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The mosque was constructed with traditional Islamic architectural style and consists of a 55-foot high minaret. It was designed by Rich Olaya of Olaya Studio. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The building consists of 3 floors and it covers an area of 21,400 square feet.
The purported tomb of Khalid within the Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque Khalid's eldest son was named Sulayman, hence his kunya (' paedonymic ') Abu Sulayman ('father of Sulayman'). [ 186 ] Khalid was married to Asma, a daughter of Anas ibn Mudrik, a prominent chieftain and poet of the Khath'am tribe. [ 187 ]
The courtyard of the mosque displays Mamluk architectural style. The mosque is located in the Khaldiya district of Homs, [1] the third largest city in Syria. It is situated in a park alongside Hama Street about 500 metres (1,600 ft) north of Shoukri al-Quwatli Street, 400 metres (1,300 ft) southwest of the National Hospital, and 300 metres (980 ft) from the souk at ash-Shouhada Square.
Mosque destroyed by an Israeli bombing in Khan Younis On 19 October 2023, an Israeli airstrike hit the Church of Saint Porphyrius , where 500 people were sheltering. [ 4 ] On 8 November 2023, Israel bombed and destroyed the Khalid bin al-Walid Mosque. [ 5 ]
Abd al-Rahman's son Khalid was a commander of a naval campaign against the Byzantines in 668 or 669. [13] [14] The line of Khalid ibn al-Walid died out with the deaths of Abd al-Rahman's roughly forty male descendants as a result of a plague in Syria toward the end of the Umayyad period (661–750). [7]
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The Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque has been considered "the only edifice of any real note" in Homs, and was built in the last few years of Ottoman rule in Syria during the 1900s. The mosque is named after early Arab general Khalid ibn al-Walid, whose tomb is located within the building. [153]
During the Expedition of Khalid ibn al-Walid (Banu Jadhimah) in January 630, [11] Muhammad sent Khalid ibn Walid to invite the Banu Jadhimah tribe to Islam. [12] This is mentioned in the Sunni Hadith Sahih al-Bukhari, 5:59:628. [13] Mus'ab ibn 'Umair was the first Muslim envoy in September 621.