Prostrate mosque The Sajdah Mosque is one of the old mosques in the city of Medina, which was built in the prayer place of the Prophet (PBUH). This mosque is located in the north of Masjid al-Nabi and the intersection of Abu Dhar Street and Al Matar Street. This mosque is also known as Al-Buhair Mosque, Abu Dhar Mosque and Aswaf Mosque. Place This mosque is located 900 meters north of Masjid al-Nabi at the intersection of Abu Dhar Street and Al Matar Street.[1. ʿAbdu-l Ghanī, Muḥammad ʾIlyās. Al-Masājid al-Atharīyya. P 93] The story of the mosque The Prophet (pbuh) prayed two rakats in this mosque. The prostration of the Prophet (PBUH) in the second rak’at was so long that the companions thought that he had passed away. When he got up from prostration, he said: Gabriel came to me and said: Whoever from your nation sends blessings upon you, God sends blessings upon him. I prostrated for gratitude. [2. Samhudī, ʿAlī b. ʿAbd Allāh. ‘’Wafāʾ al-wafāvol.3p209.210] Mosque names This mosque has been called by different names. Because of the prostration of the Prophet, which was mentioned above, it is called the Mosque of Sajdah or the Mosque of Sugar. Because it was next to Bostan Al-Buhairi, it was called Al-Bahir Mosque or Al-Bahiri, and because it was close to the Aswaf grove or on the way to Al-Safalah Gardens, it was also called the Aswaf Mosque or Salafa Mosque.[3. ʿAbdu-l Ghanī, Muḥammad ʾIlyās.Al-Masājid al-Atharīyya. p92,93] It is not exactly clear why and since when this mosque became known as Abu Dhar Mosque, but Matri, a local historian of Medina, mentioned it as Abu Dhar Mosque in the 8th century. Samhoudi doubted the correctness of this naming, but the name of Abu Dhar Mosque has been widely used until today.[4. Najafī, Sayyid Muḥammad Bāqir. Madīna shināsī p.206,207 ʿAbdu-l Ghanī, Muḥammad ʾIlyās. Al-Masājid al-Atharīyya. P.93] History of the mosque Mutari (1741 AH) writes in the book of Al-Tarief Bama Ansat al-Hijrah that on Saflah Road, which is the eastern road to Hamza Seyyed al-Shahda’s grave, there is a very small mosque, which is called Abi Dhar Mosque. [5Maṭarī, Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-, Al-Taʿrīf bimā ʾansat al-hija. P.147,148] Samhoudi (911 AH) at the end of the century. He described the ninth mosque as a small building with dimensions of 8 cubits by 8 cubits and believes that this mosque was located near a grove called Al-Bahir.[6.Samhudī, ʿAlī b. ʿAbd Allāh. ‘’Wafāʾ al-wafā. Vol.3p209] Another report from the year 1303/1885 AD describes the Abu Dhar Ghafari mosque as a small mosque without a roof near the alms fountain. [7.ʿAbdu-l Ghanī, Muḥammad ʾIlyās. Al-Masājid al-Atharīyya.p95 ] Abdul Qudous Ansari also spoke about this mosque in his book. He described Al-Bahir Mosque as a very small square mosque with a length and width of 4 meters, and according to his report, the walls of this mosque were one meter high.[8Anṣārī, ʿAbdu-l quddūs al-. Athār madīna al-munawwaravol.139,140. ] In his book, which was first published in 1410, Seyyed Ahmed Yassin Khayari spoke about the reconstruction of the mosque in a beautiful way and that this mosque was under the supervision of the endowment department of Saudi Arabia[9. Khiyārī, Sayyid Aḥmad Yāsīn.Tārīkh maʿālimal-madīna al-munawwara qadīman wa ḥadīthanp.180]. It is 18 meters long and 13.10 meters wide. [10. ʿAbdu-l Ghanī, Muḥammad ʾIlyās. Al-Masājid al-Atharīyya. P94] Notes==
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