Miqat Dhu al-Hulayfah

Miqat Dhu al-Hulayfah
ميقات ذو الحليفة
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
District	Abyar 'Ali
Province	Madinah Province
Rite	Ihram
Location
Location	Abyar 'Ali, Medina
Country	Saudi Arabia
Shown within Saudi Arabia
Geographic coordinates	24°24′49″N 39°32′33″E / 24.4137172°N 39.5424318°E / 24.4137172; 39.5424318
Architecture
Architect(s)	Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil
Specifications
Capacity	5,000
Length	190 m (630 ft)
Width	190 m (630 ft)
Interior area	6400 km² (2500 mi²)
Dome(s)	13
Minaret(s)	5
Minaret height	Tallest minaret: 64 m (210 ft)
Site area	37000 km² (14000 mi²)
Elevation	180 m (591 ft)

The Mīqāt Dhu al-Ḥulayfah (Arabic: مِيْقَات ذُو ٱلْحُلَيْفَة), also known as Masjid ash-Shajarah (Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلشَّجَرَة, lit. 'Mosque of the Tree') or Masjid Dhu al-Hulayfah (Arabic: مَسْجِد ذُو ٱلْحُلَيْفَة), is a miqat and mosque in Abyār ʿAlī, Medina, west of Wadi al-'Aqiq, believed by Muslims to be the location where the final Islamic prophet, Muhammad, entered the state of ihram before performing 'Umrah, after the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah.^[1] The mosque is located 7 km (4.3 mi) SW of the Al-Masjid an-Nabawi and was defined by Muhammad as the miqat for those willing to perform the Hajj or Umrah pilgrimages from Medina.^[1][2] It is the second-largest miqat mosque after the Miqat Qarn al-Manazil in As-Sayl al-Kabir.

History[]

Dhu al-Hulayfah was defined as the miqat for the people of Medina by Muhammad in the hadith in Sahih Bukhari, Book 25, Hadith 14, which was narrated by Ibn 'Abbas:^[2]

"Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had fixed Dhul Hulaifa as the Miqat for the people of Medina..."

The mosque was first built during the time of Umar II ibn 'Abdulaziz, who was the Umayyad governor of Medina from 706-712 (87-93 AH) and has been renovated several times since, the last major renovation being during the reign of King Fahd (r. 1982–2005), who increased the area of the mosque by many times its original size and added several modern facilities.^[3]

Architecture[]

This minaret of Dhu al-Hulayfah is distinct from the others both architecturally and in the fact that it is more than twice as tall as the others.

The current mosque building was built during the reign of King Fahd. It is in the shape of a square of an area of approximately 6,000 square meters (65,000 ft²) inside a 36,000 m² (388,000 ft²) square-shaped enclosure. It consists of two sets of galleries separated by a wide yard of approximately 1000 square meters (11,000 ft²). The galleries are shaped as arches ending with long domes. At the center of the mosque is spring of water housed inside a dome. The portion of the enclosure that does not include the mosque, measuring around 20,000 m² (216,000 ft²), includes multiple restrooms and areas for changing into ihram and performing wudu. Most of the inner area is pathways, galleries and trees. All 13 domes are located on the roof of the mosque, while the 5 minarets are located around the enclosure. One of the mosque's minarets stands distinct from the others, square at the bottom but round at the top in a diagonal shape, rising to a height of 64 metres (210 ft). The mosque is built in an Islamic architectural style, with Mamluk and Byzantine influences.^[3]

See also[]

• List of mosques in Saudi Arabia
• Bayda (land)

References[]

External links[]

• A gallery with multiple pictures of the mosque can be found here
• A short introduction to the features of the mosque can be found here
• A 3D virtual tour can be found here

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