Al Dakheel Mosque
| Al-Dakheel Mosque | |
|---|---|
جامع الدخيل | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Sunni Islam |
| Location | |
| Location | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Geographic coordinates | 24°47′41″N 46°44′16″E / 24.79472°N 46.73778°E |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Modern Najdi |
| Date established | 2004 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 3000 |
| Dome(s) | 1 |
| Dome height (outer) | 18 m |
| Dome dia. (outer) | 10 m |
| Minaret(s) | 1 |
| Minaret height | 50 m |
| Site area | 7,000 square metres (1.7 acres) |
Sheikh Fahd bin Abdul Rahman bin Fahd al-Dakheel Mosque (Arabic: جامع الشيخ فهد بن عبد الرحمن بن فهد الدخيل), simply known as al-Dakheel Mosque (Arabic: جامع الدخيل), is a Friday mosque in the ash-Shuhada neighborhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[1] Opened in 2004, it usually gets flocked by worshippers during the month of Ramadan to perform Taraweeh prayers and on religious holidays like Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha for Salat al-Eid. Yasir al-Dawsari led the prayers in the mosque from its opening until he was appointed in 2019 as one of the imams of Masjid al-Haram in Mecca.
Overview
[edit]Construction of the mosque began in 2000 and completed in 2004 and was built in the ash-Shuhada neighborhood of Riyadh.[2] The mosque has a minaret and a dome with a height of 18 meters and 50 meters respectively. The mosque can accommodate around 1800 worshippers during off-season and 3000 worshippers at its maximum. The numbers reach 7000 in the month of Ramadan when the space surrounding the mosque gets in use.[3][4][5][6]
Yasir al-Dawsari served as the imam of the mosque from its opening until he was appointed as one of the imams of Masjid al-Haram in Mecca.[7][8]
References
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- ^ "الشيخان القرني والعريفي بجامع الشيخ فهد بن دخيل". al-jazirah.com. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
- ^ "جامع الدخيل | مدونة الجوامع". 2016-12-21. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
- ^ ""الدوسري".. من اختبار "الإمامة" 1995 إلى إمامة المصلين بالمسجد ا". 2020-03-03. Archived from the original on 3 March 2020. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
- ^ "ياسر الدوسري .. رحلة علم توجت بإمامة المسجد الحرام - موقع الشيخ ياسر بن راشد الدوسري". 2019-09-09. Archived from the original on 9 September 2019. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
- ^ "جامع الدخيل.. صوت الإمام "العذب" خلف ازدحام التراويح". الاقتصادية (in Arabic). 2013-07-27. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
- ^ "ياسر الدوسري إمام جامع "الدخيل": لا أستمع لتلاواتي إلا عند المونتاج | صحيفة الاقتصادية". 2019-09-06. Archived from the original on 6 September 2019. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
- ^ "جريدة الرياض | جمال الصوت مفتاح الخشوع في الصلاة!!". 2017-06-07. Archived from the original on 7 June 2017. Retrieved 2024-12-22.