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A mosque (/mɒsk/ MOSK) or masjid (/ˈmæsdʒɪd, ˈmʌs-/ MASS-jid, MUSS-; both from Arabic: مَسْجِد, romanized: masjid, pronounced [ˈmasdʒid]; lit. 'place of ritual prostration') is a place of prayer for Muslims.[1] Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers (salah) are performed, including outdoor courtyards.[2][3] The first mosques were simple places of prayer for Muslims, and may have been open spaces rather than buildings.[4] In the first stage of Islamic architecture, 650-750 CE, early mosques comprised open and closed covered spaces enclosed by walls, often with minarets from which calls to prayer were issued.[5] Mosque buildings typically contain an ornamental niche (mihrab) set into the wall that indicates the direction of Mecca (qiblah)[1] and ablution facilities.[1][6] The pulpit (minbar), from which the Friday (jumu'ah) sermon (khutba) is delivered, was in earlier times characteristic of the central city mosque, but has since become common in smalle

Mosque - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Place of worship for Muslims "Masjed" and "Musjid" redirect here. For the Iranian villages, see Masjed, Iran (disambiguation) . For the 19th-century British racehorse, see Musjid (horse) . The Prophet's Mosque in Medina , one of the holiest mosques in Islam Part of a series on Islam Muslims Beliefs Oneness of God Angels Holy books Prophets Judgement Day Predestination Resurrection Practices Profession of faith Prayer Almsgiving Fasting Pilgrimage Texts Foundations Quran Sunnah ( Hadith , Sirah ) Tafsir (exegesis) Ijtihad

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