Mashar Mona Location is considered the first station of the Hajj rituals in the holy sites. It has a historical and religious status. It is famous for its archaeological landmarks and historical events, as it is located within the boundaries of the Great Mosque of Mecca between Mecca and Muzdalifah, 7 km northeast of the Grand Mosque. Mashar Mona is surrounded by mountains from the northern and southern sides, and it is only inhabited during the Hajj period, as it is bounded by the side of Makkah Al-Mukarramah, Jamrah Al-Aqaba on the side of Makkah Al-Mukarramah and Wadi Muhassar on the Muzdalifah side. It is the largest district in Mecca. Mina is known as the place for Hajj and Hajj rites on Tarwiyah Day, Eid al-Adha Day and the Days of Tashreeq. As it is the site of the stoning of the Jamarat, which takes place between sunrise and sunset on those days of Hajj, and the sacrifice is sacrificed there.

From the day of Tarwiyah on the 8th of Dhul-Hijjah to the end of the days of Tashreeq on the 13th of Dhul-Hijjah, excluding the day of Arafah, a total of 5 days late or four days for haste.

The longest pedestrian street in the world ends at Mina, which starts from Jabal al-Rahma in Arafat to Muzdalifah. It is a road with 4 lanes along which awnings are provided to avoid the sun's rays, it has chairs and cold water.

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Mashar Mona Location

The most prominent historical landmarks of Mashar Mona

Hajj works in Mashar Mona

Mashar Mona Location

Mashar Mona is located to the east of Makkah Al-Mukarramah, and is bordered by Jamrat Al-Aqaba to the northwest, Wadi Muhasser to the southeast, Jabal Al-Quwais to the north and Jabal Thabar to the south.

Mashari Mina has an estimated area of ​​7.82 square kilometres. In fact, 4.8 square kilometers is used, which is 61 percent of the actual area, while 39% of the area covers jagged mountains whose summits rise about 500 meters above valley level.

Mashar Mona is filled with glass tents covered with "Teflon" material because of its high resistance to flame, and they are attached to the walkways. Each group of tents is enclosed in metal fences with main gates and emergency doors. The shops cover an area of ​​2.5 million square meters and can accommodate approximately 2.6 million pilgrims.

Historians say that the name (Muna) is due to the legitimate blood that was shed during the Hajj. It was said that Adam wanted heaven. Others thought it was for people to meet him, and the Arabs say that everywhere people find me.

The most prominent landmarks of the historical Mashar Mona

The most prominent landmarks of Mashari Mina are the three pillars that are thrown, located in the Jamarat Bridge, where the Jamarat Bridge is one of the most prominent projects of Mashari Mina, as its cost reached more than 4 billion and 200 million Saudi riyals, and it can accommodate about 300 thousand pilgrims per hour, and its length is up to It is 950 meters long, 80 meters wide, and has 5 floors with all services for the pilgrims, in addition to 3 tunnels, where its expansion and development work is being completed.

The Jamarat Bridge also includes 11 gravel entrances and 12 exits in its four directions Makkah Al-Mukarramah, which helped improve movement, reduce congestion and accidents, and increase the carrying capacity during throwing. It also includes an emergency helipad, an advanced cooling system and ground tunnels. Likewise, the Al-Khayf Mosque, which is the place where the Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace, descended during the Farewell Pilgrimage on the eighth day of Dhu al-Hijjah. And that place was distinguished by the dome that was in the middle of the mosque, but it was demolished when it was renovated. Perhaps one of the most important events that took place in the mosque was the speech of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, in the Farewell Pilgrimage. The Messenger, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, preceded prophets in prayer in the mosque, as he narrated on the authority of al-Bayhaqi on the authority of Ibn Abbas that he said, “Seventy prophets prayed in the mosque of al-Khayf.” Among the praying prophets was Moses, peace be upon him

There is also a mosque of the pledge of allegiance built by the Abbasid Caliph Abu Jaafar al-Mansur in 144 AH in the place where the first pledge of allegiance took place in Islam, in order to perpetuate this pledge.

The mosque, which has acquired great historical importance, is located approximately 500 meters from the Great Jamarat of Aqaba.

The Allegiance Mosque overlooks Mina from the northern side at the southern slope of “Thubeir” mountain overlooking the people known as “Sha’ab al-Ansar” or “Sha’ab al-Baya’.” The mosque is a chapel without a roof, containing a mihrab and an extension with it a courtyard larger than its area.

In the mosque there are two stones inscribed on one of them with the phrase “Abdullah - the Commander of the Faithful, may God bless him - ordered the construction of this mosque,” ​​in reference to the Abbasid caliph. The length of the mosque from its mihrab to the end of the yard is approximately 38 cubits.

The mosque still retains some of its area and its archaeological construction inscriptions, as there is a construction inscription dating its architecture and another memorial from the same period, and a construction inscription dated in the year 625 AH.

And the mosque was hidden from view behind the mountain, and it appeared to everyone near the Jamarat Bridge after the new expansion and removal of the mountain within the framework of the expansion of the pedestrian and bus routes within the Jamarat facility project.

It is mentioned that the first pledge of allegiance took place in this place from Mina in the year 12 of the prophecy 621 AD Makkah Al-Mukarramah , where 12 people from the tribes of Aws and Khazraj pledged allegiance from Medina, and the second pledge of allegiance was in the same place, during the pilgrimage season in the year 13 of the prophecy 622 AD, and this pledge was attended by 73 men and two women from the people of Medina, and they called on the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, to come to Medina, and they said: How long will we let the Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, be expelled in the mountains of Mecca, and this pledge was also known as the Great Allegiance of Aqaba, and Abu Jaafar al-Mansur built a mosque in the year 144 AH - 761 AD In the place of the pledge of allegiance, as it is recorded in the panel that is still installed in the wall of the mosque for the qiblah from the outside, and it consists of an open courtyard preceded by a canopy. Among the historical landmarks of Mina and the landmarks of Mecca are the Al-Mursalat Mosque. On this mountain, Surah Al-Mursalat was revealed

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