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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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What is a function of the minaret on an Islamic mosque?
It is the same as the towers of traditional churches that indicates Christian architecture. For mosques, it is a matter of Islamic architecture and is symbolic indication of mosques.
It not just a symbolic item. Everything created for purpose. As churches minaret used to locate the bell, minaret in mosques also use for the signal purpose.
In more recent times, the main function of the minaret was to provide a vantage point from which the muezzin can call out the adhan, calling the faithful to prayer.
In most modern Mosques, the adhan is called not in the minaret, but in the musallah, or prayer hall, via a microphone and speaker system. However, the minaret still a good place to locate the speaker.
How do you pronounce the word mosque?
Mosque is pronounced as 'mosk'.
It is a place of worship for the followers of the Islamic religion.
How many mosques are in Egypt?
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The cube shaped shrine in the great mosque is called?
The Holy Mosque of Makkah. (Makkah is the Holy City, located in Saudi Arabia)
The Holy Mosque of Madinah. (also Madinah is located in Saudi Arabia)
The Holy Mosque of Jerusalem. (located in Palestine/Israel)
What is the day Muslim men attend noon prayers at the mosque?
Muslims pray five times a day, and sevens days a week. there isn't a specific day or time where they meet at the mosque, they go whenever it is time to pray.
Is there proof that mosques are built on conquered sites?
There are at least two mosques that I am aware of on prominent conquered holy sites. In Istanbul the Hagia Sophia Eastern Orthodox cathedral was taken over by Muslims in 1453 and converted into a mosque, which it continued to be until Turkey was secularized in 1935.
The Dome of the Rock and other mosque-related buildings were built over the site of the Jewish Temple on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem. I would not be surprised to find other examples of this, but have not had time to research the matter further.
Hint on the above:the Hagia Sophia Eastern Orthodox cathedral was converted into a mosque just for having the majority of population in the country at that time as Muslims and the cathedral was no longer of practical use. However, it was changed into a museum in year 1935 and is still a museum.The story is different for the mosques of Dome of the Rock and Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa where their sites were flat lands and the two mosques were neither in replacement of a Jewish temple nor any other building.
However, many mosques in Spain and former Soviet Union Islamic Republics where either demolished or changed into churches or changed for other uses.
How would you recognize a mosque?
You would recognize a mosque because it has a round thing on the top.
What can't you wear in mosque?
- covering the whole body including head, hair and neck but not necessarily covering face and hands,
- not tight and not describing the body figures and sexy body parts.
- not transparent and not exposing what is underneath
Muslim men can't wear clothing that not meeting the following requirements:
- covering; as minimum; the body part from naval to knees.
- not from silk or gold
Why is the shape of the mosque roof a shape of a dome?
There is an architectural reason why a dome applied in a mosque/masjid: so that a mosque/masjid does not require lot of pillars or shaft. Without pillars, people can make rows without space (for pillar or shaft) when makes sholat/pray.
How often do Muslims attend mosque?
As a minimum, a Muslim attends the mosque (or Masjid) for the weekly Friday praying. Only female Muslims may be forgiven from attending mosques for Friday praying if they feel unsafe on going to mosques (a case which is rarely existing). However, many Muslims attend mosques for the 5 daily prayers and also during feast prayers and Ramadan Taraweeh prayers.
The 3 biggest mosques worldwide?
Al-Masjid al-Ḥarām ("The Sacred Mosque"), in Mecca, Saudi Arabia is the largest mosque in the world. The second largest mosque in the world is the Prophet's Mosque also found in Saudi Arabia in Medina, and the third largest mosque in the world is Goharshad mosque which is in the city of Mashhad, Iran. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_Mosques
What happens if you break a rule of a mosque?
This is an unusual question!
The answer depends on the rule that is broken and why it is broken.
If a person breaks a minor rule, like wearing shoes on the carpet where people pray, others will remind him/her to remove the shoes.
If a person creates a disturbance, s/he may be reminded to be quiet. If the disturbance continues, s/he may be asked to leave.
What is the top of a mosque called?
I found out that it is called a dome.However you need to explain the answer your self
What are the customs in a mosque?
