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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.
Masjid al-Haram (Arabic: ٱَلْمَسْجِدُ ٱلْحَرَام , romanized: al-Masjid al-Ḥarām, lit. '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 ...
The Jawatha Mosque (Arabic: مَسْجِد جَوَاثَا, romanized: Masjid Jawāthā), also incorrectly spelled Al-Jawan, is a Sunni Islam mosque, located in the historic Jawatha area, about 12 km (7.5 miles) northeast of Hofuf, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia. It was the earliest known mosque built in eastern Arabia.
The Al-Ijabah Mosque (Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلْإِجَابَة, romanized: Masjid Al-Ijābah), also known as Bani Muawiyah Mosque (Arabic: مَسْجِد بَنِي مُعَاوِيَة, romanized: Masjid Banī Muʿāwiyah), or as Al-Mubahalah Mosque (Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلْمُبَاهَلَة, romanized: Masjid Al-Mubāhalah), is a mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia.
The mosque is among the earliest mosques in Medina and was built by Sawad ibn Ghanam ibn Ka'ab al-Ansari in the Islamic year 2 AH, [1] and the name of the mosque goes back to the lifetime of Muhammad, when his companions named it after an event that took place on the 15th of Sha'baan the same year, when Muhammad received revelation from Allah instructing him to take the Kaaba as the qibla ...
'Mosque of the Tree'), also known as Masjid Dhu al-Hulayfah (Arabic: مَسْجِد ذُو ٱلْحُلَيْفَة), is a miqat and mosque in Abyār ʿAlī, Medina, Saudi Arabia. The miqat mosque is located west of Wadi al-'Aqiq , where the final Islamic prophet , Muhammad , entered the state of ihram before performing ' Umrah , after the ...
The Mosque of the Jinn (Arabic: مسجد الجنّ, romanized: Masjid al-Jinn) [1] [2] [3] is a mosque, located in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, [4] near Jannat al-Mu'alla. [5] It is also known as the Mosque of Allegiance [6] [3] (Arabic: مسجد بِيعات, romanized: Masjid Biy‘āt) [7] and the Mosque of Guards [3] (Arabic: مسجد الحرس, romanized: Masjid al-Ḥaras) [1] because the city ...
Masjid an-Namirah (Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلنَّمِرَة ) or Masjid Nimrah (Arabic: مَسْجِد نِمْرَة ) is a mosque in Wadi Uranah near Mecca in the Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia. It is believed to be where the Islamic prophet Muhammad stayed before delivering his last sermon in 'Arafat.