and can be found on the external walls of the Mosque
Mosque
A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. The word is likely to have entered the English language through French , from Portuguese , from Spanish , and from Berber , ultimately originating in — . The Arabic word masjid literally means a place of prostration...

s or in the yard for drinking ritual purification before prayer time.

Sebil in Islamic culture

"SebIl" in Arabic means "road". In the Muslim culture of Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

, where drinking water is not available everywhere, it was customary that a person made a miracle, was thank God and go his way. "Thanksgiving was done by building diet available to the public. Another interpretation, the original Arabic word: "Act for God or to heaven". That is a person that helps the water to passersby, being generous to God. According to this hypothesis is of course the Arab expression "stone passive" person moving in ways. sebil in the Turkish language through, beyond, a public Fountain
Fountain
A fountain is a piece of architecture which pours water into a basin or jets it into the air either to supply drinking water or for decorative or dramatic effect....

, a window or counter his serve glasses of water a charitable institution. Divisor person is called a passive water called "Sebilci". Rulers in the Ottoman Empire passive charities built, a demonstration of generosity, good - that tolerance towards the subjects. Fixed many passive narrators address the names of the contractor and date of construction, except addresses are decorated also decorated with artistic paintings. Various passive published due to their uniqueness or their location. Culture and the Ottoman - Turkish there is a distinction between the public place called "sebil" and public tap called "Çeşme". In Turkish culture it is name of tap water for the benefit of all who stood beside the road. The facility is usually a ceremonial cleansing before prayer; many mosques extended a separate building or yard and call center facility as well

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