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 | other names = Dhubab Mosque, Qarin Mosque
 | place = in the north of [[Medina]] on top of [[Mount Dhubab]] 
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 | latitude =  24.480274
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'''Al-Rāyah Mosque''' (Arabic: مسجد الرایه) (Means: Flag Mosque), also known as Al-Dhubāb Mosque and Qarin Mosque, is a mosque located in the north of [[Medina]] on top of [[Mount Dhubab]].

During the [[Battle of Ahzab]], a tent was erected for the Prophet (s) on top of Mount Dhubab where he prayed. Later, Muslims built the Al-Rayah Mosque to commemorate this place.
==Location==

Dhubab Mosque is located to the northwest of the [[Masjid al-nabi]]<ref>ʿAbd al-Ghanī, '' Masājid al-Ātharīyah'', p. 80.</ref>
And it is situated on top of the small Mount Dhubab, on the right side of Uthman b. Affan Street.<ref>Kaʿakī, ''Maʿālim al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah Bayna al-ʿAmārah wa al-Tārīkh'', vol. 2, p. 160,164.</ref> 
This mountain is to the east of [[Mount Sala']] and near [[Thaniyat al-Wada']].<ref>ʿIyāshī, '' Al-Riḥlah al-ʿIyāshīyah'', vol. 1, p.  396.</ref>

===Current Status===
The entrance of Al-Rayah Mosque is located on the (south), the side which faces the Qibla.<ref>Kaʿakī, ''Maʿālim al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah Bayna al-ʿAmārah wa al-Tārīkh'', vol. 2, p. 168.</ref> The mosque has a simple appearance and does not have a minaret or prominent verses or inscriptions inside or outside of it.<ref>Kaʿakī, ''Maʿālim al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah Bayna al-ʿAmārah wa al-Tārīkh'', vol. 2, p. 172.</ref>
By the end of 2022, the mosque underwent reconstruction, transforming its look from white to a light stone color, and by the end of 2023, the neighboring houses were demolished.<ref>[https://www.spa.gov.sa/N2064796 Website of Saudi Press Agency (SPA)]</ref>


==History==
During the [[Battle of the Ahzab]](5 AH/627) and while digging the trench around Medina, a tent was erected for [[Prophet Muhammad (s)|the Prophet (s)]] at this location to rest and oversee the trench digging activities. The Prophet (s) also prayed there.<ref>Samhūdī, '' Wafāʾ al-Wafā bi Akhbār Dār al-Muṣṭafá '', vol. 3, p. 201.</ref>
==Names==
The reason for naming this mosque Al-Rayah Mosque is that the flag of the Prophet's companion, [[Muslim b. Uqbah]], was raised at this location during the [[Battle of Harrah]] (63 AH/683). <ref>Samhūdī, '' Wafāʾ al-Wafā bi Akhbār Dār al-Muṣṭafá '', vol. 3, p. 204.</ref>
It is also possible that this name is due to the placement of the Islamic flag on this mountain during the Battle of the Ahzab.<ref>Shanqīṭī, ''  Al-Durr al-Thamīn fī Maʿālim Dār al-Rasūl al-Amīn '' , p. 71. </ref>
It has also been said that Dhu'bab was the name of a man whom [[Marwan b. Hakam]] hanged on top of this mosque.<ref>Namīrī, "Tārīkh al-Madīnah Munawwarah", p. 262.</ref>
Another name for it is "Qarin Mosque".<ref>ʿAbd al-Ghanī, '' Masājid al-Ātharīyah'', p. 80.</ref>
==Building History==
According to evidence, the Al-Rayah Mosque was first built during the time of Umar ibn Abdul Aziz's governance over Medina.(12) al-Samhūdī, '' Wafāʾ al-Wafā bi Akhbār Dār al-Muṣṭafá '', vol. 3, p. 202.
The mosque building had been destroyed during a period before the 9th century AH, and around 845 AH/1441-2, it was reconstructed by Amir Janbak al-Nayruzi.<ref>Anṣārī, ''Āthār al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah'', p. 129.</ref>
Additionally, some Arab historians have seen and described this mosque at various times. Abdul Qadous Ansari (d: 1403 AH/1982-3) observed this mosque at the end of the fourteenth century AH and noted its dimensions, stating that the length and width of the building were 4 meters and its height was 6 meters. He believed that the stone structure of the mosque resembled its construction in the ninth century.<ref>Anṣārī, ''Āthār al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah'', p. 129.</ref>
Shanqiti (d: 1393 AH/1973-4) also described this mosque as being built in 1405 with old-style light stones. According to him, the mosque only had a main chamber and a courtyard without a door.<ref>Shanqīṭī, ''  Al-Durr al-Thamīn fī Maʿālim Dār al-Rasūl al-Amīn '' , p. 172.</ref>
Elias Abdul Ghani, in his work "Masajid al-Athariyyah," described the interior and exterior of the building as having been plastered in 1418 AH. He mentioned the presence of a covered prayer hall (musalla) which enlarged the mosque space, accommodating the five daily prayers.<ref>ʿAbd al-Ghanī, '' Masājid al-Ātharīyah'', p. 80.</ref>
Contemporary researcher Ka'aki, in his book published in 2011, states that the mosque remains in the same condition as described by Ansari. However, Ka'aki also mentions the renovation of the mosque during the era of the Al Saud dynasty.<ref>Kaʿakī, ''Maʿālim al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah Bayna al-ʿAmārah wa al-Tārīkh'', vol. 2, p. 166.</ref>

