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The '''Mosque of Fatima al-Zahra''' (Arabic: {{ia|مسجد فاطمة الزهراء}}) is one of the historic mosques of [[Medina]], built after the 14th/20th century in the southernmost area of the [[al-Fath Mosques]], located near the western side of the [[Mosque of 'Ali at the Trench|Mosque of 'Ali]]. This site is reported to have served as one of the command positions of the [[Prophet Muhammad (s)]] during the [[Battle of the Trench]], as well as a place of prayer for him and his Companions. The mosque consists of a roofless rectangular structure with walls about one meter high, enclosed by an iron fence. Another name attributed to this mosque is the "Mosque of Sa'd b. Mu'adh".
The '''Mosque of Fatima al-Zahra''' (Arabic: {{ia|مسجد فاطمة الزهراء}}) is one of the historic mosques of [[Medina]], built after the 14th/20th century in the southernmost area of the [[al-Fath Mosques]], located near the western side of the [[Mosque of 'Ali at the Trench|Mosque of 'Ali]]. This site is reported to have served as one of the command positions of the [[Prophet Muhammad (s)]] during the [[Battle of the Trench]], as well as a place of prayer for him and his Companions. The mosque consists of a roofless rectangular structure with walls about one meter high, enclosed by an iron fence. Another name attributed to this mosque is the "Mosque of Sa'd b. Mu'adh".
[[File:مسجدهای فتح نمای کلی.png|thumb|Location of the mosque among other al-Fath mosques.]]


== Location ==
== Location ==
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== Names ==
== Names ==
According to a 1947 CE report, the name of Saʿd ibn Muʿādh was applied to the Mosque of Fatima al-Zahra.<ref name=":1" /> It has been noted, however, that neither of these names appear in early sources.<ref name=":0">Āthār Islāmī Makkah wa-Madīnah, Jaʿfarīyān, p.303.</ref>   
According to a 1947 report, the name of Sa'd b. Mu'adh was applied to the Mosque of Fatima al-Zahra.<ref name=":1" /> It has been noted, however, that neither of these names appear in early sources.<ref name=":0">Āthār Islāmī Makkah wa-Madīnah, Jaʿfarīyān, p.303.</ref>   


== Architectural history ==
== Architectural History ==
None of the historical sources prior to the 14th century AH mention the existence of a mosque named after Fatima al-Zahra or Saʿd ibn Muʿādh in this area.<ref name=":2">[https://wikihaj.com/index.php?title=پرونده%3Aمساجد_الاثریه.pdf&page=149 Masājid al-Athariyyah, ʿAbd al-Ghanī, p.149.]</ref> For example, 'Ali ibn Mūsā, in his 1885 CE (1303 AH) travelogue, made no reference to this mosque.<ref>[https://wikihaj.com/index.php?title=پرونده%3Aوصف_المدینه_المنوره.pdf&page=17 Waṣf al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah, p.17.]</ref> It is only in old maps of Medina (dated 1325 AH/1947 CE) that a mosque under the name of [[Saʿd ibn Muʿādh]] is recorded.<ref>[https://wikihaj.com/index.php?title=پرونده%3Aالمدينه_المنوره_تطورها_العمراني.pdf&page=198 al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah: Tatawwuruhā al-ʿImrānī, p.198] / [https://wikihaj.com/index.php?title=پرونده%3Aمساجد_الاثریه.pdf&page=149 Masājid al-Athariyyah, ʿAbd al-Ghanī, p.149.]</ref>
None of the historical sources prior to the 14th/20th century mention the existence of a mosque named after Fatima al-Zahra or Sa'd b. Mu'adh in this area.<ref name=":2">[https://wikihaj.com/index.php?title=پرونده%3Aمساجد_الاثریه.pdf&page=149 Al-Masājid al-Atharīyya, ʿAbd al-Ghanī, p.149.]</ref> For example, 'Ali b. Musa, in his 1303/1885 travelogue, made no reference to this mosque.<ref>[https://wikihaj.com/index.php?title=پرونده%3Aوصف_المدینه_المنوره.pdf&page=17 Waṣf al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah, p.17.]</ref> It is only in newer maps of Medina (dated 1325/1947) that a mosque under the name of [[Sa'd b. Mu'adh]] is recorded.<ref>[https://wikihaj.com/index.php?title=پرونده%3Aالمدينه_المنوره_تطورها_العمراني.pdf&page=198 al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah: Tatawwuruhā al-ʿImrānī, p.198] / [https://wikihaj.com/index.php?title=پرونده%3Aمساجد_الاثریه.pdf&page=149 Al-Al-Masājid al-Atharīyya, ʿAbd al-Ghanī, p.149.]</ref>


