List of mosques in Saudi Arabia

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This is a list of mosques in Saudi Arabia .

Name	Images	Location	Year (C.E.)	Remarks
The Great Mosque of Mecca		Mecca	Era of Ibrahim (Abraham)	The largest mosque in the world, it surrounds Islam's holiest place, the Kaaba. One of the Five Pillars of Islam requires every Muslim to perform the Hajj (Major Pilgrimage) here, at least once in his or her lifetime if able to do so.
The Prophet's Mosque		Medina	622	The second-holiest site in Islam and the third mosque built by Muhammad
Quba Mosque		Medina	622	The first mosque that was built by Muhammad. [1]
Masjid al-Qiblatayn		Medina	623	Historically important for Muslims as it is the place where, after the Islamic prophet Muhammad received the command to change the direction of prayer ( qiblah ) from Jerusalem to Mecca. Built in 2 AH  (623/624 CE); demolished and rebuilt in 1987.
Al Jum'ah Mosque		Medina	622
Al-Ijabah Mosque		Medina	622
Jawatha Mosque		Jawatha near Hofuf	629	Part of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Al-Ahsa Oasis; extensively restored in 2007.
Abd Allah ibn al-Abbas Mosque		Taif	630	Attached to the mosque is a burial plot, where Ibn Abbas is buried; the mosque is named after him as well. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Abu Bakr Mosque		Medina	705-709	c.91 AH  (709/710 CE); partially active [6]
Mosque of Al-Ghamama		Medina	712
Bay'ah Mosque		Mecca	761
An-Namirah Mosque		Wadi Uranah, Mecca	9th century	A mosque near Jabal 'Arafat, which Muslim pilgrims visit durung the Hajj. [7] [8]
Al Qantara Mosque		At-Ta'if	1856	A historical mosque from the Ottoman era, which is considered to be built on a site where Muhammad and his adopted son, Zayd ibn Harithah, rested after their expulsion from At-Ta'if. [4] The mosque is in a partially ruinous state.
Anbariya Mosque		Medina	1908
Al-Rahmah Mosque		Jeddah	1985
King Saud Mosque		Jeddah	1987
Sayyid Ash-Shuhada Mosque		Medina	2017	This mosque is near the grave of Muhammad's uncle, Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib, at the foot of Mount Uhud. [9]
Masjid Bilal ibn Rabah		Badr	2019
Abdulaziz Abdullah Sharbatly Mosque		Jeddah	2024	The world’s first 3D printed mosque
Al-Ji'ranah Mosque		Al-Ji'rana, Mecca Province	?	Boundary of the Haram of Makkah. [10]
Addas Mosque		At-Ta'if	?	This mosque is named after Addas, an Iraqi Christian who embraced Islam after meeting Muhammad. [4] [5] [11] [12]
Aisha Mosque		At-Tan'eem, Mecca	?
Ajyad Mosque		Mecca	?	Partially active
Alowidah Mosque		Riyadh	?
Al Hamra Mosque		Medina	?
Al-Ejabah Mosque		Mecca	?	Partially Active
Al-Fuqair Mosque		Medina	?
Al Malik Fahd Mosque		Jeddah	?
Al-Khaif Mosque		Mina, Mecca	?	The largest mosque in Mina, which Muslim pilgrims visit during the Hajj . [13]
Al-Mash'ar Al-Haram		Muzdalifah, Mecca	?	A site which pilgrims visit during the Hajj. [14] [15] [16] [17]
Al-Rayah Mosque		Medina	?
As-Sabaq Mosque		Medina	?
As-Sajadah Mosque		Medina	?
Bani Bayadhah Mosque		Medina	?
Bani Harithah Mosque		Medina	?
Bin Laden Mosque		Jeddah	?
Faqi Mosque		Mecca	?
Fas'h mosque		Medina	?
Hassan Enany Mosque		Jeddah	?
Manartain Mosque		Medina	?
Masjid-u-Shajarah		Medina	?
Mosque of Al-Fadeekh		Medina	?
Mosque of Al-Saqiya		Medina	?
Mosque of Atban Bin Malik		Medina	?
Mosque of Bani Haram		Medina	?
The Seven Mosques		Medina	?

See also

• Islam in Saudi Arabia
• Lists of mosques
  • List of mosques in Medina

References

1. Quba — the first mosque in the history of Islam, Arab News, 13 July 2014
2. Al-Wazani, Nadeen (2024-01-12). "The deep history of Abdullah bin Abbas Mosque". Wafy (وافي). Retrieved 2024-02-27.
3. "Masjid Abdullah Ibn Abbas". Islamic Landmarks. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
4. Al-Kinani, Mohammed (2018-01-11). "Taif mosque is a historic Saudi jewel with a story to tell". Arab News . Taif, Saudi Arabia. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
5. Al-Thaqafi, Tareq (2023-07-14). "Taif's weather, rich culture and history attract pilgrims". Arab News. Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
6. "abu Bakr al-Siddique Mosque (Medina)". Madain Project. Archived from the original on 13 April 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
7. "Masjid al-Namirah". Hajj & Umrah Planner. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
8. مسجد نمرة.. شاهد حي على تاريخ رحلة الحج منذ 1400 عام. Al-Riyadh (in Arabic). 19 October 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
9. "ThePlace: Sayed Al-Shuhada Mosque, a vital historic landmark in Madinah". Arab News . 2022-07-24. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
10. "Meeqath | Hajj & Umrah Planner". Hajjumrahplanner.com. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
11. "Addas Mosque". Atlas Islamica. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
12. "Prophet Muhammad's Visit To Taif". Islam & Ihsan. 2020-03-11. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
13. "Nimra Mosque, Al-Khaif Mosque, Masjid Uqbah and Taneem Mosque". Mecca.net. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
14. Long, David E. (1979). "2: The Rites of the Hajj". The Hajj Today: A Survey of the Contemporary Pilgrimage to Makkah. SUNY Press. pp. 11–24. ISBN   0-8739-5382-7. With thousands of Hajjis, most of them in motor vehicles, rushing headlong for Muzdalifah [...] There is special grace for praying at the roofless mosque in Muzdalifah called al-Mash'ar al-Haram (the Sacred Grove)
15. Danarto (1989). A Javanese pilgrim in Mecca. p. 27. ISBN   0-8674-6939-0. It was still dark when we arrived at Muzdalifah, four miles away. The Koran instructs us to spend the night at al-Mash'ar al-Haram. the Sacred Grove at Muzdalifah, as one of the conditions for the hajj.
16. Jones, Lindsay (2005). Encyclopedia of religion. Vol. 10. Macmillan Reference USA. p. 7159. ISBN   0-0286-5743-8. The Qur'an admonishes: "When you hurry from Arafat, remember God at the Sacred Grove (al-mash' ar al-haram)," that is, at Muzdalifah (2:198). Today a mosque marks the place in Muzdalifah where pilgrims gather to perform the special saldt
17. Ziauddin Sardar; M. A. Zaki Badawi (1978). Hajj Studies. Jeddah: Croom Helm for Hajj Research Centre; King Abdul Aziz University. p. 32. ISBN   0-8566-4681-4. Muzdalifah is an open plain sheltered by parched hills with sparse growth of thorn bushes. The pilgrims spend a night under the open sky of the roofless Mosque, the Sacred Grove, Al Mush'ar al-Haram. On the morning of the tenth, all depart[.]