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The Prophet's Mosque (Arabic: ٱلْمَسْجِد ٱلنَّبَوِي , romanized: al-Masjid al-Nabawī, lit. 'Mosque of the Prophet') is the second mosque built by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in Medina, after the Quba Mosque, as well as the second largest mosque and holiest site in Islam, after the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, in the Saudi region of the Hejaz. [2]
Established when the Islamic prophet Muhammad arrived in the ancient city of Medina after Hijrah. c. 623 CE: Al-Qiblatain Mosque (Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلْقِبْلَتَیْن) Among the earliest mosques that date to the time of Adam, along with the Quba Mosque and Prophet's Mosque, considering that the Great Mosques of Mecca and Jerusalem.
Al-Nour Mosque [8] Egypt: Cairo: 111.9 metres: 12 Grand Mosalla mosque of Isfahan [9] Iran: Isfahan: 110 metres: 2010: 13 Çamlıca Republic Mosque [10] Turkey: Istanbul: 107.1 metres: 2016: 14 The Grand Mosque [11] United Arab Emirates: Dubai: 107 metres: 2007: 15 Sabancı Central Mosque [12] Turkey: Adana: 99 metres: 1998: 16 Jameh Mosque of ...
Haram or prayer hall of the Great Mosque of Kairouan (also called the Mosque of Uqba) which is located in the historic city of Kairouan in Tunisia, North Africa. As used in Islamic urban planning, the word ḥaram means "inviolate zone", an important aspect of urban planning in Muslim civilization. Such protected areas were sanctuaries, or ...
The Green Dome (Arabic: ٱَلْقُبَّة ٱلْخَضْرَاء , romanized: al-Qubbah al-Khaḍrāʾ, Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: [al.ɡʊb.ba al.xadˤ.ra]) is a green-coloured dome built above the tombs of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the early Rashidun Caliphs Abu Bakr (r.
Ayr Mountain is located in the southwestern region of Medina and east of Al-Aqiq Valley near Dhi al-Halifa and Ali's wells. It is 8 miles away from the Prophet's Mosque, with an average width of 700 meters and an altitude of about 955 meters above sea level.
The Kudai location is connected via pipes to drinking fountains in the Masjid al-Haram. The Medina location supplies the Prophet's Mosque. Aside from the system of pipes unbottled water is distributed using tanker trucks which transport 150,000 litres (35,000 gal.) per day at normal times and up to 400,000 litres per day (100,000 gal.) during ...
Name Image Capacity Area (m 2) City Country Year of first building Denomination Masjid al-Haram: 4,000,000 [1]: 356,000 [2]: Mecca Saudi Arabia Pre-622 – Prophet's Mosque