Badi'ah Palace Mosque

Badi'ah Palace Mosque is one of the old mosques built outside the city walls of Riyadh. It is located in the northwest corner of the historic Badi'ah Palace, which Founding King Abdulaziz Bin Abdulrahman Al Saud used as a retreat, particularly during summer. The palace also served as accommodation for diplomats and heads of international missions upon their arrival in Riyadh. The mosque was built alongside the palace and was later annexed to it around the late 1930s.

The mosque was designated for the palace’s residents and guests. It was built on the second floor next to the main Majlis (reception hall) of Founding King Abdulaziz Bin Abdulrahman Al Saud. Square in shape, its roof is supported by two cylindrical columns made of beads, which rest on a matching pair of columns in the center of a ground-floor room, which mirrors the mosque’s dimensions. The mosque features a recessed Mihrab that extends beyond its outer wall, supported by a solid, semicircular pillar that rises from the ground as a natural extension of the Mihrab. It is located next to the grand reception hall.

Badi'ah Palace lies west of Wadi Hanifah, bordered by Shoaib Umm Qasr to the north and Shoaib Ghuthwana to the south. It was commissioned by Founding King Abdulaziz Bin Abdulrahman Al Saud in 1935 and still stands today. Upon arriving in Riyadh, King Abdulaziz customarily headed to the palace, where he remained until performing the Dhuhr prayer, after which he would rest. Afterward, he would meet with his close associates before performing the Asr prayer. Following the meal, he and his companions would gather in the open valley plain, remaining there until the Maghrib prayer before returning to Riyadh.