Umar b. Khattab Mosque (Medina): Difference between revisions

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)<ref>[https://wikihaj.com/index.php?title=%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87:%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AE_%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87_%D9%82%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7_%D9%88_%D8%AD%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AB%D8%A7.pdf&page=138 Tarikh Ma'alim al-Madina al-Munawwara Qadiman wa Hadithan, p. 138]</ref> where [[Prophet Muhammad (s)]] performed Eid prayers<ref>[https://wikihaj.com/index.php?title=%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87:%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AE_%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%A14_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%AF1.pdf&page=444 Ma'alim al-Madina al-Munawwara Bayn al-'Imara wa al-Tarikh, vol. 1, part 4, p. 444]</ref> and it is possible that [[Umar b. al-Khattab]] also prayed in this location during his caliphate; hence, it was attributed to him.<ref>[https://wikihaj.com/index.php?title=%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87:%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AB%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%87.pdf&page=249 Masajid al-Athariyya, p. 249]</ref> <ref>''Fusul min Tarikh al-Madina al-Munawwara, p. 152.''</ref>There is no historical evidence for this, and some researchers have rejected the possibility of the Prophet and other caliphs praying in this location.<ref name=":2">[https://wikihaj.com/index.php?title=%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87:%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%81%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86.pdf&page=230 ''al-Durr al-Thamin fi Ma'alim Dar al-Rasul al-Amin'', p. 230]</ref>

Muhammad Amin Shanqiti considers the establishment of the mosque to be in the sixth century AH,<ref name=":2" /> but other researchers have stated that the mosque building was established in the ninth century<ref name=":3">[https://wikihaj.com/index.php?title=%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87:%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AB%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%87.pdf&page=223 Masajid al-Athariyya, p. 223]</ref> 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 (d. 911 AH), reported the construction of two mosques south of the Musalla in the year 850 AH,<ref>[https://wikihaj.com/index.php?title=%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87:%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A1_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D8%AC%DB%B3.pdf&page=220 Wafa' al-Wafa', p. 220]</ref> and some researchers have identified one of them as the Umar Mosque.<ref name=":0" />