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Mosque of the Jinn

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Mosque of the Jinn
Arabic: مسجد الجن
The mosque in 2020
Religion
AffiliationSunni Islam
Ecclesiastical or organisational statusMosque
StatusActive
Location
LocationMakkah
CountrySaudi Arabia
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Architecture
TypeMosque architecture
MinaretOne

The Mosque of the Jinn (Arabic: مسجد الجنّ, romanizedMasjid al-Jinn)[1][2][3] is a Sunni Islam mosque, located in Mecca, Saudi Arabia,[4] near Jannat al-Mu'alla.[5] It is also known as the Mosque of Allegiance[6][3] (Arabic: مسجد بِيعات, romanizedMasjid Biy‘āt)[7] and the Mosque of Guards[3] (Arabic: مسجد الحرس, romanizedMasjid al-Ḥaras)[1] because the city's guards would patrol up to that point.[1]

The mosque is built at the place where a group of jinn are said to have gathered one night to hear the recitation of a portion of the Quran by Muhammad.[5][4][8][3] Muhammad later met there with these jinn's leaders and accepted their embrace of Islam and their bay'ah (oath of allegiance) to him.[8][1][6][9][3] The incident is mentioned in chapter al-Jinn of the Quran.[4][3]

The mosque is considered one of the oldest in Mecca and is one of the most important mosques visited in the city.[3][10]

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