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Bay'ah Mosque
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “mosque outside mecca in saudi arabia”. Today it says “sunni islam mosque”.
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Bay'ah Mosque ( Arabic : مسجد البيعة ), also known as the Mosque of 'Aqaba Hill and the Aqabah Mosque , is a Sunni Islam mosque , located outside Mecca in Saudi Arabia , below the Wadi Mina . It was built at the request of Caliph Abu Ja'far al-Mansur in 761 CE at the site of al-Bay'ah, i.e. the place where the Islamic prophet Muhammad met with the Ansar (the supporters), and they took the pledge ('bay'ah', hence the name) of 'Aqaba. The mosque has an open courtyard.
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mosque outside mecca in saudi arabia
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sunni islam mosque
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