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Today I would like to take you around the world and introduce to you to some of the Wakaf Mosques that still standing strong providing the space and comfort for our Muslim brothers and sisters to perform their Ibadah.

 

Did you know the An-Nabawi Mosque was built on a wakaf land? Did you know it was built on a land purchased by our beloved Prophet Muhammad s.a.w.? Did you know An-Nabawi Mosque was also the first few wakaf mosque in the Islamic history?

 

When the Prophet s.a.w. migrated to Madinah, the chiefs of the city and his immediate followers rode around his camel in their best clothes and in glittering armour. Everyone was hoping he would stop by their house. The Prophet s.a.w. would answer everyone politely and kindly, “[This camel] is commanded by Allah; wherever it stops, that will be my home.” The camel moved on with slackened reins, reaching the site of the present masjid and knelt down. The Prophet s.a.w. alighted and said, “This is the home” and inquired as to who owned the land.

 

The land contained a few date trees, graves of polytheists, a resting spot for herds of cattle and was owned by two orphan brothers, Sahl and Suhail. The Prophet s.a.w. purchased the land, had the trees cleared and the polytheists graves dug up and levelled.

 

He then gave orders that his newly acquired courtyard should be made into a masjid and work began immediately.

 

Most of the building was done by bricks made of stones and kneaded clay but in the middle of the northern wall (which faced the original Qibla in Jerusalem) stones were put on either side of the prayer niche. The palms in the courtyard were cut down and their trunks were used as pillars to support the roof of palm branches, but the greater part of the courtyard was left open. Small stones were laid on the floor to prevent it from becoming too muddy.

 

Today, the mosque is still visited by millions and millions of Muslims who not only come to perform their Ibadah but to do some charity by wakaf the Al-Quran, chairs, prayer mats and etc. Subhanallah!!

 

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