Historical Jarir al-Bajali Mosque is located south of Taif Governorate in Makkah al-Mukarramah Province, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It stands as one of the most ancient mosques in the province. It is characterized by its construction in the Sarat style, employing irregular stones and a roof made of acacia tree trunks and concrete. It covers an area of approximately 350 m and can accommodate about 130 worshipers.
The mosque consists of the prayer hall with its roof supported by circular wooden columns, a women's prayer area, a room that was previously used to accommodate travelers, a washroom, a square-shaped stone minaret, and a newly added cylindrical minaret that reaches a height of 11.26 m.
After recent renovations, the mosque now includes an Imam's room, prayer rooms on both the eastern and western sides, a storage room, a water tank, restrooms, new ablution amenities alongside existing ones, a well, and a cemetery.
The mosque gained its significance due to its association with the Prophet's companion Jarir bin Abdullah al-Bajali, who embraced Islam along with his people during Ramadan in the tenth year of Hijra (December, 631), which coincided with the founding year of the mosque.
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