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OriginsEdit
See
also: List
of
the
oldest
mosques
According
to
Islamic
scholars
and
history,
Islam
was
established
in
Arabia
during
the
lifetime
of Muhammad in
the 7th
century CE,[9] and
so
did
architectural
components
such
as
the
mosque.
In
this
case,
either
the Mosque
of
the
Companions in
the Eritrean city
of Massawa,[10] or
the Quba
Mosque in
the Hejazi city
of Medina (the
first
structure
built
by
Muhammad
upon
his emigration
from
Mecca in
622 CE),[11] would
be
the first
mosque that
was
built
in
the
history
of
Islam.[12]
Other
scholars
reference
Islamic
tradition[13][14][15] and
passages
of
the
Quran,[16][17][18] according
to
which
Islam
as
a
religion
precedes
Muhammad,
and
includes
previous
prophets
such
as
Abraham.[19] In
Islamic
tradition, Abraham is
credited
with
having
built
the Ka'bah ('Cube')
in Mecca,
and
consequently its
sanctuary, Al-Masjid
Al-Haram (The
Sacred
Mosque),
which
is
seen
by
Muslims
as
the
first
mosque[12] that
existed.[20][21][22][23] A Hadith in Sahih
al-Bukhari states
that
the
sanctuary
of
the Kaaba was
the
first
mosque
on
Earth,
with
the
second
mosque
being Al-Aqsa in Jerusalem,[24] which
is
also
associated
with
Abraham.[21] Since
as
early
as
638 CE,
the
Sacred
Mosque
of
Mecca
has
been
expanded
on
several
occasions
to
accommodate
the
increasing
number
of
Muslims
who
either
live
in
the
area
or
make
the
annual
pilgrimage
known
as Hajj to
the
city.[25]
Either
way,
after
the
Quba
Mosque, Muhammad
went
on
to
establish
another
mosque
in
Medina,
which
is
now
known
as Al-Masjid
an-Nabawi (The
Prophet's
Mosque).
Built
on
the
site
of
his
home,
Muhammad
participated
in
the
construction
of
the
mosque
himself
and
helped
pioneer
the
concept
of
the
mosque
as
the
focal
point
of
the
Islamic
city.[26] The
Prophet's
mosque
introduced
some
of
the
features
still
common
in
today's
mosques,
including
the
niche
at
the
front
of
the
prayer
space
known
as
the mihrab and
the
tiered
pulpit
called
the minbar.[27] The
mosque
was
also
constructed
with
a
large
courtyard,
a
motif
common
among
mosques
built
since
then.[26]