Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Role of the in Building the Virtuous Community Book Seven: The Ritual System of the Virtuous Community Chapter 3: Mosques And Holy Places The ’s View about Holy Places Rules of Mosques 1. The Holy House, the Sacred Mosque, and Makkah 2. The Prophet’s Mosque 3. Mosques of Madinah 4. Kufah and its Mosques 5. The Holy Shrine of Imam al-Husayn (‘a) 6.
Other Mosques and Holy Places Mosques and Holy Places Mosques and holy places are privileged in the ’s view and characterized by expansiveness, all-inclusiveness, and profundity. A ‘holy place’ is one of the items upon which all Muslims agree unanimously and all divine religions accept with admissibility.
To the Muslims, the general title of a holy place is mosque ( masjid ) which is the Muslims’ place of worship to which the Holy Qur'an has referred many times: إِنَّمَا يَعْمُرُ مَسَاجِدَ اللَّهِ مَنْ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَأَقَامَ الصَّلَاةَ وَآتَى الزَّكَاةَ وَلَمْ يَخْشَ إِلَّا اللَّهَ فَعَسَى أُولَئِكَ أَنْ يَكُونُوا مِنَ الْمُهْتَدِينَ (18) He only shall tend Allah's mosques that believes in Allah and the Last Day and observes proper worship and pays the poor-due and fears none save Allah.
For such only is it possible that they can be of the rightly guided. (9:18) أَقِيمُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ عِنْدَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ وَادْعُوهُ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ كَمَا بَدَأَكُمْ تَعُودُونَ (29) Set your faces upright toward Him at every masjid and call upon Him, making religion pure for Him only. As He brought you into being, so return you to Him. (7:29) وَأَنَّ الْمَسَاجِدَ لِلَّهِ فَلَا تَدْعُوا مَعَ اللَّهِ أَحَدًا (18) The mosques are only for Allah, so pray not to anyone along with Allah.
(72:18) The Role of Mosque The word **‘** masjid ’ is the Muslim term for a place of worship. For instance, a place for public worship for a Christian is a church, a place for Jewish worship is a temple, and a place of meeting for Jewish or Sabaean worship is a synagogue.
Referring to all these terms, the Holy Qur'an says: وَلَوْلَا دَفْعُ اللَّهِ النَّاسَ بَعْضَهُمْ بِبَعْضٍ لَهُدِّمَتْ صَوَامِعُ وَبِيَعٌ وَصَلَوَاتٌ وَمَسَاجِدُ يُذْكَرُ فِيهَا اسْمُ اللَّهِ كَثِيرًا وَلَيَنْصُرَنَّ اللَّهُ مَنْ يَنْصُرُهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَقَوِيٌّ عَزِيزٌ (40) Had there not been Allah's repelling some people by others, certainly, there would have been churches, temples, synagogues, and mosques pulled down, in which Allah's name is much remembered.