Global InformationList of mosques in Saudi Arabia information
This is a list of mosques in Saudi Arabia.
| Name | Images | Location | Year | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Mosque of Mecca |  |
Mecca | Era of Ibrahim (Abraham) | The largest mosque in the world, it surrounds Islam's holiest place, the Kaaba. One of the Five Pillars of Islam requires every Muslim to perform the Hajj (Major Pilgrimage) here, at least once in his or her lifetime if able to do so. |
| The Prophet's Mosque |  |
Medina | 622 | The second-holiest site in Islam and the third mosque built by Muhammad. |
| Abdullah Ibn Abbas Mosque |  |
At-Ta'if | ? | This mosque houses the remains of Abdullah ibn Abbas, a cousin and companion of Muhammad.[1][2][3][4] |
| Abu Bakr Mosque |  |
Medina | ? | |
| Addas Mosque |  |
At-Ta'if | ? | This mosque is named after Addas, an Iraqi Christian who embraced Islam after meeting Muhammad.[3][4][5][6] |
| Aisha Mosque |  |
At-Tan'eem, Mecca | ? | |
| Ajyad Mosque |  |
Mecca | ? | |
| Alowidah Mosque |  |
Riyadh | ? | |
| Al Hamra Mosque |  |
Medina | ? | |
| Al Jum'ah Mosque |  |
Medina | 622 | |
| Al-Ejabah Mosque |  |
Mecca | ? | |
| Al-Fuqair Mosque | Medina | ? | ||
| Al-Ijabah Mosque |  |
Medina | 622 | |
| Al Malik Fahd Mosque |  |
Jeddah | ? | |
| Abdulaziz Abdullah Sharbatly Mosque |  |
Jeddah | 2024 | The world’s first 3D printed mosque |
| Al-Khaif Mosque |  |
Mina, Mecca | ? | The largest mosque in Mina, which Muslim pilgrims visit during the Hajj.[7] |
| Al-Mash'ar Al-Haram |  |
Muzdalifah, Mecca | ? | A site which pilgrims visit during the Hajj.[8][9][10][11] |
| An-Namirah Mosque |  |
Arafat, Mecca | ? | A mosque near Jabal 'Arafat, which Muslim pilgrims visit durung the Hajj.[12][13] |
| Al Qantara Mosque |  |
At-Ta'if | 1856 | A historical mosque from the Ottoman era, which is considered to be built on a site where Muhammad and his adopted son, Zayd ibn Harithah, rested after their expulsion from At-Ta'if.[3] |
| Al-Rahmah Mosque |  |
Jeddah | ? | |
| Al-Rayah Mosque | Medina | ? | ||
| Anbariya Mosque |  |
Medina | 1908 | |
| As-Sabaq Mosque | Medina | ? | ||
| As-Sajadah Mosque |  |
Medina | ? | |
| Bani Bayadhah Mosque | Medina | ? | ||
| Bani Harithah Mosque | Medina | ? | ||
| Bay'ah Mosque |  |
Mecca | 761 | |
| Bin Laden Mosque |  |
Jeddah | ? | |
| Faqi Mosque |  |
Mecca | ? | |
| Fas'h mosque | Medina | ? | ||
| Hassan Enany Mosque |  |
Jeddah | ? | |
| Jawatha Mosque |  |
Jawatha near Hofuf | 629 | |
| King Saud Mosque |  |
Jeddah | 1987 | |
| Manartain Mosque |  |
Medina | ? | |
| Masjid al-Qiblatayn |  |
Medina | 623 | Historically important for Muslims as it is the place where, after the Islamic prophet Muhammad received the command to change the direction of prayer (qiblah) from Jerusalem to Mecca. |
| Masjid-u-Shajarah |  |
Medina | ? | |
| Mosque of Al-Fadeekh | Medina | ? | ||
| Mosque of Al-Ghamama |  |
Medina | ? | |
| Mosque of Al-Saqiya |  |
Medina | ? | |
| Mosque of Atban Bin Malik | Medina | ? | ||
| Mosque of Bani Haram | Medina | ? | ||
| Quba Mosque |  |
Medina | 622 | The first mosque that was built by Muhammad.[14] |
| Sayyid Ash-Shuhada Mosque |  |
Medina | 2017 | This mosque is near the grave of Muhammad's uncle, Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib, at the foot of Mount Uhud.[15] |
| The Seven Mosques |  |
Medina | ? |
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- ^ "Masjid Abdullah Ibn Abbas". Islamic Landmarks. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
- ^ a b c Al-Kinani, Mohammed (2018-01-11). "Taif mosque is a historic Saudi jewel with a story to tell". Arab News. Taif, Saudi Arabia. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
- ^ a b Al-Thaqafi, Tareq (2023-07-14). "Taif's weather, rich culture and history attract pilgrims". Arab News. Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
- ^ "Addas Mosque". Atlas Islamica. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
- ^ "Prophet Muhammad's Visit To Taif". Islam & Ihsan. 2020-03-11. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
- ^ "Nimra Mosque, Al-Khaif Mosque, Masjid Uqbah and Taneem Mosque". Mecca.net. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
- ^ Long, David E. (1979). "2: The Rites of the Hajj". The Hajj Today: A Survey of the Contemporary Pilgrimage to Makkah. SUNY Press. pp. 11–24. ISBN 0-8739-5382-7.
With thousands of Hajjis, most of them in motor vehicles, rushing headlong for Muzdalifah [...] There is special grace for praying at the roofless mosque in Muzdalifah called al-Mash'ar al-Haram (the Sacred Grove)
- ^ Danarto (1989). A Javanese pilgrim in Mecca. p. 27. ISBN 0-8674-6939-0.
It was still dark when we arrived at Muzdalifah, four miles away. The Koran instructs us to spend the night at al-Mash'ar al-Haram. the Sacred Grove at Muzdalifah, as one of the conditions for the hajj.
- ^ Jones, Lindsay (2005). Encyclopedia of religion. Vol. 10. Macmillan Reference USA. p. 7159. ISBN 0-0286-5743-8.
The Qur'an admonishes: "When you hurry from Arafat, remember God at the Sacred Grove (al-mash' ar al-haram)," that is, at Muzdalifah (2:198). Today a mosque marks the place in Muzdalifah where pilgrims gather to perform the special saldt
- ^ Ziauddin Sardar; M. A. Zaki Badawi (1978). Hajj Studies. Jeddah: Croom Helm for Hajj Research Centre; King Abdul Aziz University. p. 32. ISBN 0-8566-4681-4.
Muzdalifah is an open plain sheltered by parched hills with sparse growth of thorn bushes. The pilgrims spend a night under the open sky of the roofless Mosque, the Sacred Grove, Al Mush'ar al-Haram. On the morning of the tenth, all depart[.]
- ^ "Masjid al-Namirah". Hajj & Umrah Planner. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ "مسجد نمرة.. شاهد حي على تاريخ رحلة الحج منذ 1400 عام". Al-Riyadh (in Arabic). 19 October 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ Quba — the first mosque in the history of Islam, Arab News, 13 July 2014
- ^ "ThePlace: Sayed Al-Shuhada Mosque, a vital historic landmark in Madinah". Arab News. 2022-07-24. Retrieved 2023-03-30.