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Kufa Kufa ( ar, الْكُوفَة ), also spelled Kufah, is a city in Iraq, about south of Baghdad, and northeast of Najaf. It is located on the banks of the Euphrates River. The estimated population in 2003 was 110,000. Currently, Kufa and Najaf a ...

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Mosque A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, ...

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mosque in

. This mosque is also called ''Masjid ar-Ra's'' ( ar, مَـسـجـد الـرّأس, Mosque of the Head (of Husayn ibn Ali)), because according to a narration attributed to Ja'far al-Sadiq, the head of his ancestor Husayn was kept in its middle, when being brought to his ''‘aduww'' ( ar, عَـدُوّ, opponent) Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad.

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Al-Hannanah Mosque is located in the metropolis of

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, near the ''qabr'' ( ar, قَـبـر, grave) of Kumayl ibn Ziyad. It has area of . According to Shaykh Al-Mufid, Sayyed Ibn Tawus and Shahid Awwal, when people arrived at Al-Hannanah Mosque, they should recite two unit prayers.

History

Jaafar Mahbouba believes that this mosque was built along with Imam Ali Mosque. Al-Buraqi believed that this mosque was built by order of Abbas I of Persia, and that because of this, he was known amongst the people of Najaf. According to Mohammad Hirz Eddin and Mirza Hadi el-Khurasani, Ghazan ibn Hulagu Khan ordered the building of this mosque as the mosque of Husayn's head. According to a narration of Ja'far al-Sadiq, after Ali ibn Abi Talib died, his sons Hasan ibn Ali, Hasan and Husayn carried his body from Kufa to Najaf. As they were passing, the pillars of the mosque inclined towards the body. The name Al-Hannanah means "to cry twice." This refers to two events. First, when Ali, Ali Ibn Abi Talib's burial shroud was brought to the Mosque, and then when the head of his son, Husayn ibn Ali, Husayn, was brought through the Mosque.

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File:Hananeh masque (2015).png, Entrance of the mosque

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