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{{Building | {{Building | ||
| title = Sajda Mosque | | title = Al-Sajda Mosque | ||
| image = مسجد ابوذر غفاری۵.jpg | | image = مسجد ابوذر غفاری۵.jpg | ||
| image size = | | image size = | ||
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| other names = | | other names = Abu Dharr Mosque, Al-Buhayri Mosque, Al-ʾAswaf Mosque, Al-Safila Mosque | ||
| place = [[Madina]] | | place = [[Madina]] 900 meters north of [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi]] | ||
| usage = Mosque | | usage = Mosque | ||
| religious affiliation = | | religious affiliation = | ||
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| website = | | website = | ||
| latitude = 24. | | latitude = 24.4756388882977 | ||
| longitude = 39. | | longitude = 39.61461066158393 | ||
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'''Sajda Mosque''' is one of the old mosques in [[Medina]], which was built in the prayer place of the [[Prophet | '''Al-Sajda Mosque''' (Arabic: {{ia|مسجد السجدة}}) is one of the old mosques in [[Medina]], which was built in the prayer place of the [[Prophet Muhammad(a)]]. The mosque is located in the north of [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi]] at the intersection of Abu Dharr Street and Airport Street. This mosque is also known as al-Buhayri Mosque, Abu Dharr Mosque and 'Aswaf Mosque. | ||
== | ==Location== | ||
This mosque is located 900 meters north of [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi]] at the intersection of Abu Dharr Street and Airport Street.<ref>ʿAbd al-Ghanī, ''al-Masājid al-atharīyya'', p. 93.</ref> | |||
== | ==Story== | ||
This mosque has been called by different names. | [[Prophet Muhammad(a)]] prayed in this place. The last sajda of the Prophet(a) was so long that the companions thought that he had passed away. When he got up from sajda, he said: [[Gabriel]] came to me and said: Whoever from your nation sends blessings upon you, God sends blessings upon him; I performed sajda for gratitude.<ref>Samhūdī, ''Wafāʾ al-wafā'', vol. 3, p. 209-210.</ref> | ||
It is not exactly clear why and when this mosque became known as | |||
==Names== | |||
This mosque has been called by different names. It is called the al-Sajda or al-Shukr (gratitude) because of the sajda of the Prophet mentioned above. Because it was next to the garden of al-Buhayri, it was called al-Buhayr or al-Buhayri Mosque, and because it was close to the Aswaf palm grove or on the way to al-Safila Gardens, it was also called al-Aswaf or al-Safila Mosque.<ref>ʿAbd al-Ghanī, ''al-Masājid al-atharīyya'', p. 92-93.</ref> | |||
It is not exactly clear why and when this mosque became known as Abu Dharr Mosque, but al-Matari, a [[local historian of Medina]], mentioned it as Abu Dharr Mosque in the 8th/14th century. Al-Samhudi doubted the correctness of this naming, but the name of Abu Dharr Mosque has been widely used.<ref>Najafī, ''Madīna shināsī'', p. 206-207; ʿAbd al-Ghanī, ''al-Masājid al-atharīyya'', p. 93.</ref> | |||
==History of the mosque== | ==History of the mosque== | ||
Al-Matari (d. 741/1340-41) writes in the book of [[Al-Ta'rif bi-ma ansat al-hijra]] that on al-Safila Road, which is the eastern road to [[Hamza's grave]], there is a very small mosque, which is called Abu Dharr Mosque.<ref>Maṭarī, ''al-Taʿrīf bi-mā ansat al-hijra'', p. 147-148.</ref> At the end of the 9th/15th century, al-Samhudi (d. 911/1505-6) described the mosque as a small building with dimensions of 8 cubits by 8 cubits located near a palm grove called al-Buhayr.<ref>Samhūdī, ''Wafāʾ al-wafā'', vol. 3, p. 209.</ref> | |||
Another report from the year 1303/1885-6 | |||
Sayyid | Another report from the year 1303/1885-6 describes the place as a small mosque without a roof near al-Sadaqa spring.<ref>ʿAbd al-Ghanī, ''al-Masājid al-atharīyya'', p. 95.</ref> 'Abd al-Quddus al-Ansari, also spoke about this mosque in his book. He described al-Buhayr Mosque as a very small square mosque with a length and width of 4 meters and according to his report, the walls of this mosque were one meter high.<ref>Anṣārī, ''Āthār al-Madīna al-munawwara'', p. 139-140.</ref> | ||
Sayyid Ahmad Yasin al-Khayari, in his book, which was first published in 1410/1989-90, spoke about the reconstruction of the mosque where this mosque was under the supervision of the Department of Awqaf of Saudi Arabia.<ref>Khayārī, ''Tārīkh maʿālim al-Madīna al-munawwara'', p. 180.</ref> In his book, Ilyas 'Abd al-Ghani also considered the reconstructed mosque to be 18 meters long and 10.13 meters wide.<ref>ʿAbd al-Ghanī, ''al-Masājid al-atharīyya'', p. 94.</ref> | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
{{Notes}} | {{Notes}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{References}} | {{References}} | ||
* | * ʿAbd al-Ghanī, Muḥammad Ilyās. ''Al-Masājid al-atharīyya fī l- Madīna al-munawwara''. Medina: [n.p], 2000. | ||
*Anṣārī, | * Anṣārī, ʿAbd al-Quddūs al-. ''Āthār al-Madīna al-munawwara''. Medina: Maktabat al-Salafīyya, 1973. | ||
*Khayārī, Sayyid Aḥmad Yāsīn al-.''Tārīkh | * Khayārī, Sayyid Aḥmad Yāsīn al-.''Tārīkh maʿālim al-Madīna al-munawwara qadīman wa ḥadīthan''. Riyadh: al-Amāna al-ʿāmma li-l-Iḥtifāl Miʾat ʿĀm ʿAlā l-Taʾsīs al-Mamlaka al-ʿArabīyya al-Suʿūdīyya, 1419/1999. | ||
*Maṭarī, Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-. ''Al-Taʿrīf | * Maṭarī, Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-. ''Al-Taʿrīf bi-mā ansat al-hijra min maʿālim dār al-hijra''. Riyadh: Dār al-Malik ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, 2005. | ||
*Najafī, Sayyid | * Najafī, Sayyid Muhammad Bāqir. ''Madīna shināsī''. Tehran: Mashʿar, 1387Sh. | ||
*Samhūdī, ʿAlī b. ʿAbd Allāh. ''Wafāʾ al-wafā bi akhbār dar al-Muṣṭafā'' | * Samhūdī, ʿAlī b. ʿAbd Allāh. ''Wafāʾ al-wafā bi-akhbār dar al-Muṣṭafā''. Beirut: 1984. | ||
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