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Historical mosque · Medina

Mosque of Omar (Khandaq)

📍 GPS 24.476462, 39.595154
🏷 Type Historical mosque
📍 Region Medina
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مسجد عمر (الخندق)
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MOSQUE OF OMAR (KHANDAQ)

The Post of the Faruq.

Umar in Defense of Medina

This mosque, within the complex of the seven mosques of Khandaq, marks the position of Umar ibn al-Khattab during the siege.

Umar had a reputation as a formidable and firm man, feared even in his lifetime.

The Hadith about Umar and Satan

The Prophet ﷺ said: "By Him in Whose Hand is my soul, Satan never meets you taking a path without taking a path other than yours." (Sahih al-Bukhari no. 3294 · Sahih Muslim no. 2396)

📍 GPS coordinates

24.476462, 39.595154

Closest sites, as the crow flies

< 100 m
Mosque of Abu Bakr (Khandaq)
< 100 m
Mosque of Sa'd Ibn Mu'adh (Fatima)
< 100 m
Ali Mosque (Khandaq)
100 m
Mosque of Salman Al-Farsi (Khandaq)
150 m
Cemetery of the Martyrs of Khandaq
150 m
Mosque of Al-Fath (of Victory)
Documented on the ground by Abou Ahmed, Level 8 Local Guide on Google Maps.

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