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

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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" />

===Reconstruction ~~of the Mosque~~===

===Reconstruction===

The current building of this mosque was constructed in 1266 AH/1849 CE during the reign of Ottoman Sultan Abdülmecid I.<ref name=":0" /> 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.<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%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=449 Ma'alim al-Madina al-Munawwara Bayn al-'Imara wa al-Tarikh, vol. 1, part 4, p. 449]</ref> 'Ali b. Musa observed the mosque in 1303 AH and described it as being next to the Abi Jayda waterway and having one minaret.<ref>''[https://wikihaj.com/index.php?title=%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87:%D9%88%D8%B5%D9%81_%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.pdf&page=10 Wasf al-Madina, p. 10]''</ref>

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 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" />
-===Reconstruction of the Mosque===
+===Reconstruction===
 The current building of this mosque was constructed in 1266 AH/1849 CE during the reign of Ottoman Sultan Abdülmecid I.<ref name=":0" /> 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.<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%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=449 Ma'alim al-Madina al-Munawwara Bayn al-'Imara wa al-Tarikh, vol. 1, part 4, p. 449]</ref> 'Ali b. Musa observed the mosque in 1303 AH and described it as being next to the Abi Jayda waterway and having one minaret.<ref>''[https://wikihaj.com/index.php?title=%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87:%D9%88%D8%B5%D9%81_%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.pdf&page=10 Wasf al-Madina, p. 10]''</ref>