The Mīqāt Dhu al-Ḥulayfah (), also known as Masjid ash-Shajarah ( ar, مَسْجِد ٱلشَّجَرَة, lit=Mosque of the Tree) or Masjid Dhu al-Hulayfah (), is a ''
miqat'' and
mosque in Abyār ʿAlī,
Medina, west of ''Wadi al-'Aqiq'', where the final
Islamic prophet
Prophets in Islam ( ar, الأنبياء في الإسلام, translit=al-ʾAnbiyāʾ fī al-ʾIslām) are individuals in Islam who are believed to spread God in Islam, God's message on Earth and to serve as models of ideal human behaviour. So ...
,
Muhammad, entered the state of ''
ihram
''Ihram'' ( ar, إِحْرَام, iḥrām, from the triconsonantal root Ḥ-R-M) is, in Islam, a sacred state which a Muslim must enter in order to perform the major pilgrimage ('' Ḥajj'') or the minor pilgrimage (''ʿUmrah''). A pilgrim mus ...
'' before performing '
Umrah, after the
Treaty of Hudaybiyyah.
The mosque is located SW of the
Al-Masjid an-Nabawi
Al-Masjid an-Nabawi (), known in English as the Prophet's Mosque, is a mosque built by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the city of Medina in the Al Madinah Province of Saudi Arabia. It was the second mosque built by Muhammad in Medina, after Qub ...
and was defined by Muhammad as the
miqat for those willing to perform the
Hajj
The Hajj (; ar, حَجّ '; sometimes also spelled Hadj, Hadji or Haj in English) is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest city for Muslims. Hajj is a mandatory religious duty for Muslims that must be carried ...
or
Umrah pilgrimages from
Medina.
It is the second-largest miqat mosque after the Miqat Qarn al-Manazil in
As-Sayl al-Kabir.
History
Dhu al-Hulayfah was defined as the miqat for the people of Medina by Muhammad in the hadith in Sahih Bukhari, Book 25, Hadith 14, which was narrated by
Ibn 'Abbas:
"Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had fixed Dhul Hulaifa as the Miqat for the people of Medina..."
The mosque was first built during the time of
Umar II ibn 'Abdulaziz, who was the
Umayyad governor of Medina
In early Islamic history, the governor of Medina () was an official who administered the city of Medina and its surrounding territories.
During the era of the Rashidun, Umayyad and early Abbasid caliphates, the governor was generally appointe ...
from 706-712 (87-93 AH) and has been renovated several times since, the last major renovation being during the reign of
King Fahd (), who increased the area of the mosque by many times its original size and added several modern facilities.
Architecture
The current mosque building was built during the reign of King Fahd. It is in the shape of a square of an area of approximately 6,000 square meters (65,000 ft
2) inside a 36,000 m
2 (388,000 ft
2) square-shaped enclosure. It consists of two sets of galleries separated by a wide yard of approximately 1000 square meters (11,000 ft
2). The galleries are shaped as arches ending with long domes. At the center of the mosque is
spring of water housed inside a dome. The portion of the enclosure that does not include the mosque, measuring around 20,000 m
2 (216,000 ft
2), includes multiple restrooms and areas for changing into
ihram
''Ihram'' ( ar, إِحْرَام, iḥrām, from the triconsonantal root Ḥ-R-M) is, in Islam, a sacred state which a Muslim must enter in order to perform the major pilgrimage ('' Ḥajj'') or the minor pilgrimage (''ʿUmrah''). A pilgrim mus ...
and performing
wudu. Most of the inner area is pathways, galleries and
trees. All 13 domes are located on the roof of the mosque, while the 5 minarets are located around the enclosure. One of the mosque's minarets stands distinct from the others, square at the bottom but round at the top in a diagonal shape, rising to a height of . The mosque is built in an
Islam
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ic architectural style, with
Mamluk and
Byzantine influences.
See also
*
List of mosques in Saudi Arabia
This is a list of mosques in Saudi Arabia.
See also
* Islam in Saudi Arabia
* Lists of mosques
References
External links
{{List of mosques
Saudi Arabia
Mosques
A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ...
*
Bayda (land)
Bayda (Arabic: بيداء) is a desert between Mecca and Medina in the Hejaz region. The desert is without water/grass and its distance to Masjid-u-Shajarah is two kilometers towards to the city of Mecca.
According to Islamic narration(s), ''Khasf ...
References
External links
A gallery with multiple pictures of the mosque can be found hereA short introduction to the features of the mosque can be found here
Hajj
Mosque architecture
New Classical architecture
Islamic holy places
Mosques in Medina
Ziyarat
Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil buildings
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