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Mosque
A mosque is the building where Muslims worship. There are very strict building requirements for a place of worship to be called a mosque.
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Where is the quran kept in a mosque?
Well it differs from every mosque but most of them keep it in the bookcase without anything above it but another Quran(anything else would be disrespectful) and others keep it on a Quran stand (something looking like an X where the upper is the place where the book is placed and down parts are the legs) as i said at first it differs from every mosque.
What does a Muslim take off once inside the mosque?
Mosques "better to say Masjid(s)" are houses of Allah the almighty. They should be respected and taken care of by cleaning ... etc. Decoration is not even encouraged in mosques. They only must be clean, nicely furnished and respected while in the Masjid by speaking with law voice.
Masjids should be freed of any daily activities like selling, purchasing, using the mics to announce anything. Masjids are only built to worship Allah the almighty and to give lectures to eduate Muslims about their religion.
When going to the Masjid, a Muslim must be clean, tidy, perfumed and wearing the best cloths he has. Imagine if you are meeting a king or a president! Allah "God" is much higher, all praise be to him. A Muslims meets his God 5 times a day when stands before him doing his daily prayers. So he must be in his best status.
A Muslim can wear any cloths to the masjid as long as they are pure of any dirt. Even shoes he pray while he has them on, so long they are pure, but since modern Masjid's are nicely furnished with carpets, it is recommended not wear shoes during the prayers and to leave them outside.
Muslims remove their shoes when entering a mosque.
How many people can you fit in a average siz e mosque?
2-95,000 can fit in the mosque in the prayer room.
It depends on the size but having said that, if the mosque is filled, Muslims will put their prayer mats on the ground outside the mosque ( facing Makkah) then pray, and if the ground outside the mosque is filled, they will put their prayer mats on the streets to pray.
What do the number of minarets at a mosque signify?
i minaret represents a mosque built by a private benefactor
2 minarets show a mosque built by a community
4 minarets adorn a mosque built by the sultan (pre-1923 in Turkey)
6 minarets means you are looking at the Blue Mosque in Istanbul
7 minarets means you are in front of the mosque at Mecca
What is the maximum number of people that can fit in sheikh zayed gra nd mosque?
The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi has a maximum capacity of approximately 41,000 worshippers. This capacity includes both the main prayer hall and the surrounding courtyards. The mosque is known for its stunning architecture and is one of the largest mosques in the world. Its design allows for a significant number of visitors and worshippers at any given time.
Who built the Blue Mosque and why?
it was built by Ahmed i and was built because to surpass the Ayasofya in its glory.
Sultan Ahmad Mosque (also known as the Blue Mosque) was built by Sultan Ahmad-I during 1609-1616. It is situated in Istanbul, Turkey. It was completed in the reign of Sultan Ahmad's successor Mustafa-I.
Which is Canada's biggest mosque?
The Baitun Nur Mosque in Calgary, Alberta is the biggest mosque in Canada and in North America.
What is the layout in a mosque?
Answer 1
a mosque is always built to face the direction of mekka, it isn't built in a specific way all mosques are completely different. :)
Answer 2
Mosques typically have a very simple layout. There is an entrance where people wash their hands, feet and faces. They also take off their shoes before entering. There is then one large room where the communal prayer takes place. Women typically pray in the back or along the side walls, while men pray front and center. All worshipers face towards the Imam who stands inside a mihrab (a carved archway). The position of the mihrab is determined by the direction to Mecca.
There are certainly more complex mosques with rooms for Imams and other individuals involved in maintaining the buildings, some have balconies, some have domed roofs while others are flat-roofed, and some have internal and external gardens while others do not.
What functions does a mosque have?
Mosques serve for the following:
- Ritual worship,
- religious social activities,
- occasionally, educational and medical services,
- religious teachings,
- learning of Quran reciting and memorizing, and
- receiving and offering charities and support for the poor and the needy people
Where is the minbar in a mosque?
The minbar is an Arabic word that the Islam leader (or Imam) in the mosque steps up and stands to give sermon to Muslims in the mosque.
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The mosque in Reno is located at 2475 Kings Row, Reno, NV. 89503.
the masjid u qiblatain is located in madina al munawara
Why dont mosques get decorated?
I believe Mosques do get "decorated," but I'm not sure what you mean by that. Inside the Mosque, you won't find pictures of saints and prophets like you would in a Christian church, for example, because Muslims to not believe in creating or displaying images of religious figures. Instead, Mosques are decorated with intricate, often woven, patterns, and scripture from the Quran. The scripture is displayed beautifully in calligraphy that might only contains words and phrases from the Quran. I also believe that it is a meditation technique in Islam to create these woven patterns, usually metal, by hand, or spend time copying out sections of the Quran in calligraphy.
What is a place of worship for European Muslims?
European Muslims, like every other Muslim, pray at mosques.
Where do Turkish Muslims go to worship?
Turkish Muslims, as all Muslims, go to worship in mosques or any other clean place.
Why does a mosque have a zakah box?
The reason is clear from the box name. Zakah box is for collecting charities and Alms giving that Muslims offer for the mosque to distribute on the poor and needy people as one of the social activities that mosque practices.
What is the person called that leads the prayers in the mosque?
the man who leads prayers is called 'Imam'
that person can be randomly picked out of a crowd who knows the prayers word
No. Mosques do not have graveyards; this is counter to Islamic Teachings.
Prayers should not be offered in mosques in which there are graves. The graves should be dug up and the remains transferred to the public graveyards, with each set of remains placed in an individual grave as with all other graves. It is not permissible for graves to be left in mosques, whether that is the grave of a wali ("saint") or of anyone else, because the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade that and warned against that, and he cursed the Jews and Christians for doing that. It was narrated that he (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "May Allah curse the Jews and the Christians, for they took the graves of their Prophets as places of worship." 'Aa'ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) said, "He was warning against what they had done." Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 1330, Muslim, 529.
And when Umm Salamah and Umm Habeebah told him about a church in which there were images, he (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "When a righteous man died among them, they would build a place of worship over his grave and put those images in it. They are the most evil of mankind before Allaah." (Saheeh, agreed upon. Al-Bukhaari, 427; Muslim, 528)
And he (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Those who came before you took the graves of their Prophets and righteous people as places of worship. Do not take graves as places of worship - I forbid you to do that." (Narrated by Muslim in his Saheeh, 532, from Jundab ibn 'Abd-Allaah al-Bajali). So the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade taking graves as places of worship and he cursed those who do that, stating that they are the most evil of mankind. So we must beware of that.
It is known that everyone who prays at a grave is taking it as a place of worship, and whoever builds a mosque over a grave has taken it as a place of worship. So we must keep graves far away from the mosques and not put graves inside mosques, in obedience to the command of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and so as to avoid the curse issued by our Lord against those who build places of worship over graves, because when a person prays in a mosque in which there is a grave, the Shaytaan may tempt him to call upon the deceased or to seek his help, or to pray to him or prostrate to him, thus committing major shirk; and because this is the action of the Jews and Christians and we are obliged to differ from them and to keep away from their ways and their evil actions. But if the graves are ancient and a mosque was built over them, then it should be knocked down, because this is an innovated thing, as was stated by the scholars, and so as to avoid the means that may lead to shirk. And Allaah is the Source of strength.
