Manartain mosque, Religious site in Medina, Saudi Arabia
Manartain Mosque is a long, low building of pale cream and beige stone on the old Mecca road in Medina. A row of rounded arches on columns shades a recessed porch, with a low dome centred on the roof behind them and two slender, ring-banded cylindrical minarets rising left and right, each capped by a small cone and finial. A rectangular sign with an Arabic inscription sits between arches on the right of the facade.
The mosque was built by the Sahabah, the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad, on the settlement of the Bani Dinar tribe, which gave it its first name, Mosque of Bani Dinar. Its ruined traces were still visible before it was rebuilt and expanded under King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz in 1424 AH (2003 CE).
The mosque is named after the Bani Dinar tribe who once lived in this area, and it serves as a central place of worship for residents today. The name ties the neighborhood's past to its current religious purpose.
The mosque is accessible via the old Mecca road, located between Al-Anbariya Mosque and the second ring road. Visitors should rely on local navigation aids as the terrain is hilly in this area.
The mosque is also known as Masjid Bani Dinar, after the tribe whose settlement once stood here, and as Masjid al-Khudr, after the southern Medina neighbourhood of Al-Khudhar where it lies behind the Al-Assaf petrol station. The two yellow hills it is named for are today called Al-Usayfirin.
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