Sanctuaries of Spirituality: Exploring Al-Masjid, The Sacred Mosque

Unveiling the Heart of Worship: Discover the Significance and Role of Al-Masjid in Islamic Community and Culture” A mosque is a place in which Muslims and New Muslims offer pray five times a day. The Arabic word for mosque is masjid . When it is time for salah,  the mu’adh-dhin calls out the adhan from the masjid. 

The adhan is a call for prayer.  Some  mosques  are  small.  Some mosques are very big. If you go to a big mosque, you will find several watertaps in one place. These water taps are for Muslims to make wudhu before starting to pray. You should enter the mosque with the right foot first, saying:

Bismillaah, rasoolillaah. rahmatik.

wassalaatu      wassalaamu    ‘alaa Allaahummaftah          lee        abwaaba

{In the name of Allah and prayers and peace be upon Allah’s Messenger. 0 Allah, open the doors of Your mercy (blessings) for me}.

You should take off your shoes and leave them  at  the  main shoes site  to  the  mosque. Mosques today have racks in them for shoes.

The mosque should be kept clean. Before going to the mosque, you must make sure that your body and clothes are clean and that they do not smell bad.

The mosque is a place of worship. Do not eat or drink in a mosque.  We should not take drinks talks and worldly discussion . After salah, leave the mosque with the left foot first, saying:

Bismillaah, wassalaatu  wassalaamu  ‘alaa rasoolillaah. Allaahumma innee as’aluka min fadlik.

Match the following.

The Arabic word for mosque is

• A person who calls the adhan is called
• The water taps in the masjid are
• The niche in the mosque that shows the direction of the qiblah

mu’adh-dhin

Yes      No

Yes      No

Yes      No

•           The mihraab is a niche in one of the walls of the masjid.      Yes      No

•           If you face the mihraab you will be facing the qiblah.           Yes      No

C. C:For entering or leaving?

Which of the following du’aa is said when entering the  masjid and which one is said when leaving it ?

Memorize both these du’aas so that you can recite them the next time you go to the masjid; this will make Allah happy with you

Categories: PRAYER (Salat), ALMS (Zakat), SAWN (Fasting) HAJJ (Pilgrimage) & DUA (Supplications), Hadith and Tafseer, The Holy Quran, Quran Jaz 1- 114

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