Al-Hindi Mosque (Najaf)
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| General Information | |
|---|---|
| Established | First half of the 13th century AH |
| Type | Mosque • School |
| Other names | al-Hammam • al-Qaysariyya |
| Specifications | |
| Status | Active |
| Architecture | |
| Renovation | After 1375/1955-6 by Sayyid Muhsin al-Hakim |
Al-Hindī Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الهِندي) or Jāmiʿ al-Hindī (Arabic: جامع الهندي) is one of the mosques in Najaf and a center for teaching in the Seminary of Najaf.[1] Al-Hindi Mosque was built in the early 13th/19th century during the time of Shaykh Husayn Najaf (d. 1251/1835-6) however its current structure dates back to 1323/1905. The name "al-Hindi" is related to a wealthy family from India, Khan Muhammad Hindi, who restored and expanded it.[2]
Sayyid Muhsin al-Hakim expanded the mosque in 1375/1955 by purchasing two adjacent houses and connected the roofed and unroofed parts of the mosque.[3] The roofed section of the mosque features tall, carved columns and iwans. Al-Hindi Mosque is square-shaped with the library and tomb of Imam al-Hakim to its north and a plot of land for the burial of scholars of the al-Hakim Family at the entrance to the mosque's courtyard.[4]
Al-Hindi Mosque has always been active as a religious school with many professors from the Seminary of Najaf having taught there. Numerous congregational prayers have been held there, led by the Najaf family and figures such as Imam Khomeini, Muhammad Rida Taliqani, and Muhammad Baqir Qummi,[5] as well as mourning and celebratory commemorations for the Imams (a) and other notable figures.[6]This mosque is considered an important place for i'tikaf fter the Shrine of Imam Ali (a).
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Entrance of al-Hindi Mosque -
Holding congregational prayer in al-Hindi Mosque -
Interior view of al-Hindi Mosque -
Tomb of al-Hakim Family -
Shrine of Sayyid Muhsin al-Hakim -
Entrance of Imam al-Hakim Library and his tomb -
Sayyid Muḥammad Shahrudi teaching in al-Hindi Mosque
Notes
- ↑ Hajj News Agency, Al-Hindi Mosque in Najaf Ashraf.
- ↑ Qummī, Amākin-i ziyāratī wa sayyāḥatī-yi ʿIrāq, p. 31; Muqaddas, Rāhnamā-yi amākin-i ziyāratī wa sayyāḥatī dar ʿIrāq, p. 77.
- ↑ Qāʾidān, ʿAtabāt-i ʿāliyyāt-i ʿIrāq, p. 47.
- ↑ Hajj News Agency, Al-Hindi Mosque in Najaf Ashraf.
- ↑ Hajj News Agency, Al-Hindi Mosque in Najaf Ashraf.
- ↑ Bābāyī, Sīmā-yi Najaf-i Ashraf, p. 40.
References
- Bābāyī, Saʿīd. Sīmā-yi Najaf-i Ashraf. Tehran, Sāzmān-i Ḥajj wa Ziyārat, n.d.
- Hajj News Agency, Al-Hindi Mosque in Najaf Ashraf, Accessed: November 19, 2020.
- Muqaddas, Iḥsān. Rāhnamā-yi amākin-i ziyāratī wa sayyāḥatī dar ʿIrāq. Tehran, Nashr-i Mashʿar, 1388 Sh.
- Qāʾidān, Aṣghar. ʿAtabāt-i ʿāliyyāt-i ʿIrāq. Tehran, Nashr-i Mashʿar, 1387 Sh.
- Qummī, Muḥammad Riḍā. Amākin-i ziyāratī wa sayyāḥatī-yi ʿIrāq. Tehran, Nashr-i Mashʿar, 1377 Sh.