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The Shiite figure, [[Sayf al-Dawla al-Hamdani]] was the first person who built a chamber and a mosque over the rock and the monastery in 350 AH (961) and called it [[Masjid al-Nuqta]]. | The Shiite figure, [[Sayf al-Dawla al-Hamdani]] was the first person who built a chamber and a mosque over the rock and the monastery in 350 AH (961) and called it [[Masjid al-Nuqta]]. | ||
Mashhad al-Husayn (a) is a well-known place in Aleppo today and it is frequently visited by its residents and visitors of [[Zaynab bt. 'Ali (a) | Mashhad al-Husayn (a) is a well-known place in Aleppo today and it is frequently visited by its residents and visitors of [[Zaynab bt. 'Ali]] (a). Today the area is known as “Hayy al-Ansari”. In 1960, the Ja’fari Institute for Reconstruction and Islamic Beneficience was founded to reconstruct Mashhad al-Husayn (a). It also built a mosque, a medical center, and an Islamic seminary school headed by Shaykh Ibrahim Nasr Allah. Shaykh Ibrahim is the author of the book, ''Aleppo and Shiism''. He is the leader of [[congregational prayers]] in Mashhad al-Husayn (a). | ||
==Ashkelon== | ==Ashkelon== | ||