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The '''mosque of Ṣaʿṣaʿa b. Ṣawḥān ''' (Arabic: {{ia|مَسْجِد صَعْصَعَة بنِ صَوْحان}}) is one of the [[mosque]]s of [[Kufa]] near [[al-Sahla Mosque]]. This mosque was the worshiping place of [[Sa'sa'a b. Sawhan]], one of the [[companions of Imam 'Ali (a)]]. A group of people saw [[Imam al-Mahdi (a)]] worshiping in the mosque, in the [[month of Rajab]]. In their books, [[al-Sayyid b. Tawus]] and [[al-Shahid al-Awwal]] mentioned [[recommended]] practices for this mosque. 

== Sa'sa'a b. Sawhan ==
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The mosque is named after [[Sa'sa'a b. Sawhan al-'Abdi]] who was among the companions of [[Imam Ali (a)]] and worshiped in this mosque.<ref>ʿAlawī, ''Amākin-i zīyāratī wa siyāḥatī-yi Iraq'', p. 230.</ref> Sa'sa'a was an eloquent orator and made several speeches in defense of Imam Ali (a). Imam Ali (a) mentioned him among his great companions and [[Imam al-Sadiq (a)]] too considered him among those who knew Imam Ali (a) the way he (a) deserved it.<ref>Ibn Dāwūd, ''al-Rijāl'', p. 187.</ref>

== Reconstruction ==
The building of Sa'sa'a mosque was reconstructed in [[1387]]/1967 and is in an area of 160 square meters. 

== Position ==
In ''[[Mafatih al-jinan]]'', [[Shaykh 'Abbas Qummi]] introduced Sa'sa'a mosque among respected mosques of Kufa located near the [[mosque of Zayd b. Sawhan]]. It was where a group of people saw [[Imam al-Mahdi (a)]] in the month of [[Rajab]] when he (a) performed two [[rak'a]]s of [[prayer]] and recited a [[supplication]] attributed to that mosque.<ref>Qummī, ''Mafātīh al-jinān'', p. 409.</ref> [[Al-Shahid al-Awwal]] in ''[[al-Mazar]]'',<ref>Shahīd al-awwal, ''al-Mazār'', p. 264.</ref> and [[Ibn al-Mashhadi]], in ''[[al-Mazar al-kabir]]''<ref>Mashhadī, ''al-Mazār al-kabīr'', p. 124.</ref> dedicated a chapter to the merits of this mosque and its recommended practices.

== Recommended Practices ==
In ''[[Iqbal al-a'mal]]'', [[al-Sayyid b. Tawus]] transmitted a [[hadith]] from Muhammad b. Abi Ruwasi,<ref>Ibn Ṭawūs, ''Iqbāl al-aʿmāl'', vol. 3, p. 212.</ref> and al-Shahid and Ibn al-Mashhadi transmitted it from Muhammad 'Abd al-Rahman al-Tustari<ref>Shahīd al-awwal, ''al-Mazār'', p. 264; Mashhadī, ''al-Mazār al-kabīr'', p. 124.</ref> that Imam al-Mahdi (a) was seen in that mosque in the month of Rajab when he (a) performed two rak'as of prayer and recited a supplication.

==See Also==
*[[Zayd b. Sawhan Mosque]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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*ʿAlawī, Sayyid Aḥmad. ''Amākin-i zīyāratī wa siyāḥatī-yi Iraq''. Qom: Maʿrūf, 1389 Sh.
*Ibn Dāwūd al-Ḥillī, Ḥasan b. ʿAlī. ''Al-Rijāl''. Tehran: Danishgāh-i Tehran, 1342 Sh.
*Ibn Ṭawūs, ʿAlī b. Mūsā. ''Iqbāl al-aʿmāl''. Edited by Jawād Qayyūmī Iṣfahānī. Qom: Daftar-i Tablīghāt-i Islāmī, 1376 Sh.
*Mashhadī, Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar al-. ''Al-Mazār al-kabīr''. Edited by Jawād Qayyūmī Iṣfahānī. Qom: Qayyūm, 1419 AH.
*Qummī, ʿAbbās. ''Mafātīh al-jinān''. Qom: Uswa, [n.d].
*Shahīd al-awwal, Muḥammad b. Makkī al-. ''Al-Mazār''. Edited by Muwaḥḥid Abṭaḥī Iṣfahānī. Qom: Madrasa-yi Imām Mahdī, 1410 AH.
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