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| Mosque of Al-Ghamama | |
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Arabic:مسجد الغمامة | |
 The mosque in 2013 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Sunni Islam |
| Ecclesiastical or organisational status | Mosque |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | Medina |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
  Shown within Saudi Arabia | |
| Geographic coordinates | 24°27′56.8″N39°36′25.1″E / 24.465778°N 39.606972°E /24.465778; 39.606972 |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Mosque architecture |
| Groundbreaking | 705CE |
| Completed | 712CE |
| Specifications | |
| Dome(s) | Six(maybe more) |
| Minaret(s) | One |
Mosque of Al-Ghamamah (Arabic:مسجد الغمامة) is amosque, located inMedina,Saudi Arabia. The mosque is located at 500 m (1,600 ft) west of As-Salam door ofAl-Masjid an-Nabawi.
The mosque is one of the oldest in Medina and is one of the city's historical relics. It is believed to be located in a place where theIslamic prophetMuhammad performed anEid prayer in the year 631. It is also narrated that Muhammad offeredSalat ul-Istasqa when the city ofMadina faced a shortage of rain. For a while,[citation needed] this mosque was closed for daily prayers because of its proximity to theAl-Masjid an-Nabawi. Quite recently[when?] it reopened for prayer. Five–times prayers are held in the mosque, with an internal sound system to avoid the clash of sounds from the nearby Prophet's Mosque.
"Ghamamah" means cloud, and it is named as such as it is narrated that rain clouds covered the city whenMuhammad had performedSalat ul-Istasqa here.
The mosque was built during the reign of theCaliphUmar bin Abdul Aziz between AH 86 (704/706) to AH 93 (711/712), and renovated by theSultan Hasan bin Muhammad bin Qalawan Ash-Shalihi in 1340CE during theSharifate of Mecca era. It was renovated again by theSharif Saifuddin Inal Al-Ala'i in 1622, and at the time of SultanAbd-ul-Mejid I in 1859 during theOttoman era, using new tools and the appearance resembles more or less what it is today.[1] After that it was renovated again during the time of the SultanAbdul Hamid II and by theSaudi government.
The mosque is rectangular shaped, and made of two parts, which are entrance door and prayer room. The entrance door is also rectangular shaped and is 26 m (85 ft) long and is 4 m (13 ft) wide, and has five dome-shaped circles drawn onfaçade. The prayer room is 30 m (98 ft) long and is 15 m (49 ft) wide, and has six domes in the shape of a circle. The largest dome is at the top of themihrab.
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