Al-Hannana Mosque: Difference between revisions

'''Ḥannana Mosque''' (Arabic: مسجد الحَنّانه ) is located in the north of [[Najaf]], on the way to [[Kufa]]. It is narrated that the site of this mosque lamented for the [[Ahl al-Bayt (a)]] two times: when the coffin of [[Imam 'Ali (a)]] was being carried and after the incident of [[Karbala]]. That is why it has been given the name ''Hannana'' ("The Lamenting").

One incident, narrated to have taken place at the site of Hannana Mosque, is the sorrowful leaning of a pillar (or wall) when the coffin of [[Imam 'Ali (a)]] passed by it at his funeral. [[Imam al-Sadiq (a)]] has reportedly said, "When the coffin of Imam 'Ali [a] was being carried through this place, this pillar leaned out of sorrow for his demise, like the leaning of Abraha's throne at the entry of [['Abd al-Muttalib]]."

The second incident is narrated to have happened after the [[event of Karbala]]. On the road from [[Karbala]] to [[Kufa]], the head of [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]] was put on the ground of the mosque. It is said that at this time, a sound was heard like the sound of a baby camel that had lost its mother. According to a [[hadith]], Imam Sadiq (a), when traveling between Kufa and [[Najaf]], would stop at that spot and pray. When asked about the reason, he would say, "They put the head of my grandfather Imam al-Husayn (a) here."