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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 | 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". | ||
== Location == | == Location == | ||
The Mosque of [[Fatima al-Zahra]] is situated in the southernmost part of the [[Mosques | 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) at the Trench|Mosque of 'Ali (a)]]. It lies within the old quarter of Medina, on an elevated area of [[Mount Sela']].<ref name=":1">Maʿālim al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah bayna al-ʿimārah wa-l-tārīkh, vol. 4, p.180.</ref> | ||
== Names == | == Names == | ||
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== 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, | 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> | ||
=== Modern renovations === | === Modern renovations === | ||
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* Ṣāliḥ Lamʿī Muṣṭafā, ''al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah: Tatawwuruhā al-ʿImrānī'', Beirut: Dār al-Nahḍah al-ʿArabiyyah, 1981. | * 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. | * 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. | * Muḥammad ibn Maḥmūd ibn Najjār, ''al-Durra al-Thamīnah fī Tārīkh al-Madīnah'', Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqāfah al-Dīniyyah. | ||