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Al-Hannanah Mosque
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Al-Hannanah Mosque ( Arabic : مَسْجِد ٱلْحَنَّانَة , romanized : Masjid al-Ḥannānah ), also known as the Mosque of the Head ( Arabic : مَسْجِد ٱلرَّأْس , romanized : Masjid ar-Raʾs ), is a Shi'ite mosque , located in Najaf , in the Najaf Governorate of Iraq . The term "Mosque of the Head" is because the head of Husayn ibn Ali was kept in its middle, while being taken to his opponent Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad , according to a hadith (narration) attributed to his descendant , Ja'far al-Sadiq . "The Mosque of the Rass" . imamali .
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shi'ite mosque in iraq
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shi'ite mosque
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