Sayyidah Ruqayya Mosque

33°30′48″N 36°18′26″E / 33.51333°N 36.30722°E / 33.51333; 36.30722ArchitectureTypeMosqueSpecificationsDome(s)1Minaret(s)1

The Sayyidah Ruqayyah Mosque (Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلسَّيِّدة رُقَيَّة, romanized: Masjid as-Sayyidah Ruqayyah) is located in Damascus, Syria, and contains the grave of Sukainah, also known as "Ruqayyah", the young daughter of Al-Husayn ibn Ali.^[1]

Description

According to Shi'ite Islamic narrations that are commemorated every year on the occasion of Ashura, after enduring the Battle of Karbala and the torturous journey to Damascus that followed it, Sukaynah died at the age of four in Yazid's prison, where her body was originally buried. Years later, however, upon the flooding of her gravesite, her grave was reopened and the body was moved to the site where the Masjid now stands.^[1] The mosque was built around the mausoleum in 1985 and exhibits a modern version of Iranian architecture, with substantial amount of mirror and gold work. There is a small mosque area adjoining the shrine room, along with a small courtyard in front. This mosque is found a short distance from the Umayyad Mosque and the Al-Hamidiyah Souq in central Damascus.

Gallery

• Sayyidah Ruqayya Mosque
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  View of the courtyard
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  Prayer hall
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  Grave of Sayyidah Ruqayyah
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  A chandelier in the Masjid
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  Zarih
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  name board on the mosque
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  Ruqayya mosque dome
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  Ruqayya mosque entrance

See also

• Daughters of Husayn ibn Ali
• Holiest sites in Shia Islam
  • Bab As-Saghir
  • Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque

References

External links

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