Uthman Mosque (Medina): Difference between revisions

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 ==Name==
-Some researchers have suggested that the name 'Uthman for this mosque is because, within the area of the [[Musalla of the Prophet|Musalla mosques]], there was a mosque named after each of the early caliphs, and this mosque was named to complete the names of the four caliphs.<ref>Masājid al-Atharīyah, p. 262</ref> This mosque is also known today in [[Medina]] as the Dhu al-Nurayn Mosque.
+Some researchers have suggested that the mosque was named after Uthman ibn Affan because mosques bearing the names of the four early caliphs were established in the area of the [[Musalla of the Prophet|Musalla]]. According to this interpretation, the name was intended to complete the group of mosques associated with the four caliphs. This explanation is a scholarly hypothesis rather than an established fact.<ref>Masājid al-Atharīyah, p. 262</ref> The mosque is also known in Medina as the Mosque of Dhu al-Nurayn, an epithet traditionally associated with Uthman b. Affan.
 ==History of the present Building==