Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Name Images Location Year Remarks The Great Mosque of Mecca: Mecca: Era of Ibrahim (): The largest mosque in the world, it surrounds Islam's holiest place, the Kaaba.One of the Five Pillars of Islam requires every Muslim to perform the Hajj (Major Pilgrimage) here, at least once in his or her lifetime if able to do so.
'The Sacred Mosque'), [4] also known as the Sacred Mosque or the Great Mosque of Mecca, [5] is considered to be the most significant mosque in Islam. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] It encloses the vicinity of the Kaaba in Mecca , in the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia .
As-Sabaq Mosque: also known as the Bani Zuraiq Mosque was a mosque located in Medina, north-west of al-Masjid an-Nabawi. [3] [2] As-Sajadah Mosque; Bani Bayadhah Mosque; Bani Harithah Mosque; Fas'h Mosque: located at the foot of Mount Uhad, according to tradition on the day of Uhud battle Muhammad and his companions had offered Dhuhr prayer ...
The Kaaba is the holiest site, followed by the al-Masjid an-Nabawi (The Prophet's Mosque), al-Aqsa Mosque compound, and other sites mentioned in the Hadith, as well Umayyad Mosque, Ibrahimi Mosque. Various other cites and mosques across the Islamic world are claimed to be fourth holiest site in Islam or among the holiest:
Building Image Location Country First built Notes Al-Haram Mosque: Mecca Saudi Arabia Unknown, considered the oldest mosque, associated with Abraham [1]: Al-Masjid al-Ḥarām, [a] the holiest sanctuary, containing the Ka'bah, a site of the Ḥajj ('Pilgrimage'), the Qiblah [9] (direction of formal prayers of Muslims), and the first mosque [10] [11] in Islamic thought.
The King Abdullah Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الملك عبدالله), formerly Prince Abdullah Mosque and officially as the Mosque of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: مسجد الملك عبدالله بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود), is a Sunni Islam mosque, in the al-Olaya district of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located on the 77th floor of the Kingdom Centre.
King Abdulaziz Mosque (Arabic: جامع الملك عبدالعزيز), is a historic Friday mosque in the al-Murabba neighborhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, [1] [2] located next to the Murabba Palace compound and the National Museum Park in the King Abdulaziz Historical Center.
His Majesty King Saud Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الملك سعود) is a Sunni Islam mosque, in the city of Jeddah, in the Al-Sharafeyyah District, in Saudi Arabia. The mosque was designed by Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil and construction was completed in 1987. It is mainly built of bricks and covers an area of 9,700 square metres (104,000 sq ft) with ...