Friday Mosque

Friday Mosque is the English translation of the Arabic term masjid al-jumʿa (Arabic: مسجد الجمعة‎ “Mosque of [the day of] Assembly”) or Jama Masjid. This term is applied as a proper name to many mosques worldwide. Friday – in Arabic, “the Day of Assembly” – is the day for communal prayer in which all male Muslims are called to pray communally for the noon-time prayer in Islam, the equivalent of the Jewish Sabbath prayers (which runs from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday) and Christian churchgoing on Sundays. Every Islamic community has a mosque for this purpose. Friday Mosque is thus the most common name for mosques worldwide.

Some well-known Friday Mosques

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Afghanistan

• Friday Mosque of Balkh - located in Balkh, Afghanistan
• Friday Mosque of Herat - Located in Herat

Azerbaijan

• Friday Mosque of Baku - Located in Baku, Azerbaijan

India

• Jama Masjid - Located in Old Delhi, India

Iran

• Friday Mosque of Tabriz - Located in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan, Iran
• Friday Mosque of Fahraj - Located in Yazd, Iran
• Friday Mosque of Isfahan - Located in Isfahan

Malaysia

• Masjid Jamek - Located in Malaysia

Maldives

• Male' Hukuru Miskyii - Located in Male'

Mali

• Great Mosque of Djenné - Located in Djenné

Uzbekistan

• Djuma Mosque (Khiva) (Russian: Джума мечеть) - located in Khiva, Uzbekistan
• Djuma Mosque (Tashkent) (Russian: Джума мечеть) - located in Tashkent

See also

• Mosque
• Jumu'ah
• Salat