Mosque of Salman al-Farsi

Salman Al-Farsi Mosque

mosque, shrine, mausoleum

Religion anaa worldview	Islam
Country	Iraq
Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd	Al-Mada'in District
Coordinate location	33°5′54″N 44°34′52″E

De Mosque of Salman al-Farsi (Arabic: مسجد سلمان الفارسي) be a mosque wey dey locate insyd de city of Salman Pak, Al-Mada'in district, insyd de province of Diyala, insyd de Baghdad Governorate of Iraq. E dey contain de purported tomb of Salman al-Farsi, a Sahaba.

E be historically a Sunni mosque, however, at sam point of time dem remove de mosque from de Sunni Endowment wey dem give to de Shi'ite managements.

History

Dem establish de mosque insyd 1950 over a pre-existing mausoleum dem dedicate to Salman al-Farsi wich already dey in existence before de 1920s. Insyd 1931, dem exhume de bodies of Jabir ibn Abdullah, Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, den Ali al-Tahir ibn Muhammad al-Baqir secof dema graves be water-logged, wey dem transfer de bodies to new tombs next to de old mausoleum. De report of de bodies dem transfer sam times dem contest, however, as dem report Jabir ibn Abdullah die insyd Medina. Later insyd 1950, dem establish de mosque over de mausoleum den new tombs, plus funding from de Iraqi government.

Architecture

Insyd 2017, dem place a new zarih around de grave of Salman al-Farsi. Iraj Masjedi, de Iranian ambassador to Iraq, attend de ceremony of de placement of de zarih as well as several oda Shi'ite clerics.

Usage

Dem dey visit de mosque secof de sacred tombs within am. However, de mosque sanso dey hold Qur'anic memorization courses as well as classes to study de Shari'ah law. Dem dey hold religious festivals insyd de mosque as well.

Gallery

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  De original mausoleum insyd 1917, before dem contruct de mosque
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  De old zarih wey dey enclose de grave of Salman al-Farsi