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The Origin of the Mosque. The Prophet Muhammad's original house in Medina (in present-day Saudi Arabia) is thought to be the first mosque and probably served as a model for early mosque architecture. It was a mud-brick structure with living quarters on one side of an enclosed rectangular courtyard.
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Etymology. The original Arabic word for mosque is masjid (plural, masājid ), meaning a place of sujūd, the highly symbolic act of prostration (before God) during ṣalāt (ritual prayer), when the whole body reaches its lowest position and the forehead is placed on the earth in a prescribed manner.
A mosque (/ m ɒ s k / MOSK), also called a masjid (/ ˈ m æ s dʒ ɪ d, ˈ m ʌ s-/ MASS-jid, MUSS-), [note 1] is a place of worship for Muslims. [1] The term usually refers to a covered building, but can be any place where Islamic prayers are performed, such as an outdoor courtyard. [2] [3]
Beginning with Muhammad’s own house, mosques came to be used for many public functions—military, political, social, and educational. Schools and libraries were often attached to medieval mosques (e.g., al-Azhar mosque in Cairo).
A mosque is a place of worship for Muslims (followers of Islam). Muslims often refer to the mosque by its Arabic name, masjid (Arabic: مسجد). Mosques originated on the Arabian Peninsula, but now exist on all the world's inhabited continents.
The style, layout, and decoration of a mosque can tell us a lot about Islam in general, but also about the period and region in which the mosque was constructed. The home of the Prophet Muhammad is considered the first mosque.
18 cze 2021 · The author starts by announcing his ambitious agenda: identifying the immediate origin of the mosque. To that end, he summaries the crucial debate concerning the nature of the building built by Muḥammad in Madina in the aftermath of the Hijra.
