Umar b. Khattab Mosque (Medina)

Template:جعبه اطلاعات بناUmar b. al-Khattab Mosque is located southwest of Masjid al-Nabawi and was likely built in the ninth century AH. This mosque was constructed within the area of Musalla of the Prophet (s), and some have suggested the possibility of the Prophet or Umar b. al-Khattab praying in this location. The current building of the mosque, which is a square structure with a high dome, conforms to the architecture of the mosque during its reconstruction in the Ottoman era in 1266 AH (1849 CE).

Location

Umar Mosque is located southwest of Masjid al-Nabawi and south of Musalla Mosque (Ghamama Mosque), at a distance of 133 meters from it. This mosque is situated on the northern side of Hasan b. 'Ali (a) Street.

History of the Mosque

Umar Mosque is one of the mosques located in the Musalla of the Prophet (s). The Musalla was an open, building-less area west of Masjid al-Nabawi where the Messenger of Allah performed Eid prayers.

Name of the Mosque and Historical Accounts

Some scholars have identified the location of this mosque within the area of the houses of Al Durra (Dar 'Abd Allah b. Durrat al-Muzani) where the Messenger of God performed Eid prayers and it is possible that Umar b. al-Khattab also prayed in this location during his caliphate; hence, it was attributed to him. There is no historical evidence for this, and some researchers have rejected the possibility of the Prophet and other caliphs praying in this location.

Construction Date of the Mosque

Muhammad Amin Shanqiti considers the establishment of the mosque to be in the sixth century AH, but other researchers have stated that the mosque building was established in the ninth century and claim: "Shaykh Shams al-Din Muhammad b. Ahmad Salawi built it after the year 850 AH." Ali b. 'Abd Allah al-Samhudi, the historian of Medina (died 911 AH), reported the construction of two mosques south of the Musalla in the year 850 AH, and some researchers have identified one of them as the Umar Mosque.

Reconstruction of the Mosque

The current building of this mosque was constructed in 1266 AH/1849 CE during the reign of Ottoman Sultan Abdülmecid I. It was at this time that the mosque acquired its current form with a dome and a minaret in the northwest corner of the building. 'Ali b. Musa observed the mosque in 1303 AH and described it as being next to the Abi Jayda waterway and having one minaret.

This mosque was renovated in 1411 AH/1999 CE during the reign of King Fahd b. 'Abd al-'Aziz. Ka'ki also mentioned other renovations in 1980 and 2008 CE.

Description of the Building

The mosque building is square, and the height of its dome from the inside reaches about twelve meters. The architectural structure of the mosque is similar to Abu Bakr Mosque, which was built by Ottoman Sultan Mahmud in 1254 AH. The exterior wall of the mosque is decorated with simple metal crenellations, and the interior wall, to a height of one and a half meters, has basalt (black) stone. The minaret of the mosque is located in the northwest corner of the wall. The area of the mosque is 335 square meters.

Images

• File:پرونده:نقشه مسجدهای مصلا.png
  The above image shows the distance of the Musalla mosques to one of the corners of the current Masjid al-Nabawi building.

See Also

• Musalla of the Prophet (s)

References

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• Wasf al-Madina al-Munawwara, 'Ali b. Musa, Nahdat Misr Press.
• Ma'alim al-Madina al-Munawwara Bayn al-'Imara wa al-Tarikh, 'Abd al-'Aziz Ka'ki, Medina, Publisher: Author, 2011 CE.
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• Fusul min Tarikh al-Madina al-Munawwara, 'Ali Hafiz, Publisher: Author. Third edition 1417 AH-1996 CE.Template:پایانTemplate:اماکن مدینهTemplate:مساجد