Mosque of As-Saqiya ( ar, مسجد السقيا) is a
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, ...
located in
Medina
Medina,, ', "the radiant city"; or , ', (), "the city" officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (, , Turkish: Medine-i Münevvere) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (, ), is the second-holiest city in Islam, and the capital of the ...
,
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...
inside the current
Anbariya train station. The mosque was built on the dome of the
Islamic Prophet Muhammad
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the mo ...
when he went out for the
Battle of Badr, and this is considered to be the place where verse
Quran 8:7 was descended. There are accounts in
Hadith
Ḥadīth ( or ; ar, حديث, , , , , , , literally "talk" or "discourse") or Athar ( ar, أثر, , literally "remnant"/"effect") refers to what the majority of Muslims believe to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approva ...
of the prophet performing ablution with the water of Suqya well located near here before he sets out for the battle, and the water from the well was also drawn to drink.
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lead the Istiqlaa prayer (prayer for rain) here by the request of Abbas bin Abdul Muttalib.
Etymology
The mosque was named after the well of Suqya, owned by Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas
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, located in the south.
Architecture
This small mosque has three domes, and it is 56 meters square meters wide. It has elements of Umayyad architecture
Umayyad architecture developed in the Umayyad Caliphate between 661 and 750, primarily in its heartlands of Syria and Palestine. It drew extensively on the architecture of older Middle Eastern and Mediterranean civilizations including the Sassa ...
style, and it was restored at the time of the king Fahd bin Abdul Aziz rule.
See also
* List of mosques in Saudi Arabia
* Lists of mosques
* List of mosques in Medina
References
Mosques in Medina
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