Al-Ijaba Mosque (Medina): Difference between revisions

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And for this reason, it is also known as the Mosque of Banu Muawiya b. Malik.<ref>Samhūdī, '' Wafāʾ al-wafā bi akhbār dar al-Muṣṭafā'', vol. 3, p. 179.</ref>

Reports from sources suggest that this mosque was built during the time of the Prophet Muhammad (s).<ref>Abd al-Ghanī, ''Al-masajid al-atharīyya fī al-madīna al-nabawīyya'', p. 36.</ref>

Narratives indicate that the [[Prophet Muhammad (s)]] prayed and made supplications in this mosque, and informed his companions that he had asked God to spare his nation from famine, drowning, and internal strife. The first two requests were fulfilled, but the last one was not.<ref>Abd al-Ghanī, ''Al-masajid al-atharīyya fī al-madīna al-nabawīyya'', p. 34-35.</ref>~~(5)~~

Narratives indicate that the [[Prophet Muhammad (s)]] prayed and made supplications in this mosque, and informed his companions that he had asked God to spare his nation from famine, drowning, and internal strife. The first two requests were fulfilled, but the last one was not.<ref>Abd al-Ghanī, ''Al-masajid al-atharīyya fī al-madīna al-nabawīyya'', p. 34-35.</ref> For this reason, this mosque is called al-Ijaba Mosque.

For this reason, this mosque is called al-Ijaba Mosque.

==History of the building==

The oldest information about the building of al-Ijaba Mosque comes from a report by Ibn Zabala, a historian of Medina in the seventh century. In his time, which was the first half of the seventh century, this mosque had been destroyed and only its columns and mihrab remained.<ref>Najjār,

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 And for this reason, it is also known as the Mosque of Banu Muawiya b. Malik.<ref>Samhūdī, '' Wafāʾ al-wafā bi akhbār dar al-Muṣṭafā'', vol. 3, p. 179.</ref>
 Reports from sources suggest that this mosque was built during the time of the Prophet Muhammad (s).<ref>Abd al-Ghanī, ''Al-masajid al-atharīyya fī al-madīna al-nabawīyya'', p. 36.</ref>
-Narratives indicate that the [[Prophet Muhammad (s)]] prayed and made supplications in this mosque, and informed his companions that he had asked God to spare his nation from famine, drowning, and internal strife. The first two requests were fulfilled, but the last one was not.<ref>Abd al-Ghanī, ''Al-masajid al-atharīyya fī al-madīna al-nabawīyya'', p. 34-35.</ref>(5)
+Narratives indicate that the [[Prophet Muhammad (s)]] prayed and made supplications in this mosque, and informed his companions that he had asked God to spare his nation from famine, drowning, and internal strife. The first two requests were fulfilled, but the last one was not.<ref>Abd al-Ghanī, ''Al-masajid al-atharīyya fī al-madīna al-nabawīyya'', p. 34-35.</ref> For this reason, this mosque is called al-Ijaba Mosque.
-For this reason, this mosque is called al-Ijaba Mosque.
 ==History of the building==
 The oldest information about the building of al-Ijaba Mosque comes from a report by Ibn Zabala, a historian of Medina in the seventh century. In his time, which was the first half of the seventh century, this mosque had been destroyed and only its columns and mihrab remained.<ref>Najjār,