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Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques (abbreviation CTHM; Arabic: خَادِمُ ٱلْحَرَمَيْنِ ٱلشَّرِيفَيْنِ, romanized: Khādim al-Ḥaramayn aš-Šarīfayn, lit. ' Servant of the Two Noble Sanctuaries '), or Protector of the Two Holy Cities , is a royal style that has been used officially by the monarchs of Saudi ...
Ḥaram can also mean a site of high sanctity. The two sites whose Islamic sanctity are unchallengeably the highest of all are Al-Masjid al-Haram in Mecca (which is called Ḥaraman Āminan (حَرَمًا آمِنًا, "Sanctuary (which is) Secure") in the Quran (28:57; [5] 29:67 [6]), and the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, so the Arabic dual ...
Hejaz is the region in the Arabian Peninsula where Mecca and Medina are located. It is where the Islamic prophet Muhammad was born and raised. [10]The two holy cities of Islam, Mecca and Medina, are traditionally known as the Ḥaramayn, which is the dual form of ḥaram, thus meaning "The Two Sanctuaries". [11]
Haramayn (from Arabic: الحرمين, dual form of haram, meaning "The Two Sanctuaries"), is the traditional Islamic appellation of the two holiest cities of Islam, Mecca and Medina. It may also refer to: Jerusalem and Hebron during the Mamluk and Ottoman eras, echoing their status as holy sites for Palestinian Muslims
He also served as President of Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques and as Chief Justice of Saudi Arabia. Mohammad Al-Subayyil (Arabic: مُحَمَّد ٱلسُّبَيِّل ), served as Imam and Khateeb from 1965 to 2008. He was Chief Imam and President of the Agency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques until 2008.
The mosque is located at the heart of Medina, and is a major site of pilgrimage that falls under the purview of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. Muhammad himself was involved in the construction of the mosque. At the time, the mosque's land belonged to two young orphans, Sahl and Suhayl, and when they learned that Muhammad wished to ...
The new body will "preside over the religious affairs of the two holy mosques in Mecca and Medina,” according to a government statement on state news agency SPA posted on social media platform X ...
Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem, also known as the Haram al-Sharif, or the Temple Mount [7] Masjid Al-Aqsa ("the Farthest Mosque"), also known as the "Al Aqsa compound", is a holy site in Shia and Sunni Islam and is located in the Old City of Jerusalem, and is widely regarded by Jews as the Temple Mount, the site of the Holy Temple.