Draft:Hamza Mosque
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| General Information | |
|---|---|
| Established | 6th/12th Century |
| Location | Medina |
| Other names | Shuhada Mosque • Uhud Mosque |
| Related events | Demolition in 1344/1925-6 by Wahhabis |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 15,000 worshipers |
| Status | Active |
| Area | 54,000 square meters |
| Architecture | |
| Renovation | In various years |
Hamza Mosque (Arabic: مسجد حَمْزه) is a mosque located next to the Cemetery of the Martyrs of Uhud in Medina.[1] It is said that by the order of Prophet Muhammad (s), a mosque was built over the grave of Hamza b. Abd al-Muttalib and other martyrs of the Battle of Uhud.[2] Later, it was destroyed by a flood, and the mother of al-Nasir li-Din Allah, the Abbasid caliph, reconstructed it in the 6th/12th century. It was subsequently expanded and became a place of pilgrimage.[3]
According to al-Samhudi, the historian and Medinaologist of the 9th/15th century,[4] and Ibn Jubayr, the Andalusian traveler who visited Medina in 579/1183-4,[5] the grave of Hamza was located inside the mosque. Ibrahim Rif'at Pasha also described this mosque in 1325/1907-8 as a simple building possessing a dome.[6]
Wahhabis demolished the Hamza Mosque in 1344/1925-6 and walled off the cemetery to prevent its visitation.[7] The demolition of this mosque led to a shutdown and public mourning in Iran on Safar 13, 1344 AH (September 2, 1925).[8]
After the demolition, a new mosque was built 50 meters east of the Cemetery of Uhud under the names Hamza Mosque, Shuhada, or Uhud.[9] This mosque was completed in 2017. With an area of 54,000 square meters, it has a capacity of 15,000 worshipers and is located three kilometers from al-Masjid al-Nabawi.[10]
Gallery
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Hamza Mosque before demolition -
A view of Hamza Mosque next to the Cemetery of Uhud -
An image of the Cemetery of the Martyrs of Uhud and Hamza Mosque
Notes
- ↑ Jaʿfariyān, Āthār-i Islāmī-yi Makka wa Madīna, 1379 Sh, p. 439.
- ↑ ʿAmīd Zanjānī, Dar rāh-i bar pāyī-yi ḥajj-i Ibrāhīmī, p. 222.
- ↑ Jamʿī az nivīsandagān, Rah-tūsha-yi Ḥajj, 1380 Sh, vol. 1, p. 378.
- ↑ Samhūdī, Wafāʾ al-wafā, 2006, vol. 3, p. 922.
- ↑ Ibn Jubayr, Riḥlat Ibn Jubayr, Dār wa Maktabat al-Hilāl, p. 44.
- ↑ Najmī, "Ḥaram-i Ḥaḍrat-i Ḥamza dar bastar-i tārīkh", 1379 Sh.
- ↑ Jamʿī az nivīsandagān, Rah-tūsha-yi Ḥajj, 1380 Sh, vol. 1, p. 378.
- ↑ Behbūdī, Rūzshumār-i tārīkh-i muʿāṣir-i Īrān, 1385 Sh, vol. 5, p. 291.
- ↑ Baṣīrī, Gulvāzhahā-yi ḥajj wa ʿumra, 1387 Sh, p. 523; Jamʿī az nivīsandagān, Rah-tūsha-yi Ḥajj, 1380 Sh, vol. 1, p. 378.
- ↑ "Masjid-i Sayyid al-Shuhadā, yādgār-i jang-i Uḥud dar Madīna", IQNA News Agency.
References
- ʿAmīd Zanjānī, ʿAbbāsʿalī. Dar rāh-i bar pāyī-yi ḥajj-i Ibrāhīmī. Qom, Mashʿar, n.d.
- Baṣīrī, ʿAlī Riḍā. Gulvāzhahā-yi ḥajj wa ʿumra. Qom, Mashʿar, 1387 Sh.
- Behbūdī, Hidāyatullāh. Rūzshumār-i tārīkh-i muʿāṣir-i Īrān. Tehran, Muʾassisa-yi Muṭālaʿāt wa Pazhūhishhā-yi Siyāsī, 1385 Sh.
- Ibn Jubayr, Muḥammad b. Aḥmad. Riḥlat Ibn Jubayr. Beirut, Dār wa Maktabat al-Hilāl, n.d.
- Jaʿfariyān, Rasūl. Āthār-i Islāmī-yi Makka wa Madīna. Qom, Mashʿar, 1379 Sh.
- Jamʿī az nivīsandagān. Rah-tūsha-yi Ḥajj. Qom, Mashʿar, 1380 Sh.
- "Sayyid al-Shuhadāʾ Mosque, a Remnant of the Battle of Uhud in Medina". IQNA News Agency. Published: 25 July 2022.
- Najmī, Muḥammad Ṣādiq. "Ḥaram-i Ḥaḍrat-i Ḥamza dar bastar-i tārīkh". Mīqāt-i Ḥajj, no. 33, 1379 Sh.
- Samhūdī, ʿAlī b. Aḥmad al-. Wafāʾ al-wafā bi-akhbār Dār al-Muṣṭafā. Beirut, Dār al-Kutub al-ʿIlmiyya, 2006.