=== Modern renovations ===
=== Modern Renovations ===
In 1399 AH/1979 CE, the [[House of Saud|Saudi authorities]] undertook repairs on the mosque.<ref>Maʿālim al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah bayna al-ʿimārah wa-l-tārīkh, vol.4, p.183.</ref> By 1418 AH, the mosque was a rectangular plot measuring 21 m², roofless, with walls about two meters high. Its length exceeded six meters and its width exceeded three meters.<ref>[https://wikihaj.com/index.php?title=پرونده:مساجد_الاثریه.pdf&page=150 Masājid al-Athariyyah, ʿAbd al-Ghanī, p.150.]</ref> In 1419 AH, the entrance was sealed with concrete blocks, and worshippers prayed outside the mosque.<ref name=":0" />
In 1399/1979, the [[House of Saud|Saudi authorities]] undertook repairs on the mosque.<ref>Maʿālim al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah bayna al-ʿimārah wa-l-tārīkh, vol.4, p.183.</ref> By 1418/1997-98, the mosque was a rectangular plot measuring 21 m², roofless, with walls about two meters high. Its length exceeded six meters and its width exceeded three meters.<ref>[https://wikihaj.com/index.php?title=پرونده:مساجد_الاثریه.pdf&page=150 Al-Masājid al-Atharīyya, ʿAbd al-Ghanī, p.150.]</ref> In 1419/1998-99, the entrance was sealed with concrete blocks, and worshippers prayed outside the mosque.<ref name=":0" />


== Present structure ==
== Present Structure ==
According to aerial maps<ref>Google Maps, [https://www.google.com/maps/@24.4758015,39.5949954,50m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en map]</ref> and user-contributed images,<ref>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/مسجد+فاطمه+زهرا+(س)‭/@24.4758035,39.5949911,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e5!3m6!1sAF1QipOd1WYr7_SjyyLFBxW752VH5Sfq5DGwEW0sNDC_!2e10!3e10!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOd1WYr7_SjyyLFBxW752VH5Sfq5DGwEW0sNDC_%3Dw203-h360-k-no!7i1080!8i1920!4m9!3m8!1s0x15bdbf1de02eb2c5:0x2dc4ec502060a0f0!8m2!3d24.4758035!4d39.5949911!10e5!14m1!1BCgIgARICCAQ!16s%2Fg%2F11cm0pl5k4 photos]</ref> by 2021 CE/1442 AH the mosque had become a roofless rectangular structure with low stone walls, today enclosed by a metal fence.  
According to aerial maps<ref>Google Maps, [https://www.google.com/maps/@24.4758015,39.5949954,50m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en map]</ref> and user-contributed images,<ref>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/مسجد+فاطمه+زهرا+(س)‭/@24.4758035,39.5949911,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e5!3m6!1sAF1QipOd1WYr7_SjyyLFBxW752VH5Sfq5DGwEW0sNDC_!2e10!3e10!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOd1WYr7_SjyyLFBxW752VH5Sfq5DGwEW0sNDC_%3Dw203-h360-k-no!7i1080!8i1920!4m9!3m8!1s0x15bdbf1de02eb2c5:0x2dc4ec502060a0f0!8m2!3d24.4758035!4d39.5949911!10e5!14m1!1BCgIgARICCAQ!16s%2Fg%2F11cm0pl5k4 photos]</ref> by 1442/2021 the mosque had become a roofless rectangular structure with low stone walls, today enclosed by a metal fence.  


== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==
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== Position among the Mosques of the Conquest ==
== Notes ==
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== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
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* ''Maʿālim al-Madīna al-Munawwara bayn al-ʿimārah wa-l-tārīkh'', ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Kaʿkī, Beirut: 2011.
== Sources ==
* ''Āthār-i Islāmī-yi Makka wa Madīna'', Rasul Jaʿfarīyān, Tehran: Nashr Mashʿar, 1390Sh.
* Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Ṭabarī (al-Muḥibb al-Ṭabarī), ''Dhakhāʾir al-ʿUqbā'', Maktabat al-Qudsī, Cairo, 1356 AH. 
* ''Al-Masājid al-atharīyya'', Muḥammad Ilyās ʿAbd al-Ghanī, Medina: Maṭābiʿ al-Rashīd bi-l-Madīna al-Munawwara, second edition, 1419AH.
* ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Kaʿkī, ''al-Maʿālim al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah bayna al-ʿImārah wa-l-Tārīkh'', vol. 4, Beirut, 2011.
* ''Al-Madīna al-munawwara: taṭawwuruhā l-ʿumrānī'', Ṣāliḥ Lumaʿī Muṣṭafā, Beirut: Dār al-Nihḍat al-ʿArabīyya, 1981.
* Rasūl Jaʿfarīyān, ''Āthār Islāmī Makkah wa-Madīnah'', Tehran: Nashr Mushʿar, 2011.
* Muḥammad Ilyās ʿAbd al-Ghanī, ''Masājid al-Athariyyah'', al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah: al-Rashīd Press, 2nd ed., 1419 AH. 
* Ibn Saʿd, ''al-Ṭabaqāt al-Kubrā'', Dār Ṣādir, Beirut.
* Ṣāliḥ Lamʿī Muṣṭafā, ''al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah: Tatawwuruhā al-ʿImrānī'', Beirut: Dār al-Nahḍah al-ʿArabiyyah, 1981.
* al-Wāqidī, ''al-Maghāzī'', 2 vols., Nashr Dānish Islāmī, 1405 AH. 
* 'Ali ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Samhūdī, ''Wafāʾ al-Wafā bi-Akhbār Dār al-Muṣṭafā'', ed. Qāsim al-Samarraʾī, London: al-Furqān Islamic Heritage Foundation, 2001. 
* Muḥammad ibn Maḥmūd ibn Najjār, ''al-Durra al-Thamīnah fī Tārīkh al-Madīnah'', Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqāfah al-Dīniyyah. 
 
