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Category: Masajid
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When the Prophet ﷺ came to al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah, he stayed in Qubā’ in the house of Kulthūm ibn al-Hidm from Banū ʿAmr ibn ʿAwf. He took his threshing-yard and made it into a mosque, shared with them in building it, and used to pray there. Shumaisah bint al-Nuʿmān said:“I looked at the Messenger of Allah…
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It is called Masjid al-Ijābah, because the Prophet ﷺ supplicated to Allah in it and asked for three things; Allah answered two of those supplications and withheld the third. It is also called Masjid Banī Muʿāwiyah, because it is located in the quarter of Banī Muʿāwiyah from among the Anṣār. The Prophet’s ﷺ Prayer and…
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It is reported that the Prophet ﷺ used to come to Ṭalḥah al-Barā’ to visit him when he was ill; and when he passed away the Prophet ﷺ came to offer condolences. During that time, the Prophet ﷺ prayed at the place of this mosque. Open in Google Maps
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Banī Ḥarām settled in a ravine of Mount Salaʿ after the Prophet ﷺ gave them permission to do so. Because of that this ravine came to be known as Shaʿb Banī Ḥarām. There they built their mosque, which came to be known as Masjid Banī Ḥarām. Open in Google Maps
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It is called Masjid Banī Dīnār, because it was located in the dwellings of Banī Dīnār. It is also called Masjid al-Ghassālīn (“Mosque of the Washer-men”), because it stood near the clothes-washers from Banī Dīnār. And it is called Masjid al-Maghsalah, because it lies in the area known as al-Maghsalah. It is also called Masjid…