9 Oldest Masjids around the World

Here is the list of the 9 oldest Masjids around the World.

9. Palaiya Jumma Palli.

This Masjid is located in Kilakarai, Tamil Nadu, India. It has an Islamic heritage of more than 1000 years. It is located in Kilakarai, an ancient port town in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu known for its Islamic culture. It was built in 628–630 AD and was re-constructed in 1036.

8. Jawatha Masjid

Jawatha Masjid (Arabic مسجد جواثا ) (also incorrectly spelled Al-Jawana) is located in the village of Al-Kilabiyah, about 12km northeast of Hofuf, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia. It was built the in seventh year of hijra (c. 629 AD) at the hands of the Bani Abd al-Qays tribe

7. Cheraman Juma Masjid

The Cheraman Juma Masjid is a mosque in Methala, Kodungallur Taluk, Thrissur district in the Indian state of Kerala. Built in 629 AD, it is the first mosque in India. It was built by Malik Deenar, an Arab propagator of Islam.

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6. Masjid al-Qiblatayn

Masjid al-Qiblatayn (Arabic: مسجد القبلتين‎; "Mosque of the two Qiblas") is a mosque in Zeila, situated in the northwestern Awdal region of Somalia.

5. Huaisheng Mosque

The Huaisheng Mosque, also known as the Lighthouse Mosque, is the main mosque of Guangzhou. Rebuilt many times over its history, it is traditionally thought to have been originally built over 1,300 years ago.

4. Masjid al-Qiblatain

Masjid al-Qiblatayn (Arabic: المسجد القبلتین‎), or the Mosque of the Two Qiblas, is a mosque in Medina that is historically important for Muslims as the place where, after the Islamic prophet Muhammad received the command to change the direction of prayer (qibla) from Jerusalem to Mecca, the entire congregation led by a companion changed direction in prayer.

3.Al-Masjid al-Nabawi

Al-Masjid an-Nabawī (Arabic: المسجد النبوي‎; Prophet's Mosque) is a mosque established and originally built by the Islamic prophet Muhammad, situated in the city of Medina in Saudi Arabia. Al-Masjid an-Nabawi was the second mosque built in the history of Islam and is now one of the largest mosques in the world. It is the second-holiest site in Islam, after al-Masjid al-Haram in Mecca.[2] It is always open, regardless of date or time.

2. Quba Mosque

The Quba Mosque (Arabic: مسجد قباء‎, Masjid Qubā’), in the outlying environs of Medina in Saudi Arabia, is one of the oldest mosquesin the world. Its first stones were positioned by the Islamic prophet Muhammad as soon as he arrived on his emigration from the city ofMecca to Medina[1] and the mosque was completed by his companions. Muhammad spent 14 days in this mosque during the Hijrapraying qasr (a short prayer) while waiting for Ali to arrive in Medina after the latter stayed behind in Mecca to carry out a couple of tasks entrusted to him by the Prophet

1. Masjid al-Haram

The Masjid al-Ḥarām (Arabic: المسجد الحرام‎, literally "the sacred mosque"), also called the Sacred Mosque, and the Grand Mosque or Great Mosque of Mecca, is the largest mosque in the world and surrounds Islam's holiest place, the Kaaba, in the city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Muslims face in the Qibla (direction of the Kaaba) while performing Salat (obligatory daily prayers).

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