Al-Ijaba Mosque (Medina)
Al-Ijaba Mosque(Arabic: مسجد الإجابه) is one of the historical mosques in the city of Medina. This mosque, located in the Banu Muawiya b. Malik neighborhood, is also called by this name. Prophet Muhammad (s) prayed in this mosque. Reports indicate that this mosque had an ancient structure that was destroyed in the seventh century but was later reconstructed in the ninth century and possibly once again during the Ottoman era. The mosque was last renovated in the year 1418 AH/1998 AD.
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| General Information | |
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| Other Names | Banu Muawiya b. Malik Mosque |
| History | |
| Time of Construction | The time of the prophet |
| Events | Prophet's prayer in this mosque |
| Reconstructions | The last reconstruction in the year 1418 AH. |
location
Al-Ijaba Mosque is located in the northeast of al-Baqi'. It is next to King Faisal Street and approximately 580 meters away from the Masjid al-nabi.[1]
The Origin and Name of the Mosque
Al-Ijaba Mosque was located in the Banu Muawiya neighborhood or village in Medina.[2] And for this reason, it is also known as the Mosque of Banu Muawiya b. Malik.[3] Reports from sources suggest that this mosque was built during the time of the Prophet Muhammad (s).[4] 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.[5](5) 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.[6] Matari, in the middle of the eighth century, also mentions that the mosque was in ruins.[7] However, Sakhawi, about a century later in the late ninth century, reports that the mosque was reconstructed, but the columns that Ibn Najjar mentioned no longer remained.[8] It is likely that the mosque did not have a roof during Sakhawi's time.[9] Ahmad Abbasi, in the tenth century, also described this mosque as a four-walled structure without a roof, with a large mihrab.[10] It has been reported that in the middle of the 14th AH century, al-Ijaba Mosque had Ottoman-style stone architecture and a dome, but it was ruined.[11] Until it was reconstructed in the year 1399 AH/ 1979 AD.[12] And it was reconstructed and expanded for a second time in the year 1418 AH/1998 AD, and its area is about 1000 square meters. This mosque has an octagonal dome and one minaret.[13]
Gallery
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The old building of Al-Ijaba Mosque, which was built in 1997 AD.
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The horizontal map of the mosque from the book Ma ʿālim al-madina al-munawwara bayn al-ʿMārat wa al-Tārīkh.
Notes
- ↑ Abd al-Ghanī, Al-masajid al-atharīyya fī al-madīna al-nabawīyya, p. 33; Kaʿakī, Ma ʿālim al-madina al-munawwara bayn al-ʿMārat wa al-Tārīkh, vol. 2, p. 187.
- ↑ Maṭarī, al-. Al-Taʿrīf bimā ʾānasat al-hijra min maʿālim dār al-hijra, p. 140.
- ↑ Samhūdī, Wafāʾ al-wafā bi akhbār dar al-Muṣṭafā, vol. 3, p. 179.
- ↑ Abd al-Ghanī, Al-masajid al-atharīyya fī al-madīna al-nabawīyya, p. 36.
- ↑ Abd al-Ghanī, Al-masajid al-atharīyya fī al-madīna al-nabawīyya, p. 34-35.
- ↑ Najjār, Al-Durra al-thamīna fī akhbār al-madina, p. 128.
- ↑ Maṭarī,al-. Al-Taʿrīf bimā ʾānasat al-hijra min maʿālim dār al-hijra, p. 140.
- ↑ Samhūdī, Wafāʾ al-wafā bi akhbār dar al-Muṣṭafā, vol. 3, p. 181.
- ↑ Kaʿakī, Ma ʿālim al-madina al-munawwara bayn al-ʿMārat wa al-Tārīkh, vol. 2, p. 196.
- ↑ Abd al- Ḥamīd, Umda al-akhbār fī madina al-mukhtār, p. 150.
- ↑ Anṣārī, Āthār madīna al-munawwara, p. 137.
- ↑ Kaʿakī, Ma ʿālim al-madina al-munawwara bayn al-ʿMārat wa al-Tārīkh, vol. 2, p. 198.
- ↑ Abd al-Ghanī, Al-masajid al-atharīyya fī al-madīna al-nabawīyya, p. 34; Kaʿakī, Ma ʿālim al-madina al-munawwara bayn al-ʿMārat wa al-Tārīkh, vol. 2, p. 210.
References
- ʿAbd al-Ghanī, Muḥammad Ilyās.Al-masajid al-atharīyya fī al-madīna al-nabawīyya. Madina: Maṭābiʿ al-Rashīd, 1419 AH.
- ʿAbd al- Ḥamīd, Aḥmad . Umda al-akhbār fī madina al-mukhtār. Medina: Maktabat al-ʿIlmīyya, [n.d]
- Anṣārī, ʿAbdu-l quddūs al-. Āthār madīna al-munawwara. Medina: Maktabat al-Salafīyya, 1973.
- Kaʿakī, ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān. Ma ʿālim al-madina al-munawwara bayn al-ʿMārat wa al-Tārīkh. Beirut: Dār wa maktabat al-hilāl, 2011.
- Maṭarī, Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-. Al-Taʿrīf bimā ʾānasat al-hijra min maʿālim dār al-hijra. Riyadh: Dār al-malik ʿAbdu-l ʿAzīz, 2005.
- Najjār, Muḥammad b. Maḥmūd al- .Al-Durra al-thamīna fī akhbār al-madina. Medina: Markaz Buḥūth wa Darāsāt al-Madina al-Munawwara, 1427 AH.
- Samhūdī, ʿAlī b. ʿAbd Allāh. Wafāʾ al-wafā bi akhbār dar al-Muṣṭafā. Edited by Muḥammad Muḥyi al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd. Beirut: 1984.