Located near the famous Khan el-Khalili bazaar in Cairo and - as was discovered during the work in the foundations of the mosque in the 1900s - the remains of the Fatimid Caliphs cemetery in Cairo, Mosque Al Hussein is considered one of the holiest mosques in Egypt.
It is in this sanctuary that the Egyptian president and other dignitaries used to pray on special occasions.
The greater part of the mosque was built around 1870. The panels of the spectacular minaret of the mosque, however, date back to the fourteenth century. Adding more modern mosque, vast coated canvas roofs Teflon that is opened to provide shade to the faithful thronging the square of the mosque for Friday prayers.
It is in this sanctuary that the Egyptian president and other dignitaries used to pray on special occasions.
The greater part of the mosque was built around 1870. The panels of the spectacular minaret of the mosque, however, date back to the fourteenth century. Adding more modern mosque, vast coated canvas roofs Teflon that is opened to provide shade to the faithful thronging the square of the mosque for Friday prayers.
Al-Hussein Mosque alternative transliterations: Husayn, Hussain, Husayn,
Hussayn; also prefixed by the honorific title (Sayyidna) is a mosque built in
1154 and located in Cairo, Egypt, near the Khan El-Khalili bazaar. It is named
for the grandson of Muhammad, Husayn ibn Ali, whose head is believed by Fatimid
Shia/Dawoodi Bohra to be buried on the grounds of the mosque. Many Shiah
Muslims believe that the head of Husayn ibn Ali is with his body in the Imam Husayn
Mosque in Karbala.
The mosque, considered to be one of the holiest Islamic sites in Cairo, was built on the
cemetery of the Fatimid caliphs, a fact that was later discovered during the excavation.
The mausoleum (dating back to 1154) is the oldest part of the complex. The
current building was built in the 19th century, and was influenced by Gothic
Revival architecture.
The Mosque houses some very sacred items like the oldest believed complete manuscript of the Quran.
There is a marble slab on the mosque which contains the hadith in which the Prophet Muhammad says: "Husain is from me and I am from Husain. May Allah love whoever loves Hussein. Hussein is a grandson (chief) from the grandsons (chieftains). At the bottom of the slab, it says this is a good (hasan) hadith related by Tirmidhi, and also related by Bukhari and Ahmad Ibn Hanbal.
The Mosque houses some very sacred items like the oldest believed complete manuscript of the Quran.
There is a marble slab on the mosque which contains the hadith in which the Prophet Muhammad says: "Husain is from me and I am from Husain. May Allah love whoever loves Hussein. Hussein is a grandson (chief) from the grandsons (chieftains). At the bottom of the slab, it says this is a good (hasan) hadith related by Tirmidhi, and also related by Bukhari and Ahmad Ibn Hanbal.