Quba-Mosque

6 Oldest Mosques in the World

1. Quba Mosque, Saudi Arabia First Built: 622 The designation of the oldest mosques in the world requires careful use of definitions, and must be divided into two parts, the oldest in the sense of oldest surviving building, and the oldest in the sense of oldest mosque congregation. Even here, there is the distinction between old mosque buildings that have been in continuous use as mosques, and those that have been converted to other purposes; and between buildings that have been in continuous use as mosques and those that were shuttered for many decades. In terms of congregations, they are distinguished between early established congregations that have been in continuous existence, and early congregations that ceased to exist (wikipedia). 2. Al-Masjid al-Nabawi, Saudi Arabia First Built: 622 Oldest Mosques Al-Masjid al-Nabawi 3. Masjid al-Qiblatain, Saudi Arabia First Built: 623 Oldest Mosques Masjid al-Qiblatain 4. Jawatha Mosque, Saudi Arabia First Built: 629 Oldest Mosques Jawatha Mosque 5. Masjid al-Haram, Saudi Arabia First Built: 638 Masjid al-Haram 6. Great Mosque of Kufa, Iraq First Built: 639
Great Mosque of Kufa
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