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Mosque of Fatima al-Zahra
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General Information
Other NamesMosque of Sa'd b. Mu'adh
PlaceSaudi Arabia, Medina, beside the Mosque of 'Ali at the Trench and on the slopes of Mount Sela'
UsageMosque
Religious Aspect
Religious AffiliationIslam
History
Events
Current State
Length7 m
Width3 m
StatusExisting

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The Mosque of Fatima al-Zahra (Arabic: مسجد فاطمة الزهراء) is one of the historic mosques of Medina, built after the 14th/20th century in the southernmost area of the al-Fath Mosques, located near the western side of the Mosque of 'Ali. This site is reported to have served as one of the command positions of the Prophet Muhammad (s) during the Battle of the Trench, as well as a place of prayer for him and his Companions. The mosque consists of a roofless rectangular structure with walls about one meter high, enclosed by an iron fence. Another name attributed to this mosque is the "Mosque of Sa'd b. Mu'adh".

Location of the mosque among other al-Fath mosques.

Location

The Mosque of Fatima al-Zahra is situated in the southernmost part of the al-Fath Mosques, to the west of the Mosque of 'Ali (a). It lies within the old quarter of Medina, on an elevated area of Mount Sela'.[1]

Names

According to a 1947 report, the name of Sa'd b. Mu'adh was applied to the Mosque of Fatima al-Zahra.[1] It has been noted, however, that neither of these names appear in early sources.[2]

Architectural History

None of the historical sources prior to the 14th/20th century mention the existence of a mosque named after Fatima al-Zahra or Sa'd b. Mu'adh in this area.[3] For example, 'Ali b. Musa, in his 1303/1885 travelogue, made no reference to this mosque.[4] It is only in newer maps of Medina (dated 1325/1947) that a mosque under the name of Sa'd b. Mu'adh is recorded.[5]

Modern Renovations

In 1399/1979, the Saudi authorities undertook repairs on the mosque.[6] By 1418/1997-98, the mosque was a rectangular plot measuring 21 m², roofless, with walls about two meters high. Its length exceeded six meters and its width exceeded three meters.[7] In 1419/1998-99, the entrance was sealed with concrete blocks, and worshippers prayed outside the mosque.[2]

Present Structure

According to aerial maps[8] and user-contributed images,[9] by 1442/2021 the mosque had become a roofless rectangular structure with low stone walls, today enclosed by a metal fence.

Gallery

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Maʿālim al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah bayna al-ʿimārah wa-l-tārīkh, vol. 4, p.180.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Āthār Islāmī Makkah wa-Madīnah, Jaʿfarīyān, p.303.
  3. ↑ Al-Masājid al-Atharīyya, ʿAbd al-Ghanī, p.149.
  4. ↑ Waṣf al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah, p.17.
  5. ↑ al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah: Tatawwuruhā al-ʿImrānī, p.198 / Al-Al-Masājid al-Atharīyya, ʿAbd al-Ghanī, p.149.
  6. ↑ Maʿālim al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah bayna al-ʿimārah wa-l-tārīkh, vol.4, p.183.
  7. ↑ Al-Masājid al-Atharīyya, ʿAbd al-Ghanī, p.150.
  8. ↑ Google Maps, map
  9. ↑ photos

References

  • Maʿālim al-Madīna al-Munawwara bayn al-ʿimārah wa-l-tārīkh, ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Kaʿkī, Beirut: 2011.
  • Āthār-i Islāmī-yi Makka wa Madīna, Rasul Jaʿfarīyān, Tehran: Nashr Mashʿar, 1390Sh.
  • Al-Masājid al-atharīyya, Muḥammad Ilyās ʿAbd al-Ghanī, Medina: Maṭābiʿ al-Rashīd bi-l-Madīna al-Munawwara, second edition, 1419AH.
  • Al-Madīna al-munawwara: taṭawwuruhā l-ʿumrānī, Ṣāliḥ Lumaʿī Muṣṭafā, Beirut: Dār al-Nihḍat al-ʿArabīyya, 1981.
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