جامع الدخيل, Mosque in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Jami' Al-Dakhil is a mosque in the Al-Shuhada district of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It has a pale yellow facade, a central section with a broad angled roof, and a tall narrow tower on the right with vertical dark slots and a flat top edged by small rounded crests.
The mosque was officially opened in 2004-2005 (1425-1426 AH), with construction starting in 2000. It gained fame when Sheikh Yasser Al-Dosari served as its imam before he moved to lead prayers at the Grand Mosque in Mecca in 2019.
The mosque is named after Sheikh Fahd bin Abdul Rahman bin Fahd Al-Dakhil, and it was built by his children. It is known for hosting weekly lessons by well-known scholars, such as a Friday lesson on jurisprudence and Quran interpretation, and it has a library and a Quran memorization academy.
The mosque is located on Abu Al-Hasan Ibn Al-Athir Street, near the intersection of the Dammam Road and Khalid Ibn Al-Walid Street, close to exits 8 and 9. It is best to visit outside of prayer times if you wish to look around, and women should use the dedicated entrance in the northeast.
The mosque has a single minaret on the northeast side that stands 50 meters (164 feet) tall, and its design features a pyramidal shape with truncated edges. The same pyramidal pattern is repeated inside the prayer hall, on the walls and even on the carpet, creating a visual link between outside and inside.
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