Great Mosque of Kufa

The Great Mosque of Kufa, or Masjid al-Kufa, or Masjid al-Mu'azam/al-A'azam placed in Kufa, Iraq, is one of the earliest and holiest surviving mosques inside the global. The mosque, constructed in the 7th century, incorporates the stays of Muslim ibn ‘Aqil - first cousin of Imam Husayn ibn ‘Ali, his accomplice Hani ibn ‘Urwa, and the progressive Mukhtar al-Thaqafi. Sources attribute the construction of the Great Mosque of Kufa inside the middle of the seventh century to the Caliph Omar.

There is a legend that says the edifice turned into built on a temple built through Adam while another claims that Adam's bones have been buried on the web page, having been carried by Noah on board the Ark. It is likewise believed that the angel Gabriel changed into regarding the mosque whilst he d, "Twelve miles of lands from all instructions of the mosque are blessed by means of its holiness." The website online became diagnosed in Shia Islam as the place where Noah need to construct his Ark. The family participants of the primary Shiite imams and their early supporters have been buried within.