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A jama masjid (Template:Lang-fa), also known as a congregational mosque or Friday mosque,[1] is a type of mosque which is the main mosque of a certain area that hosts the special Friday noon prayers known as jumu'ah. They also host the Eid prayers in situations when there is no musalla or eidgah available or nearby to host the prayers.

Etymology

Jama masjid or jame masjid comes from the Persian term masjed-e jame (Template:Rtl-lang), from the Arabic language term masjid jāmi‘ (Template:Rtl-lang), meaning "congregational mosque" . In Arabic, the term is simplified to jāmi‘ (Template:Rtl-lang).

In non-Arab Muslim nations, the word jāmi‘ ("that which gathers, congregates or assembles") is often conflated with another word from the same root, jumu‘ah (Template:Lang-ar), a term which refers to the Friday noon prayers (Template:Lang-ar) or the Friday itself (Template:Lang-ar).[2] This is due to the fact that the jumu'ah prayers require congregations and are only held in congregational mosques, usually the main mosque or central mosque of a town or city, and hence they are also sometimes known as Friday mosques.[1]

The term is rendered similarly in transliterations from other languages, such as jame mosque, jami masjid, jameh mosque, jamia masjid, or jomeh mosque.[3]

List of jama masjids

Many mosques function as a jama masjid, and many have the term incorporated into their name:

Afghanistan

Azerbaijan

Bangladesh

Canada

China

India

Andhra Pradesh

Delhi

Gujarat

Himachal Pradesh

Jammu and Kashmir

Karnataka

Kerala

Madhya Pradesh

Maharashtra

Rajasthan

Tamil Nadu

Telangana

Uttar Pradesh

Indonesia

Iran

Kenya

Malaysia

Maldives

Mali

Mauritania

Nigeria

Pakistan

Russia

Somalia

Somaliland

South Africa

Tanzania

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Uzbekistan

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Built in 629 AD, the Cheraman Juma Mosque was the first mosque in the Indian subcontinent[5][6][7]
  2. ^ Thazhathangady Juma Masjid is a Heritage Zone of Kerala, India[citation needed]

References

Look up jama or masjid in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
  1. ^ a b c "Balkh", The UNESCO, archived from the original on 2019-04-22, retrieved 2018-05-15
  2. ^ Quran 62:9–11,Quran 62:10–11
  3. ^ "DawateIslami Khuddam-ul-Masajid". buildamasjid.net. Archived from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Great Mosque of Herat". Archnet.org. 19 August 2005. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Mosque in Kerala dates back to the Prophet's time". Archived from the original on 2017-08-04. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  6. ^ "Tinkering with the past".
  7. ^ "INTERVIEW". www.iosworld.org. Archived from the original on 2018-10-04. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  8. ^ "Visit the Juma Masjid Mosque". www.sa-venues.com. 1999–2018. Archived from the original on 2018-07-16. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
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