The Mosque

E-snad · Sîra
Coming soon in audio

A drying-floor, palm trunks and mud bricks: how the first mosque of Medina was built, and what he ﷺ said of it.

Episodes

  1. Episode 1 · free

    A drying-floor for dates

    A camel knelt on a drying-floor for dates. Two orphans owned it. A whole clan refused to be paid for it. How did the first mosque of Medina begin, and who gave its ground?

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  2. Episode 2

    Trunks, palm leaves and a chant

    No dome, no marble. Mud bricks, palm trunks, and a roof of palm leaves. What did the first mosque look like, who carried the stones, and who slept in it?

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  3. Episode 3

    The trunk that wept

    A palm trunk, a pulpit of tamarisk wood, and a sound the Companions compared to a camel's cry. What happened in this mosque after it was built, and what did he ﷺ promise about it?

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