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A rod of tarfa' (tamarisk) wood set in the qibla wall of the Prophet's mosque; he would hold it in his palm and lean on it when rising to pray, then turn right and left saying 'straighten and even your rows' — some say it was made for him when he grew old, with a second rod joined to it; it went missing in 'Umar's time and was found buried at Quba eaten by woodworm, so 'Umar repaired it and returned it to the mihrab ¹.