List of mosques in Saudi Arabia

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This is a list of mosques in Saudi Arabia .

NameImagesLocationYearRemarksStatus
The Great Mosque of Mecca A packed house - Flickr - Al Jazeera English.jpg MeccaEra 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.Extant/Active
The Prophet's Mosque Masjid Nabawi The Prophet's Mosque, Madina.jpg Medina622The second-holiest site in Islam and the third mosque built by Muhammad.Extant/Active
Abd Allah ibn al-Abbas Mosque
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Taif Abbasid periodAttached to the mosque is a burial plot, where Ibn Abbas is buried; the mosque is named after him as well. [1] [2] [3] [4] Extant/Active
Abu Bakr Mosque
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Medina 705-709 CE (circa 86-91 Hijri) [5] Extant/Partially Active
Addas Mosque
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At-Ta'if ?This mosque is named after Addas, an Iraqi Christian who embraced Islam after meeting Muhammad. [3] [4] [6] [7]
Aisha Mosque Masjid Aisha (2).jpg At-Tan'eem, Mecca  ?Extant/Active
Ajyad Mosque Ajyad mosque - panoramio.jpg Mecca ?Extant/Partially Active
Alowidah Mosque Alowidah Mosque.JPG Riyadh  ?
Al Hamra Mosque Al hamra mosque - panoramio.jpg Medina ?
Al Jum'ah Mosque Masjid Jum'ah.jpg Medina622
Al-Ejabah Mosque Al-ejabah.jpg Mecca ?Extant/Partially Active
Al-Fuqair Mosque Medina ?
Al-Ijabah Mosque Masjid Ijabah Imam Khairul Annas.JPG Medina622
Al Malik Fahd Mosque Almalik Fahd mosque in Jeddah Corniche - panoramio.jpg Jeddah  ?
Abdulaziz Abdullah Sharbatly Mosque jm` `bd l`zyz `bd llh shrbtly.png Jeddah 2024The world’s first 3D printed mosque
Al-Khaif Mosque Crowds in Mina head to the Jamarat Bridge - Flickr - Al Jazeera English.jpg Mina, Mecca ?The largest mosque in Mina, which Muslim pilgrims visit during the Hajj . [8]
Al-Mash'ar Al-Haram msjd lmsh`r lHrm.jpg Muzdalifah, Mecca ?A site which pilgrims visit during the Hajj. [9] [10] [11] [12]
An-Namirah Mosque Masjid al-Namira.jpg Arafat, Mecca ?A mosque near Jabal 'Arafat, which Muslim pilgrims visit durung the Hajj. [13] [14]
Al Qantara Mosque msjd lmdhwn 8.jpg At-Ta'if1856A 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. [3]
Al-Rahmah Mosque Al-Rahmah Mosque 7 (cropped).jpg Jeddah ?
Al-Rayah Mosque Medina ?
Anbariya Mosque Medine Ambariye mescidi.jpg Medina1908
As-Sabaq Mosque Medina ?
As-Sajadah Mosque Abu Thar al Gafari Mosque 1.JPG Medina ?
Bani Bayadhah Mosque Medina ?
Bani Harithah Mosque Medina ?
Bay'ah Mosque msjd lby`@.jpeg Mecca761
Bin Laden Mosque msjd bn ldn jd@.jpg Jeddah ?
Faqi Mosque Faqi mosque - panoramio.jpg Mecca ?
Fas'h mosque Medina ?
Hassan Enany Mosque Hasan Anani Mosque February 2020.jpg Jeddah ?
Jawatha Mosque Jawatha1.jpg Jawatha near Hofuf 629
King Saud Mosque King Saud Mosque2 (5).jpg Jeddah1987
Manartain Mosque msjd lmnrtyn.jpg Medina ?
Masjid al-Qiblatayn Masjid al-Qiblatain.jpg Medina623Historically 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.
Masjid-u-Shajarah Abiar Ali.jpg Medina ?
Mosque of Al-Fadeekh Medina ?
Mosque of Al-Ghamama Masjid Al Ghamamah.jpg Medina ?
Mosque of Al-Saqiya msjd lsqy.jpg Medina ?
Mosque of Atban Bin Malik Medina ?
Mosque of Bani Haram Medina ?
Quba Mosque Quba Masjid.jpg Medina622The first mosque that was built by Muhammad. [15]
Sayyid Ash-Shuhada Mosque Mount Uhud 2.jpg Medina2017This mosque is near the grave of Muhammad's uncle, Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib, at the foot of Mount Uhud. [16]
The Seven Mosques Sab'u Masajid.jpg Medina ?
Masjid Bilal ibn Rabah Badr 2019

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References

  1. Al-Wazani, Nadeen (2024-01-12). "The deep history of Abdullah bin Abbas Mosque". Wafy (وافي). Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  2. "Masjid Abdullah Ibn Abbas". Islamic Landmarks. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  3. 1 2 3 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.
  4. 1 2 Al-Thaqafi, Tareq (2023-07-14). "Taif's weather, rich culture and history attract pilgrims". Arab News. Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  5. "abu Bakr al-Siddique Mosque (Medina)". Madain Project. Archived from the original on 13 April 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  6. "Addas Mosque". Atlas Islamica. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  7. "Prophet Muhammad's Visit To Taif". Islam & Ihsan. 2020-03-11. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  8. "Nimra Mosque, Al-Khaif Mosque, Masjid Uqbah and Taneem Mosque". Mecca.net. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  9. 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)
  10. 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.
  11. 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
  12. 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[.]
  13. "Masjid al-Namirah". Hajj & Umrah Planner. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  14. "مسجد نمرة.. شاهد حي على تاريخ رحلة الحج منذ 1400 عام". Al-Riyadh (in Arabic). 19 October 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  15. Quba — the first mosque in the history of Islam, Arab News, 13 July 2014
  16. "ThePlace: Sayed Al-Shuhada Mosque, a vital historic landmark in Madinah". Arab News . 2022-07-24. Retrieved 2023-03-30.