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Miqat Dhu al-Hulayfah
ميقات ذو الحليفة
Masjid ash-Shajarah in 2011
Religion
AffiliationIslam
DistrictAbyar 'Ali
ProvinceMadinah Province
RiteIhram
Location
LocationAbyar 'Ali, Medina
Country Saudi Arabia
Miqat Dhu al-Hulayfah is located in Saudi Arabia
Miqat Dhu al-Hulayfah
Shown within Saudi Arabia
Geographic coordinates24°24′49″N 39°32′33″E / 24.4137172°N 39.5424318°E / 24.4137172; 39.5424318
Architecture
Architect(s)Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil
Specifications
Capacity5,000
Length190 m (630 ft)
Width190 m (630 ft)
Interior area6400 km2 (2500 mi2)
Dome(s)13
Minaret(s)5
Minaret heightTallest minaret: 64 m (210 ft)
Site area37000 km² (14000 mi²)
Elevation180 m (591 ft)

The Mīqāt Dhu al-Ḥulayfah (Arabic: مِيْقَات ذُو ٱلْحُلَيْفَة), also known as Masjid ash-Shajarah (Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلشَّجَرَة, lit. 'Mosque of the Tree') or Masjid Dhu al-Hulayfah (Arabic: مَسْجِد ذُو ٱلْحُلَيْفَة), is a miqat and mosque in Abyār ʿAlī, Medina, west of Wadi al-'Aqiq, where the final Islamic prophet, Muhammad, entered the state of ihram before performing 'Umrah, after the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah.[1][unreliable source] The mosque is located 7 km (4.3 miles) SW of the Al-Masjid an-Nabawi and was defined by Muhammad as the miqat for those willing to perform the Hajj or Umrah pilgrimages from Medina.[1][2][unreliable source] It is the second-largest miqat mosque after the Miqat Qarn al-Manazil in As-Sayl al-Kabir.

History

See also: Muhammad in Medina

The mosque was first built during the time of Umar II ibn 'Abdulaziz, who was the Umayyad governor of Medina from 706 to 712 (87–93 AH) and has been renovated several times since, the last major renovation being under King Fahd (r. 1982–2005), who increased the area of the mosque by many times its original size and added several modern facilities.[3][unreliable source]

Architecture

This minaret of Dhu al-Hulayfah is distinct from the others both architecturally and in the fact that it is more than twice as tall as the others.

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 ft2) inside a 36,000 m2 (388,000 ft2) square-shaped enclosure. It consists of two sets of galleries separated by a wide yard of approximately 1000 square meters (11,000 ft2). 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 m2 (216,000 ft2), includes multiple restrooms and areas for changing into ihram 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 64 metres (210 ft).

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Sheikh, Manaasik-ul-Hajj wal 'Umrah fil Kitaab wa Sunnah wa Athar as-Salaf
  2. ^ "Hadith – Book of Hajj (Pilgrimage) – Sahih al-Bukhari – Sunnah.com – Sayings and Teachings of Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه و سلم)". sunnah.com. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
  3. ^ "Dhul Hulayfah Masjid – 3D Virtual Tour". www.3dmekanlar.com. Retrieved 2020-08-09.


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miqat_Dhu_al-Hulayfah