==Gallery==
====Images of the mosque, in 2021 (the time when this white appearance of the mosque came into existence is not specified)====
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file:مسجد ذباب پیش از بازسازی1.jpeg|The exterior environment of the mosque with white walls and white color scheme
file:مسجد ذباب پیش از بازسازی2.jpeg|Image of the interior environment of the mosque + the mihrab area
file:مسجد ذباب پیش از بازسازی5.png|The public section of the mosque's prayer hall that has been attached to the main section
file:مسجد ذباب پیش از بازسازی3.jpeg|The exterior view of the mosque along with the surrounding houses and the public passage
file:مسجد ذباب پیش از بازسازی4.png|The main and old section of the mosque with dimensions approximately 4 meters in length and width + a view of the ceiling 
</gallery>

==== Images of the mosque after the 2022 renovation ====
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file:ذباب بعد بازسازی1.png|Entrance of the mosque
file:ذباب بعد بازسازی2.png|The return of the appearance of the mosque's walls and arches to their former and ancient look
file:ذباب بعد بازسازی3.png|Public space of the mosque
file:ذباب بعد بازسازی4.png|Presence of worshipers in the mosque
file:ذباب بعد بازسازی5.png|A view of the mihrab and the main old section of the mosque
</gallery>

==== Images from 2024, after the demolition of the houses around the mosque ====
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file:2024.png|alt=|Images from a distance of the mosque area during the municipality operations in Medina 
file:2024-1.png|alt=|The back wall of the mosque in the midst of the municipality operations
file:2024-3.png|alt=|View of the mosque after the demolition of the surrounding houses
file:2024-2.png|alt=|A distant view of the mosque after the renovation operations where only the mosque building remains
file:2024-4.png|alt=|The current image of the mosque after leveling the surrounding lands
</gallery>

==== Old pictures of the mosque building ====
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</gallery>

==Notes==
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==References==
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*ʿAbdu-l Ghanī, Muḥammad ʾIlyās. ''Al-Masājid al-Atharīyya fī al- madīna al-munawwara''. Medina: [n.p], 2000.
*Anṣārī, ʿAbdu-l quddūs al-. ''Āthār al-madīna al-munawwara''. Medina: Maktabat al-Salafīyya, 1973.
*ʿAyyāshī, ʿAbd Allāh b. Muḥammad. ''Al-Riḥla al-ʿAyyāshiyya''. Abu Dhabi: Dār al-Suwaydī, 2006. 
*Kaʿakī, ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-. ''Al-Majmūʿah al-Muṣawwarah li-Āshar al-Maʿālim al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah''. Medina: 1999
*Kaʿakī, ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān. ''Ma ʿālim al-madina al-munawwara bayn al-ʿMārat wa al-Tārīkh''. Beirut: Dār wa maktabat al-hilāl,  2011. 
*Khiyārī, Sayyraid Aḥmad Yāsīn. ''Tārīkh maʿālimal-madīna al-munawwara qadīman wa ḥadīthan''. Riyadh: al-Amāna alʿāmma li-liḥtifāl miʾat ʿām ʿalā tʾsīs al-mamlika al- ʿarabiyya al-suʿūdiyya, 1419 AH/1999. 
*Numīrī, Ibn Shabbah. ''Tārīkh al-madīna al-munawwara''. Edited by Fahīm Muḥammad Shaltūt. Tehran: Mashʿar, 1380 sh.
*Samhūdī, ʿAlī b. ʿAbd Allāh. Wafāʾ al-wafā bi akhbār dar al-Muṣṭafā. Edited by Muḥammad Muḥyi al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd. Beirut: 1984.
*Shanqīṭī, Ghālī Muḥammad Amīn al-. ''Al-Durr al-Thamīn fī Maʿālim Dār al-Rasūl al-Amīn''. Jeddah: Dār al-Qiblah, 1992.
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