Al-Hannanah mosque

Al-Hannanah Mosque
Basic information
Location Kufa-Najaf Metropolis, Iraq
Affiliation Shia Islam
Country Iraq
Architectural style Islamic
Dome(s) 1

Al-Hannanah Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الحنانة‎, translit. Masjid al-Ḥannānah‎), also known as the Mosque of Husayn's Head or Masjid al-Rass is located in Iraq. This mosque named Masjid ar-Ra’s (Arabic: مَـسـجـد الـرّأس‎‎, "Place-of-Prostration of the Head"), because the head of Husayn ibn Ali was kept in its middle, when being brought to his ‘aduww (Arabic: عَـدوّ‎‎, opponent) Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, according to a narration attributed to his descendant, Ja'far al-Sadiq.[1][2]

Specifications

Al-Hannanah Mosque is located in the metropolis of Kufa and Najaf, near the qabr (Arabic: قَـبـر‎‎, grave) of Kumayl ibn Ziyad. It has area is 7400 square meters.[3][4] According to Shaykh Al-Mufid, Sayyed Ibn Tawus and Shahid Awwal, when people arrived at Al-Hannanah Mosque, they should recite two unit prayers.

History

Jaafar Mahbouba believes that this mosque was built along with Imam Ali Mosque. Al-Buraqi believed that this mosque was built by order of Abbas I of Persia, and that because of this, he was known amongst the people of Najaf. According to Mohammad Hirz Eddin and Mirza Hadi el-Khurasani, Ghazan ibn Hulagu Khan ordered the building of this mosque as the mosque of Husayn's head.[2]

According to a narration of Ja'far al-Sadiq, after Ali ibn Abi Talib died, his sons Hasan and Husayn carried his body from Kufa to Najaf. As they were passing, the pillars of the mosque inclined towards the body.[3][5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Qumi, Abbas (2014). Nafasul Mahmoom. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1502504067.
  2. 1 2 Staff writer. "The Mosque of the Rass". imamali.
  3. 1 2 Staff writer. "Iraq". Al-Islam.
  4. ↑ Hann, Geoff; Dabrowska, Karen; Townsend-Greaves, Tina (2015). Iraq: The ancient sites & Iraqi Kurdistan. Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 978-1841624884.
  5. ↑ Majlisi Muhammad Baqir. Bihar al-Anwar. 97. p. 455.
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