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'''The Bani Unayf Mosque''' is one of the historical mosques in the city of [[Medina]], built at the location where Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) used to pray. This mosque is situated near the [[Quba Mosque]]. The Bani Unayf Mosque is also known as the Masjid Musabbih or Morning Mosque. Although it had been in ruins throughout history, it was reconstructed in the year 1442 Hijri (2021 CE).
'''The Bani Unayf Mosque''' is one of the historical mosques in the city of [[Medina]], built at the location where Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) used to pray. This mosque is situated near the [[Quba Mosque]]. The Bani Unayf Mosque is also known as the Masjid Musabbih or Morning Mosque. Although it had been in ruins throughout history, it was reconstructed in the year 1442 Hijri (2021 CE).
==Location==
==Location==
The location of the mosque is next to the fortresses of the Bani Unayf tribe on a hill, a few hundred meters southwest of the Quba Mosque, alongside the Ghassan Warehouses and behind the water purification facility for drinking water.
The location of the mosque is next to the fortresses of the Bani Unayf tribe on a hill, a few hundred meters southwest of the Quba Mosque, alongside the Ghassan Warehouses and behind the water purification facility for drinking water.<ref>Khīyārī, ''Tārīkh maʿālimal-madīna al-munawwara'', p. 175; Samhūdī, ''Wafāʾ al-wafā'', vol. 3, p. 245-246; ʿAbdu-l Ghanī, ''Al-Masājid al-Atharīyya'', p. 41.</ref>
==Names==
==Names==
The reason for naming this mosque Bani Unayf is because its construction is located in the settlement area of the Bani Unayf tribe. Bani Unayf was a branch of the Bani Qilah tribe and, according to some accounts, were remnants of the [['Amaleeqa]]. Additionally, the mosque is renowned as Masjid al-Musabbih or al-Subh(morning) Mosque due to the Prophet (PBUH) performing the Fajr (dawn) prayer there.
The reason for naming this mosque Bani Unayf is because its construction is located in the settlement area of the Bani Unayf tribe. Bani Unayf was a branch of the Bani Qilah tribe and, according to some accounts, were remnants of the [['Amaleeqa]]. Additionally, the mosque is renowned as Masjid al-Musabbih or al-Subh(morning) Mosque due to the Prophet (PBUH) performing the Fajr (dawn) prayer there.
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==References==
==References==
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*ʿAbdu-l Ghanī, Muḥammad ʾIlyās. Al-Masājid al-Atharīyya fī al- madīna al-munawwara. Medina: [n.p], 2000.
*ʿAbdu-l Ghanī, Muḥammad ʾIlyās. ''Al-Masājid al-Atharīyya fī al- madīna al-munawwara''. Medina: [n.p], 2000.
*Khīyārī, Sayyid Aḥmad Yāsīn.Tārīkh maʿālimal-madīna al-munawwara qadīman wa ḥadīthan. Riyadh: al-Amāna alʿāmma li-liḥtifāl miʾat ʿām ʿalā tʾsīs al-mamlika al- ʿarabiyya al-suʿūdiyya, 1419 AH/1999.
*Khīyārī, Sayyid Aḥmad Yāsīn.''Tārīkh maʿālimal-madīna al-munawwara qadīman wa ḥadīthan''. Riyadh: al-Amāna alʿāmma li-liḥtifāl miʾat ʿām ʿalā tʾsīs al-mamlika al- ʿarabiyya al-suʿūdiyya, 1419 AH/1999.
*Maṭarī, Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-, Al-Taʿrīf  bimā ʾansat al-hija min maʿālim dār al-hijra, Riyadh: Dār al-malik  ʿAbdu-l ʿAzīz, 2005.
*Maṭarī, Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-. ''Al-Taʿrīf  bimā ʾānasat al-hija min maʿālim dār al-hijra''. Riyadh: Dār al-malik  ʿAbdu-l ʿAzīz, 2005.
*Samhūdī, ʿAlī b. ʿAbd Allāh. ''Wafāʾ al-wafā bi akhbār dar al-Muṣṭafā''. Edited by Muḥammad Muḥyi al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd. Beirut: 1984.
*Samhūdī, ʿAlī b. ʿAbd Allāh. ''Wafāʾ al-wafā bi akhbār dar al-Muṣṭafā''. Edited by Muḥammad Muḥyi al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd. Beirut: 1984.