Top 10 largest mosques in the world

A Mosque is also called as Masjid. It’s a prayer place for the Muslims. Mosques are usually covered by buildings. The Muslims do their prayers at many place including outdoor courtyards. Mosques were the simple places for the prayer to the Muslims. Muslims mostly use public places to pray rather than buildings. In this topic we covered top 10 largest mosques in the world.

Mosques are commonly served as locations for the prayers, funeral services, marriages, business agreements, alms collection, distribution and shelters for homeless Muslim people. In historic times mosques were served as a community center, a court of law and a religious school.

In modern times mosques were preserved their role as the places of religious instructions and debates. According to the spread of Islam mosques were multiplied across the Islamic world. Sometimes churches and the temples were converted into mosques or that were influenced as Islamic architectural styles. There are so many mosques in the world like biggest, famous, touristic and traditional.

Top 10 largest Mosques in the world are

• Hassan II Mosque
• Blue Mosque
• Jama Masjid
• Sheik Zayed Grand Mosque
• Masjid al-Haram
• Al Masjid an-Nabawi
• Faisal Mosque

• Taj Ul Masjid
• Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque
• Al-Aqsa Mosque

Hassan II Mosque

• Hassan II Mosque was located at Morocco, country of North Africa.
• Hassan II Mosque was in the municipality of Casablanca.
• Hassan II Mosque affiliation was Islam.
• Hassan II Mosque region was Greater Casablanca.
• Hassan II Mosque organizational status was active.
• Hassan II Mosque was in the leadership of King Hassan II.
• Hassan II Mosque style was Arab-Andalusian, Moorish.

• Hassan II Mosque groundbreaking was in July 12, 1986.
• Hassan II Mosque was completed in 30^th August 1993.
• Hassan II Mosque construction cost was $400 to $700 million USD.
• Hassan II Mosque length was 200 meters (660 feet).
• Hassan II Mosque width was 100 meters (330 feet).
• Hassan II Mosque height was 210 meters (688 feet).
• Hassan II Mosque capacity was 105,000 (25,000 indoors and additional 80,000 on Mosque’s grounds).
• Hassan II Mosque dome was one.
• Hassan II Mosque minaret was one.
• Hassan II Mosque minaret height was 210 meters (690 feet).
• Hassan II Mosque was constructed with the materials Cedar from Middle Atlas, Marble from Agadir and Granite from Tafraoute.

Blue Mosque

• Blue Mosque was located at Istanbul, country of Turkey.
• Blue Mosque affiliation was Sunni Islam.
• Blue Mosque style was Islamic, Late Classical Ottoman.
• Blue Mosque architect was Sedefkar Mehmed Agha.
• Blue Mosque groundbreaking was in 1609; 413 years ago.
• Blue Mosque completed was in 1723; 299 years ago.
• Blue Mosque capacity was 10,000 people.

• Blue Mosque length was 73 meters (240 feet).
• Blue Mosque width was 65 meters (213 feet).
• Blue Mosque dome height (outer) was 43 meters (213 feet).
• Blue Mosque dome diameter (inner) was 23.50 meters (77 feet).
• Blue Mosque minarets were 6.
• Blue Mosque minaret height was 64 meters (210 feet).
• Blue Mosque was constructed with the materials finely carved sculptured marble.

Jama Masjid

• Jama Masjid was located at champaner city, Delhi, country of India.
• Jama Masjid affiliation was Islam.
• Jama Masjid architect was Ustad Khalil.
• Jama Masjid style was Indo-Islamic, Mughal.
• Jama Masjid completed in 16^th century.
• Jama Masjid organizational status was part of UNESCO Heritage Park.
• Jama Masjid was established in 1656.
• Jama Masjid construction cost was 1 Million Indian Rupees.

• Jama Masjid capacity was 25,000.
• Jama Masjid length was 40 meters (130 feet).
• Jama Masjid width 27 meters (89 feet).
• Jama Masjid domes were 2.
• Jama Masjid minarets were 2.
• Jama Masjid minaret height was 41 meters (135 feet)
• Jama Masjid was constructed with the materials Red sandstone and marble.

Sheik Zayed Grand Mosque

• Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque was located in Abu Dhabi, capital of U.A.E country.
• Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque affiliation was Islam.
• Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque architect was Yusef Abdelki.
• Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque groundbreaking was in 1996.
• Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque completed in 20^th December 2007.
• Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque construction cost $545 Million USD.

• Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque capacity was over 41,000 people.
• Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque length was 420 meters (1,380 feet).
• Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque width was 290 meters (950 feet).
• Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque domes were 82 of 7 were different sizes.
• Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque dome height (outer) was 85 meters (279 feet).
• Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque dome diameter (outer) was 32 meters (106 feet).
• Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque minarets were 4.
• Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque minaret height was 107 meters (351 feet).
• Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque was constructed with the materials marble stone, gold, semi-precious stones, crystals and ceramics.