Muslims customs are based on two wings:
- One is the ritual worships that are based primarily on the Islam 5 pillars (see related question below for more information)
- The other wing is doing good deeds, sayings, practices for the benefit of himself, family, relatives, friends, neighbors, community, mankind, and nature. (see related questions below on Islam morals and Quran Golden Rules)
refer to related questions below
In Islam, the first mosque was built by Muhammad in Quba, while he was travelling to Medina (Hijra). The first Friday prayer in Islamic history was also offered in this very mosque.
Who built the Badshahi Mosque of Lahore?
The last of powerfull mughal emperors, Aurangzeb Alamgir has build the badshahi mosque.
Why do the mosque have a water fountain outside?
Water outside of mosques has to do with cleansing yourself before prayer. I am not an expert, nor a Muslim, but I do know that there are cleansing rituals to be done prior to entering a mosque to pray.
Do children pray separately in a mosque?
No. Children prayers with their elders. It is preferable that they move to the back to allow the elders to focus on their parayers.
The Prpohet (PBUH) loved children and encouraged their presence in the mosques.
mosques are very holly places for Muslims , it contains a place where the (IMAM )sits (imam is a person that people who are praying follow during their praying and that reads from the holly Curran during the prayer ) he sits there also when the pray the Friday prayer , he sits there and tell people advises about religion and about life , good manners ,not to lie , to help orphans , to forgive and forget so god can help us in our lives , it is called a (minbar),mosques also have holly Curran in the mosque ,so Muslims can read it , also it has fountains so because Muslims before praying they do something called (Voodoo' )which is washing your hands ,mouth , face , feet ,mouth .so you can be clean . also places for you to pray in
When was masjid al aqsa built?
It is believed to be bulit in 705 CE
Answer 2.
Al Aqsa is a mosque caliph Omar built in Jerusalem after conquering it in 638. Before that, there was not any mosque in Jerusalem- as there was not a single Muslim there. Omar needed some "legal ground" for declaring Jerusalem and Palestine, traditionally Jewish and Christian land, "the land of Islam", and in that time, when the people were extremely religious, the best proof was "the Divine Reason". So, Omar took a Kuranic sura( it was The Night Journey, extremely vague and unclear story about how muhammad, in his night dream, travelled from the "Sacred Mosque" to some "furthest mosque" on the back of some mysterious creature, half mule and half dragon, called AlBurak - and used it as a legal claim.
Glory be to He
Who carried His servant by night,
from the Holy Mosque
to the Furthest Mosque,
the precincts of which
We have blessed.
so that We might show him
some of Our signs.
Surely He is the All-Hearing,
the All-Seeing.
------------------Sura al-Isra'
------------------Qur'an 17:1
Find me a single word in this nonsense of the Night Journey that this "furthest mosque" was in Jerusalem. And of course anyone who would move such a " legal ground" as a night dream of someone flying on the back of a dragon as the legal claim on some territory would be just laughed over. However, there were over 30,000 horsemen behind Omar´s story, which made laughing over it somewhat risky. But Omar wanted to look not a savage and barbarian but a just and fair- although strict- ruler, and in order to look this he strived to make this insane story about flying dragons minimally credible. In that time people could believe whatever - but they could not believe the story about the mosque standing in Jerusalem if they saw with their own eyes that there was not any mosque . Omar was known for being a resolute man who took the decisions fast. There was not a single mosque in Jerusalem to support Omar´s claim? So, it must be built. And Omar in record time erected in Jerusalem, on the remnants of the Solomon Temple, a primitive wooden structure and said it was that same Al Aqsa - the Furthest mosque- of the Koran. Would you dare to call a liar someone by whose only word 30,000 horsemen would raise to the saddle?
In 685AD the Umayyad Khalif, 'Abdul Malik ibn Marwan, reconstructed AlAqsa. Now it was of stone, not of wood. Where was the stone taken from ? From the Christian Church of Our Lady. So, the muslim mosque was built of the stone of the Chrstian Church and built on the place of the Jewish Temple.
A wonderful proof to the frequently repeated by Muslims statement that "islam treats with respect all religions ".
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