Al-Hussein College Mosque

College Al-hussein Mosque is in the Jordanian capital of Amman, located in Jabal Al-Hussein Mosque, on Khalid bin Waleed Street. The mosque was founded in the reign of King Hussein Bin Talal in 1971.

The original mosque covered an area of 130 square meters; in 1981 it was expanded to 350 meters square.

Naming[edit]

The name comes from the Al Hussein Secondary School located next to it, founded in 1949.

Location[edit]

The mosque is located in Jabal Al-Hussein Mosque, on Khalid bin Waleed Street.

Get used mosques many people as students, schools, universities and teachers; because the mosque mediates schools and universities area, it is the most important schools located next to Al Hussein Secondary School, which was named the mosque in its name, which is one of the oldest schools and Oargaha in Amman, and the most important universities located around Amman University College, which away with him nearly 100 meters, which is one of the oldest institutes and Oargaha in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, where the college was founded in 1951.

The mosque is located in an elevated area, can see why the minaret of Mount Joufeh, and the Citadel, and Jabal Al, and high-rise Bcespb snowing it every year.

Construction[edit]

The mosque was built in the reign of King Hussein Bin Talal in 1971.

The original area of the mosque, (130 square meters) could accommodate 130 worshipers; after being expanded in 1981 to 350 meters square, it could contain almost 400 worshipers.

Mosque sections[edit]

The Mosque consists of three sections:

Section I[edit]

The main interior section of the mosque (area of 130 square meters) and can accommodate hundred and thirty worshipers and is the section original to the mosque. The five daily prayers, the sermon and the Friday prayers are held here. Men shave and learn the Koran here. This section contains the altar built of ancient stone, wrote in the above (and mosques God, do not let anyone with God).

Section II[edit]

Koran was founded in 2004, by the imam of the mosque, Sheikh Mohammed al-Haj. An area of 60 square meters and can accommodate sixty worshipers, where Iftars Ramadan fasting in the holy month of Ramadan is held, and which also holds workshops to learn the Koran.

Section III[edit]

It is the outer section, the bulk in this mosque, where an area of 150 square meters, can accommodate one hundred and sixty worshipers where Friday prayers are held at the increasing number of worshipers.

Mosque facilities[edit]

Mtodi[edit]

Mtodi mosque was restored in 2010 under the current imam of the mosque, Sheikh Mohammed al-Haj and covers an area of approximately 20 square meters.

Bathrooms[edit]

Were restored in 2011, with an area of 30 square meters.

Library[edit]

In 1982, Imam al-Haj Bashir al-Kilani founded a 50 square meter private library on the second floor of the old mosque containing thousands of books, which hosts seminars and religious lectures.

Minaret of the mosque[edit]

High above the mosque minaret a height of 30 meters above the ground built of old stone and built within Hloessna staircase to climb to the top. Through which we can see many areas in the capital, Amman, it is the eastern side we can see Mount palaces, while the western side see Jabal Amman, and Jabal Al, and Al Abdali, either from the northern side see Jabal Al-Nuzha, and Jabal Al Hussein, but from the south side of Mount Joufeh, and the Citadel.

Mosque activities[edit]

Social Committee[edit]

There are social committees involved in the mosque people in the mosque joys and Atraham, led by the mosque's imam, Sheikh Mohammed al-Hajj.

Eid prayers[edit]

Every year, prayers and a sermon Eid, - Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, take place in the mosque arena (five thousand square meters) which can accommodate five thousand worshipers.