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The Al-Hannanah
Mosque (Arabic: مَـسـجـد
الـحَـنّـانـة, romanized: Masjid
al-Ḥannānah)
is
a Shi'ite mosque in Iraq.
This
mosque
is
also
called Masjid
ar-Ra's (Arabic: مَـسـجـد
الـرّأس,
Mosque
of
the
Head
(of Husayn
ibn
Ali)),
because
according
to
a
narration
attributed
to Ja'far
al-Sadiq,
the
head
of
his
ancestor
Husayn
was
kept
in
its
middle,
when
being
brought
to
his ‘aduww (Arabic: عَـدُوّ,
opponent) Ubayd
Allah
ibn
Ziyad.
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.
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.
The
name
Al-Hannanah
means
"to
cry
twice."
This
refers
to
two
events.
First,
when
Ali
Ibn
Abi
Talib's
burial
shroud
was
brought
to
the
Mosque,
and
then
when
the
head
of
his
son,
Husayn,
was
brought
through
the
Mosque.