Al-Sajda Mosque: Difference between revisions

This mosque is located 900 meters north of [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi]] at the intersection of Abu Dharr Street and Airport Street.<ref>ʿAbdu-l Ghanī, ''Al-Masājid al-ʾAtharīyya'', P. 93.</ref>

[[Prophet Muhammad(a)]] prayed in this place. The last sajda of the Prophet(a) was so long that the companions thought that he had passed away. When he got up from sajda, he said: [[Gabriel]] came to me and said: Whoever from your nation sends blessings upon you, God sends blessings upon him; I performed sajda for gratitude.<ref>Samhudī, ''Wafāʾ al-wafā'', vol. 3, p. 209-210.</ref>

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 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>

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 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>

*ʿAbdu-l Ghanī, Muhammad ʾIlyās. ''Al-Masājid al-Atharīyya fī al- madīna al-munawwara''. Medina: [n.p], 2000.

*Anṣārī, ʿAbdu-l Quddus al-. ''Āthār al-madīna al-munawwara''. Medina: Maktabat al-Salafīyya, 1973.

*Khayārī, Sayyid Aḥmad Yāsīn al-.''Tārīkh maʿālimal-madīna al-munawwara qadīman wa ḥadīthan''. Riyadh: al-Amāna alʿāmma li-liḥtifāl miʾat ʿām ʿalā tʾsīs al-mamlika al- ʿarabiyya al-suʿudiyya, 1419 AH/1999.

*Maṭarī, Muhammad b. Aḥmad al-. ''Al-Taʿrīf  bimā ʾānasat al-hijra min maʿālim dār al-hijra''. Riyadh: Dār al-malik  ʿAbdu-l ʿAzīz, 2005.

*Najafī, Sayyid Muhammad Bāqir. ''Madīna shināsī''. Tehran: Mashʿar, 1387 sh.

*Samhudī, ʿAlī b. ʿAbd Allāh. ''Wafāʾ al-wafā bi akhbār dar al-Muṣṭafā''. Edited by Muhammad Muḥyi al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd. Beirut: 1984.