The Forgotten Mosques of Madinah

Today we had the very blessed opportunity to make ziyara to various mosques that had special significance to our beloved Messenger, peace be upon him. Setting off right after Fajr, the first mosque the students visited was the Mosque of Prostration, or Masjid al-Sajda. Popularly known also as Masjid Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (the reason for its being named after this Companion of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him is unknown), it marks the location where our beloved Messenger made a very lengthy prostration, as observed by the Companion Abd al-Rahman ibn Auf, may Allah be pleased with him.

Another Mosque that was visited was the Mosque of the Response, Masjid al-Ijaba, Where the Prophet of Allah, peace be upon him, made three requests to Allah of which two were answered.

Other Mosques visited were Masjid al-Dir‘, which was the location where the Prophet of Allah, peace be upon him, donned his armor before the Battle of Uhud; Masjid al-Mustarah, where the Prophet of Allah, peace be upon him, rested on his way back from Uhud; and Masjid al-Ghamama, where the Prophet of Allah, peace be upon him, prayed for rain, and his prayer was granted within the duration of two rak‘ats.

Alhamdulillah, we all got the opportunity to pray tahiyyat al-Masjid at these locations, where the blessed feet of Allah’s Messenger, peace be upon him, traversed. We are grateful to Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Shaykh Abdullah al-Kadi, and as well as Shaykh Mihr Ali for making this trip possible.

Mihr Ali Efendi

The students finished their trip by visiting the famous Ottoman train station built by one of the last great Sultans of the Muslim world, Sultan Abdulhamid Khan II, may Allah be pleased with him, which was recently renovated and is soon to open as a park.

In the evenings Shaykh Muhammad continued his teaching of the Shifa’, enlightening us on the rulings of giving Salawat on our Beloved Messenger, peace be upon him. We were also blessed that evening with another session of Qasidas with Munshid Ibn Eshaq al-Arfaj.