Masjid al-Haram

• Masjid al-Haram located at Mecca city, Hejaz Region, country of Saudi Arabia.
• Masjid al-Haram affiliation was Islam.
• Masjid al-Haram administration was in Saudi Arabian government.
• Masjid al-Haram capacity was 2.5 million people.
• Masjid al-Haram style was Islamic architecture.
• Masjid al-Haram was in the leadership of Yasser Al-Dosari, Abdur Rahman As-Sudais, Saud Al-Shuraim, Abdullah Awad Al Juhany, Maher Al Mueaqly, Salih bin Abdullah al Humaid, Faisal Ghazawi, Bandar Baleela and Ali Ahmed Mullah.

• Masjid al-Haram acrhitect was Mimar Sinan.
• Masjid al-Haram 1,630,000 square feet (152,000 square meters).
• Masjid al-Haram height was 89 m.
• Masjid al-Haram width was 56 cm.
• Masjid al-Haram minarets were 9.
• Masjid al-Haram minaret height was 89 m (292 ft).
• Masjid al-Haram was constructed with the materials black stone, and the hills of Safa and Marwa.

Al Masjid an-Nabawi

• Al Masjid an-Nabawi was located at Al Haram, Medina, in country of Saudi Arabia.
• Al Masjid an-Nabawi affiliation was Islam.
• Al Masjid an-Nabawi style was Islamic Architecture.
• Al Masjid an-Nabawi founder was Muhammad.
• Al Masjid an-Nabawi was established in 623 CE (1 AH).
• Al Masjid an-Nabawi was in the leadership of Abdul-Rahman Al-Sudais (as President of the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques).

• Al Masjid an-Nabawi capacity was 1, 00,000 people.
• Al Masjid an-Nabawi minarets were 10.
• Al Masjid an-Nabawi minaret height was 105 meters (344 feet).
• Al Masjid an-Nabawi final length was 81.4 meters (267.1 feet).
•  Al Masjid an-Nabawi final width was 62.58 meters (205.3 feet).
• Al Masjid an-Nabawi was constructed with the raw materials from the Byzantine Empire.

Faisal Mosque

• Faisal Mosque was located in Islamabad, country of Pakistan.
• Faisal Mosque municipality was Capital Development Authority.
• Faisal Mosque administration was International Islamic University, Islamabad.
• Faisal Mosque style was Modern Islamic.
• Faisal Mosque architect was Vedat Dalokay
• Faisal Mosque was established in the year of 1986.
• Faisal Mosque construction cost was $120 million USD.
•  Faisal Mosque capacity was 300,000 people.
• Faisal Mosque minarets were 4.

• Faisal Mosque minaret height was 90 meters (300 feet).
• Faisal Mosque site total area was 33 acres (130,000 m²; 1,400,000 sq ft).
• Faisal Mosque was constructed with the materials of 8 sided concrete shell, flanked by four unusual minarets inspired by Turkish architecture.

Taj Ul Masjid

• Taj Ul Masjid located at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, in the country of India.
• Taj Ul Masjid afiliation was Islam.
• Taj Ul Masjid style was Indo-Islamic architecture, Mughal architecture.
• Taj Ul Masjid funded by Nawab Shah Jahan Begum, Sultan Jahan Begum.
• Taj Ul Masjid capacity was 175,000+­.
• Taj Ul Masjid interior area was 23,000 m­_­2. (250,000 sq ft).
• Taj Ul Masjid _­domes were 3.
• Taj Ul Masjid minarets were 2.

• Taj Ui Masjid minaret height was 67 meters.
•  Taj Ui Masjid was constructed with the materials red sand stone.

Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque

• Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque was located at Muscat, country of Oman.
• Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque affiliation was Ibadi Islam.
• Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque style was Contemporary Islamic.
• Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque architects are Edgard Bali (interior), Quad Design with the Mohamed Makiya (exterior).
• Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque was completed in May 2001.

• Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque status was closed.
• Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque capacity was 25,000 people.
• Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque minarets 5.
• Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque height was 50m (160 feet).
• Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque width was 74 meters (244 feet).
• Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque was constructed with the materials of Indian sandstone.

Al-Aqsa Mosque

• Al-Aqsa Mosque other names are Taj al-Jawame, Jaqme al-Ateeq and Masjid Ahl ar-Rayah.
• Al-Aqsa Mosque was located at Muizz Street, country of Europe.
• Al-Aqsa Mosque was in region Cairo.
• Al-Aqsa Mosque affiliation was Islam.
• Al-Aqsa Mosque status was active.
• Al-Aqsa Mosque style was Fatimid.
• Al-Aqsa Mosque founder was Al-Aziz Billah, Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah.

• Al-Aqsa Mosque groundbreaking was in 990 CE.
• Al-Aqsa Mosque completed in 1013 CE.
• Al-Aqsa Mosque domes were 1.
• Al-Aqsa Mosque minarets were 2.
• Al-Aqsa Mosque length was 120 meters.
• Al-Aqsa Mosque width was 112 meters.
• Al-Aqsa Mosque was constructed with the materials of stone, stucco mortar and bricks.