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Before the present Uthman Mosque (which is south of Masjid al-Nabi), there was an older mosque with the same name, located in the northwestern area of [[Masjid al-Nabi]] and inside the Sultaniyya Fortress.<ref>Fuṣūl min Tārīkh al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah, p. 52</ref> The old Uthman Mosque can be considered completely separate from the present mosque, whose history exists but whose building is lost. | Before the present Uthman Mosque (which is south of Masjid al-Nabi), there was an older mosque with the same name, located in the northwestern area of [[Masjid al-Nabi]] and inside the Sultaniyya Fortress.<ref>Fuṣūl min Tārīkh al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah, p. 52</ref> The old Uthman Mosque can be considered completely separate from the present mosque, whose history exists but whose building is lost. | ||
The exact date of the establishment of the old Uthman Mosque is unknown, but 'Ali b. Musa mentioned the existence of a mosque named 'Uthman b. 'Affan in the Sultaniyya Fortress in Medina in 1303 AH/ 1885 CE, describing it as a mosque with 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=16 Waṣf al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah, p. 16]</ref> a fortress that Sultan Sulayman al-'Uthmani (R. 926-974) had built in the 10th century. It is said that the soldiers inside the fortress prayed in this mosque.<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 Tārīkh Ma'ālim al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah Qadīman wa Ḥadīthan, p. 138 and 134]</ref> Some researchers have considered this mosque to have been built at the site of the [[Musalla Mosque|Prophet's Musalla]] in the 1th AH; a place that was originally the house of Hakim b. al-' | The exact date of the establishment of the old Uthman Mosque is unknown, but 'Ali b. Musa mentioned the existence of a mosque named 'Uthman b. 'Affan in the Sultaniyya Fortress in Medina in 1303 AH/ 1885 CE, describing it as a mosque with 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=16 Waṣf al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah, p. 16]</ref> a fortress that Sultan Sulayman al-'Uthmani (R. 926-974) had built in the 10th century. It is said that the soldiers inside the fortress prayed in this mosque.<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 Tārīkh Ma'ālim al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah Qadīman wa Ḥadīthan, p. 138 and 134]</ref> Some researchers have considered this mosque to have been built at the site of the [[Musalla Mosque|Prophet's Musalla]] in the 1th AH; a place that was originally the house of Hakim b. al-'Adaʾ and was called Dar Abi Yasar.<ref>Ma'ālim al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah Bayna al-'Imārah wa al-Tārīkh, part 4, vol. 2, p. 85 and 78</ref><ref>Ma'ālim al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah Bayna al-'Imārah wa al-Tārīkh, part 4, vol. 2, p. 76.</ref> | ||
The mosque building was ruined in 1338 AH and was destroyed in 1370 AH during the development projects of this area along with the fortress.<ref>Ma'ālim al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah Bayna al-'Imārah wa al-Tārīkh, part 4, vol. 2, p. 87.</ref> Shaykh Khashoggi built the new building, with a change in location, in the first decade of the fifteenth Lunar Hijri century at its current site.<ref name=":1">[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=262 Masājid al-Atharīyah, p. 262]</ref> | The mosque building was ruined in 1338 AH and was destroyed in 1370 AH during the development projects of this area along with the fortress.<ref>Ma'ālim al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah Bayna al-'Imārah wa al-Tārīkh, part 4, vol. 2, p. 87.</ref> Shaykh Khashoggi built the new building, with a change in location, in the first decade of the fifteenth Lunar Hijri century at its current site.<ref name=":1">[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=262 Masājid al-Atharīyah, p. 262]</ref> | ||