Hanzal Mosque
| Hanzal Mosque | |
|---|---|
مسجد حنظل | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Islam |
| Branch/tradition | Sunni |
| Location | |
| Location | Sana'a, Yemen |
Yemen | |
| Coordinates | 15°21′10″N 44°11′57″E / 15.35278°N 44.19917°E |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Mosque |
| Style | Yemeni Islamic |
| Specifications | |
| Direction of façade | Qibla |
| Dome | 1 |
| Minaret | 1 |
The Hanzal Mosque (Arabic: مسجد حنظل) is a mosque in Sana'a, Yemen. It is the second oldest mosque in Sana'a after the Great Mosque. It lies to the west of Al-Tahrir Square, near the offices of the Ministry of Civil Services and north of the Egyptian Embassy.
History
The mosque was built around 1605 by the Hanzal family, who had moved to Sana'a. This comes from a manuscript by Ali ibn Tahir ibn Sa'id ibn Ali ibn Hanzal. [1][2]
The ablution area of the mosque was expanded by Haj Mahmoud Aslan in the 18th Century, with the mosque being extended and the minaret built in the 18th Century by Imam al-Mansur Billah Ali ibn al-Mahdi Abbas, and the mosque was again extended in 1888.[2][3]
The mosque was renovated under Imam al-Mutawakkil Yahya in the Early 20th Century. He rebuilt the mosque, extended it towards the qibla, and renovated the interior with new carpets. A wall of Abyssinian stone was built to the South of the mosque, to connect with the qibla wall in the 20th Century by Sayf al-Islam Ahmad, and a gate was added by al-Hajj Muhammad al-Dabbi. [2]
The name comes from the Banu Hanzal clan, who are from the Banu al-Harith clan. [2]
The mosque caretaker from the Early 1990s-2025 was Sheikh Muhammad Ahmad al-Rasābī. [4]
Facilities
The mosque has Wudu facilities, and has a separate women's prayer space. [5]
See also
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