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'''Bani Qurayzah Mosque''' was one of the old mosques of the city of [[Medina]] in the country of [[Saudi Arabia]]. This mosque was located east of [[Masjid al-Fadhikh]] and south of [[Al-Masjid an-Nabawi|the Prophet’s Mosque]] and has now disappeared. [[Prophet Muhammad|the Prophet of Islam (PBUH)]] performed prayer within the area of this mosque during the [[Battle of Bani Qurayzah]]. The original structure of the mosque was built in the late first Islamic century and it was rebuilt several times until 1409 AH, and was completely demolished in 1422 AH / 2002 CE.

== Name and Location ==
'''Bani Qurayzah Mosque''' was located east of [[Masjid al-Fadhikh]] and southeast of [[Al-Masjid an-Nabawi]]. This mosque is also known as the Mosque of the [[Battle of Bani Qurayzah]].<ref name=":0">[https://wikihaj.com/index.php?title=پرونده%3Aاخبار_المدینه_ابن_زباله.pdf&page=141 Akhbar al-Madina, p.141.]</ref> The mosque’s area is the same place where [[the Prophet (PBUH)]] pitched his tent during the siege of Bani Qurayzah.<ref>Fath al-Bari, vol.7, p.317; Ma’alim al-Madina al-Munawwara bayn al-‘Imara wa al-Tarikh, vol.3, p.399.</ref>

== Prayer of the Prophet (PBUH) ==
The Prophet (PBUH) prayed within the area of this mosque during the [[Battle of Bani Qurayzah]]. It is said that originally this was the house of a woman in which the Prophet (PBUH) prayed, and then the house was incorporated into the mosque’s building.<ref name=":0" />  [[Ibn Shibba|Umar Ibn Shibba]], the author of the book [[Tarikh al-Madina al-Munawwara]] (d. 263 AH) identified the place of the Prophet’s prayer to be east of the mosque, at the site of the mosque’s ruined minaret.<ref>[https://wikihaj.com/index.php?title=پرونده%3Aتاریخ_مدینه_ابن_شبه.pdf&page=70 Tarikh al-Madina al-Munawwara, p.70.]</ref>

== History of the Building ==
There is a report indicating that the Bani Qurayzah Mosque was built during the caliphate of Walid ibn Abd al-Malik (86 to 96 AH).<ref name=":0" /> [[Ibn Najjar|Muhammad ibn Najjar]], historian of Medina (d. 643 AH / 1245 CE), described the mosque in the 7th century as being 10 meters in length, situated amid gardens and farms, and having a visual similarity to [[Masjid Quba]]. At that time, the mosque had no roof and its walls were ruined; it contained 16 columns some of which had collapsed.<ref>Al-Durra al-Thamīna fī Akhbār al-Madīna, p.127.</ref>

According to [[Matri|Matri]], a scholar of Medina (d. 741 AH), by the late 7th century, the mosque had fully disappeared, and in 710 AH its walls were rebuilt.<ref>[https://wikihaj.com/index.php?title=پرونده%3Aالتعریف_بما_انست_الهجرة.pdf&page=135 Al-Ta‘rīf bimā Ansat al-Hijra, p.135.]</ref> A report from 766 AH mentions the existence of a mosque described as a large mosque.<ref>Tahqiq al-Nasra bi Talkhis Ma‘ālim Dār al-Hijra, p.483.</ref> [[Ali ibn Abdullah Samhudi|Samhudi]] in the late 9th century reported a reconstruction of the mosque in 893 AH.<ref>[https://wikihaj.com/index.php?title=پرونده:وفاء_الوفاء_سمهودی_ج۳.pdf&page=175 Wafā’ al-Wafā bi Akhbār Dār al-Mustafā, vol.3, p.174.]</ref> The mosque is also mentioned in 10th-century sources.<ref>[https://wikihaj.com/index.php?title=پرونده%3Aعمده_الاخبار_فی_مدینه_المختار.pdf&page=151 ‘Umdat al-Akhbār fī Madīnat al-Mukhtār, p.151.]</ref>

According to some reports, the mosque was rebuilt during the [[Ottoman period]] (around 1266 AH / 1850 CE) and maintained Ottoman architectural style until 1400 AH.<ref name=":1" /> However, it was completely demolished in 1422 AH / 2002 CE.<ref>Ma‘ālim al-Madīna al-Munawwara bayn al-‘Imāra wa al-Tārīkh, vol.3, pp.409-410.</ref>

==== Characteristics of the Mosque Before Demolition ====
On the 14th of Rabi' al-Awwal 1418 AH, this mosque, which was built of black basalt stone, had a corridor (riwāq) and a courtyard (ṣaḥn). The corridor was divided into five empty spaces, each covered with a round dome. The mosque building was square in shape and its area was 484 square meters.<ref name=":1">[https://wikihaj.com/index.php?title=پرونده%3Aالمدینه_المنوره_تطورها_العمرانی.pdf&page=204 Al-Madīna al-Munawwara Tatawwurhā al-‘Imārānī, pp.203-204.] ; Ma‘ālim al-Madīna al-Munawwara bayn al-‘Imāra wa al-Tārīkh, vol.3, pp.411-416.</ref>
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==Notes==
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==References==
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*'''Fath al-Bari''', Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani, Beirut, Dar al-Ma‘rifa, undated.  
*'''Akhbar al-Madina''', Muhammad ibn Hasan Ibn Zubala, Medina, Al-Mamlakah al-‘Arabiyya as-Su‘udiyya, 1424 AH.  
*'''Tahqiq al-Nasra bi Talkhis Ma‘alim Dar al-Hijra''', Abu Bakr ibn Husayn Maraghi, Fayyum, Dar al-Falah, 1430 AH.  
*'''Al-Durra al-Thamina fi Akhbar Madina''', Muhammad ibn Mahmud al-Najjar, Beirut, Dar al-Arqam, undated.

*'''Al-Rihla al-‘Ayashiyya 1661-1663 CE''', Abdullah ibn Muhammad ‘Ayashi, Abu Dhabi, 2006 CE.  
*'''‘Umdat al-Akhbar fi Madinat al-Mukhtar''', Ahmad ‘Abbasi, Cairo, As‘ad Tarabzuni, undated.  
*'''Wafa’ al-Wafa bi Akhbar Dar al-Mustafa''', Ali ibn ‘Abdullah Samhudi, London, Mu’assasat al-Turath, 2001 CE.  
*'''Masajid Salla Fiha Rasul Allah fi al-Haramayn al-Sharifayn wa al-Jazira al-‘Arabiyya''', Sayyid Diya’ al-Din ibn Muhammad ibn Maqbul ‘Attar, Jeddah, Kunuz al-Ma‘rifa, 1434 AH.  
*'''Al-Madina Bayn al-Madi wa al-Hadir''', Ibrahim ibn Ali al-‘Ayashi, 1972 CE.  
*'''Tarikh Ma‘alim al-Madina al-Munawwara Qadiman wa Hadithan''', Ahmad Yasin Khayyari, Riyadh, Al-Mamlakah al-‘Arabiyya as-Su‘udiyya, 1419 AH.  
*'''Wasf al-Madina al-Munawwara''', Ali ibn Musa al-Afandi, Matba‘at Nahdat Misr.  
*'''Al-Durr al-Thamin fi Ma‘alim Dar al-Rasul al-Amin''', Muhammad Amin al-Shanqiti, Jeddah, Dar al-Qibla, 1992 CE.  
*'''Athar al-Madina al-Munawwara''', Abd al-Quddus al-Ansari, Medina, Al-Maktaba al-Salafiyya, 1393 AH.
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