THE mosques at Mount Sala' in reality number only six but pilgrims by custom take in a seventh mosque in the same area leading to the popular name for the group. The following are the “seven mosques” in Madina that are to be closed down and turned into historical sites. The ‘seven mosques'u The Fath Mosque (Masjid Al-Fath, also known as Masjid Al-Ahzab) The most important and largest of the seven mosques, Al-Fath takes its name from when during a battle the Prophet sought victory and conquest from Allah. The mosque, built by Omar Bin Abdul Aziz, is located on a hill at the western foot of Mount Sala'. u The Salman Al-Farsi Mosque Named after the Prophet's Companion, the mosque is located to the south of Al-Fath Mosque and consists of a single hall seven meters in length and width, and a two-meter step. It was built during the time of Omar Bin Abdul Aziz and renovated in the 1179 A.D. (575 Hijri) under the orders of Saif Al-Deen Abi Al-Hayjaa', and rebuilt in the time of Ottoman Sultan Abdul Majeed the First. u The Abu Bakr Al-Siddique Mosque Found 15 meters to the south west of the Salman Mosque, it is believed by some that Abu Bakr Al-Siddique performed the Eid prayer here during his caliphate, hence the name of the site, and that the Prophet himself also prayed Eid prayer in the mosque. u The Omar Bin Al-Khattab Mosque Located only 10 meters away to the south of the Abu Bakr Mosque and opposite the Al-Ghamama Mosque close to the Prophet's Mosque, no reference is found in historic sources to the site. The style of the construction is similar to that of the Al-Fath Mosque, suggesting that it may have been built during the same period. u The Ali Bin Abu Talib Mosque The building is located on a hill to the east of the Fatima Mosque, and was most probably built at the same time as Al-Fath Mosque, and it is believed by some that Amr Bin Wudd Al-Amiri was killed at the site while crossing the trench during the attack. u The Fatima Al-Zahra' Mosque Historical sources name the site as the Sa'ad Bin Mu'adh Mosque, and it is the smallest mosque of the group measuring only three by four meters in area. The last building work carried out on the mosque reflects the styles of the others but was conducted during the Ottoman period. – By Khalid Al
