Al-Rajhi Mosque in Makkah
When we talk about the mosques in Saudi Arabia, we must mention Al-Rajhi Mosque, as it is one of the important heritage monuments.
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Al Rajhi Mosque
Aisha Al-Rajhi Mosque
Al-Rajhi Mosque website
Sections of the Al-Rajhi Mosque
Imams and muezzins of Al-Rajhi Mosque in Makkah
Hotels near Al Rajhi Mosque in Mecca
Al Rajhi Mosque
The Kingdom owns a number of mosques that are prominent landmarks in the Kingdom, and Al Rajhi Mosque in Makkah Al Mukarramah is considered one of the most famous and largest mosques in the city of Makkah Al Mukarramah.
Aisha Al-Rajhi Mosque
The Aisha Al-Rajhi Mosque is one of the large mosques in the Holy City of Makkah, which is owned by the Suleiman bin Abdulaziz Al-Rajhi Endowment Company, the company that is affiliated with the Suleiman Al-Rajhi Endowment Company.
This mosque was inaugurated on Shaaban 22, 1434 AH, and the opening ceremony was attended by Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, the Emir of Makkah Al-Mukarramah region. Aisha Al-Rajhi Mosque is located in the Naseem neighborhood in Makkah.
This mosque was built by businessman Sheikh Suleiman Al-Rajhi as an endowment for his mother, so it was called Aisha Al-Rajhi University, and we find that it can accommodate more than 47 thousand worshipers.
Al-Rajhi Mosque website
Many people wonder if the Al-Rajhi Mosque is located within the boundaries of the Great Mosque of Mecca or not, and you will find it located in the Naseem neighborhood of the Holy City of Makkah, and it is considered within the boundaries of the Great Mosque of Mecca.
Therefore, many visitors prefer to go to this mosque frequently because of its presence within the boundaries of the Great Mosque of Mecca, as it is located in the purest parts of the earth, for this reason it remains one of the closest and favorite mosques for many visitors.
Sections of Aisha Al-Rajhi Mosque
Aisha Al-Rajhi University is one of the mosques that has a distinctive style. It was built in a Mamluk-style architecture, and its walls were decorated with beautiful and charming Mamluk decorations.
When you look at it, you will find its walls standing tall with one large dome, with a diameter of about 13.20 meters, while its height is 43 meters from the ground level.
The mosque has four medium domes, each with a diameter of about 7 meters and a height of 34 meters from the ground level. There are also two small domes, each with a diameter of 4.50 meters, and a height of 14 meters, from the ground level.
The mosque also has two large minarets, with a height of one minaret of 68 meters. In addition, it contains a men's prayer room, which consists of three floors, as well as a prayer room for women, which consists of two floors.
Aisha Al-Rajhi Mosque is distinguished by the fact that it uses several technical systems that operate on comprehensive electronic control for all central as well as operational units, all of which are equipped to monitor all facilities of the mosque in order to maintain it, and among these devices:
- There is an audio system, which works according to the best and latest standards and modern specialized programs, and during this system the level of audio transmission is controlled by a sophisticated audio system.
There are clean and equipped toilets, in addition to ablution places, which are equipped with the latest mixers.
- A station was also established to treat ablution water, in addition to using it in special boxes for expulsion and irrigation.
- This mosque was equipped with special systems for simultaneous interpretation for 6 different languages, in addition to sign language for the deaf.
- The mosque has a monitoring system, which includes all the parts that are present in the mosque, as well as its facilities and accessories, through a central imaging system.
The lighting and air conditioning systems operate automatically according to their own control system.
-And there is a station for desalinating wells water, which works to provide drinking water as well as ablution for visitors.
- There are also a number of necessary extensions for direct television broadcasts, in addition to satellite broadcasts, from various sites of the mosque.
- There is an internal broadcast system that transmits lectures and programs in addition to advertisements.
The mosque provides a service that records sermons and lectures, in addition to prayers, and uploads them directly to social media pages.
With regard to the external spaces of the mosque, they are about 10,899 square meters, and we find that the mosque may accommodate 47,084 worshipers, while it accommodates approximately 22,320 worshipers in the interior areas, while it accommodates 18,164 worshipers in the outer courtyards and 6600 worshipers on the roof.
Imams and muezzins of Al-Rajhi Mosque in Makkah
There are a number of imams and muezzins in Al-Rajhi Mosque, where a number of imams alternately lead it, and they are:
- Sheikh Dr. Abdul Aziz Al-Fayez.
- Sheikh Dr. Khaled Al-Rajhi.
Sheikh Badr Al-Salami.
- Sheikh Muhammad Mashafi.
While the muezzins who are present in the mosque are:
The muezzin Osama Bakhlak.
The muezzin Saeed Al Zuhair.
The cost of the Al-Rajhi mosque
The total cost of building this mosque and its annexes amounted to more than 35 million riyals, as it is located on a land area of more than nine thousand square meters, while it includes the construction of two minarets with a length of 47 meters, so that its range reaches several kilometers.
It was equipped to the highest levels through a central air conditioning unit that covers all parts of the mosque, in addition to a semi-circular dome that is located in the middle of it and exceeds 40 meters in diameter.
In the mosque there is a chapel for performing the obligatory prayers, next to a separate loft for the ladies’ prayer room, which has an elevator that helps them facilitate the transition to the upper places in the mosque, as it is designed in a way that makes it more comfortable for its visitors.
Al-Rajhi Mosque has 6 floors, in which the second basement has been allocated in order to provide parking for those who come to the mosque and wish to park their car.
While he allocated the first basement, so that it is dedicated to the prayer hall, in addition to the dining halls, as well as the wheels of the worshipers and the bathrooms.
There are eight escalators in the mosque, next to four elevators, each of them accommodating about 26 people, as well as two elevators for women.
The area of the mosque’s external courtyards is about 10,000 square meters, where 5 domes were made for it. It is noted that the main dome came with an internal diameter of 19 meters while a height of 48 meters from the ground level, while the rest of the side domes find that the diameter of each is about 7 meters while It is 37 meters high from the ground level.
Hotels near Al Rajhi Mosque in Mecca
And if you want to visit the Al-Rajhi Mosque in the Makkah Al-Mukarramah region, and you are sitting nearby, there is more than one hotel that you can choose among or the most suitable for you, to sit in.
Here are a number of hotels near Al-Rajhi Mosque in Makkah Al-Mukarramah, which you can easily stay in until the end of your visit, namely:
- Four Points by Sheraton Makkah Al Naseem Hotel, one of the five-star hotels located near the mosque and providing many distinguished services to its visitors.
- The Park Inn by Radisson Hotel in Makkah, which is located in the Naseem neighborhood, near the mosque, is one of the hotels that attracts its visitors with many advantages and services.
- The Millennium Hotel in Makkah, which is also in the Al-Naseem neighborhood, and is considered one of the hotels near Al-Rajhi.
- Copthorne Hotel in the Naseem neighborhood in Mecca, where many visitors go when visiting the mosque.
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