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==Names== | ==Names== | ||
This mosque has been called by different names. It is called the al-Sajda or al-Shukr (gratitude) because of the sajda of the Prophet mentioned above. Because it was next to the garden of al-Buhayri, it was called al-Buhayr or al-Buhayri Mosque, and because it was close to the Aswaf palm | This mosque has been called by different names. It is called the al-Sajda or al-Shukr (gratitude) because of the sajda of the Prophet mentioned above. Because it was next to the garden of al-Buhayri, it was called al-Buhayr or al-Buhayri Mosque, and because it was close to the Aswaf palm grove or on the way to al-Safila Gardens, it was also called al-Aswaf or al-Safila Mosque.<ref>ʿAbdu-l Ghanī, ''Al-Masājid al-Atharīyya'', p. 92-93.</ref> | ||
It is not exactly clear why and when this mosque became known as Abu Dharr Mosque, but al-Matari, a [[local historian of Medina]], mentioned it as Abu | It is not exactly clear why and when this mosque became known as Abu Dharr Mosque, but al-Matari, a [[local historian of Medina]], mentioned it as Abu Dharr Mosque in the 8th/14th century. Al-Samhudi doubted the correctness of this naming, but the name of Abu Dharr Mosque has been widely used.<ref>Najafī, ''Madīna shināsī'', p. 206-207; ʿAbdu-l Ghanī, ''Al-Masājid al-Atharīyya'', P. 93.</ref> | ||
==History of the mosque== | ==History of the mosque== | ||
Al-Matari (d. 741/1340-41) writes in the book of [[Al-Ta'rif bi-ma ansat al-hijra]] that on al-Safila Road, which is the eastern road to [[Hamza's grave]], there is a very small mosque, which is called Abu Dharr Mosque.<ref>Maṭarī, ''Al-Taʿrīf bimā ʾānasat al-hijra'', P. 147-148.</ref> At the end of the 9th/15th century, al-Samhudi (d. 911/1505-6) described the mosque as a small building with dimensions of 8 cubits by 8 cubits located near a palm grove called al-Buhayr.<ref>Samhudī, ''Wafāʾ al-wafā'', Vol. 3, p. 209.</ref> | |||
Another report from the year 1303/1885-6 | |||
Sayyid | Another report from the year 1303/1885-6 describes the place as a small mosque without a roof near al-Sadaqa spring.<ref>ʿAbdu-l Ghanī, ''Al-Masājid al-Atharīyya'', p. 95.</ref> 'Abd al-Quddus al-Ansari, also spoke about this mosque in his book. He described al-Buhayr 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.<ref>Anṣārī, ''Āthār al-madīna al-munawwara'', p. 139-140.</ref> | ||
Sayyid Ahmad Yasin al-Khayari, in his book, which was first published in 1410/1989-90, spoke about the reconstruction of the mosque where this mosque was under the supervision of the Department of Awqaf of Saudi Arabia.<ref>Khayārī, ''Tārīkh maʿālim al-madīna al-munawwara qadīman wa ḥadīthan'', p. 180.</ref> In his book, Ilyas Abd al-Ghani also considered the reconstructed mosque to be 18 meters long and 10.13 meters wide.<ref>ʿAbdu-l Ghanī, ''Al-Masājid al-Atharīyya'', P. 94.</ref> | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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*Samhudī, ʿAlī b. ʿAbd Allāh. ''Wafāʾ al-wafā bi akhbār dar al-Muṣṭafā''. Edited by Muhammad Muḥyi al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd. Beirut: 1984. | *Samhudī, ʿAlī b. ʿAbd Allāh. ''Wafāʾ al-wafā bi akhbār dar al-Muṣṭafā''. Edited by Muhammad Muḥyi al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd. Beirut: 1984. | ||
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[[fa:مسجد سجده]] | [[fa:مسجد سجده]] | ||
[[category:Medina]] | [[category:Medina]] | ||