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2 . Al-Masjid al-Nabwi Mosque of the Prophet Location Madina, Hejaz, Saudi Arabia Established 622 AD Leadership Imam(s): Abdur Rahman Al Huthaify Salaah Al Budair Sheikh Dr. Abdulbari Awadh Al-Thubaity Sheikh Abdulmohsen Al-Qasim Sheikh Hussain Abdul Aziz Aal Sheikh Sheikh Ahmed bin Talib Hameed Sheikh Abdullah Bu'ayjaan Capacity 600,000 (increased to 1,000,000 during the  Hajj period ) Minaret(s) 10 Minaret height 105 meters (344 ft) Al-Masjid al-Nabawī  or Prophet's Mosque is a mosque originally built by the prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SAW), situated in the city of Madina. It is the second holiest site of Islam (the first being the Masjid al-Haram in Makka). It was the second mosque built in history and is now one of the largest mosques in the world. After an expansion during the reign of al-Walid I, it also now incorporates the site of the final resting

Kaaba the House of Allah Almighty In the province of Hejaz in the western part of Arabia, not far from the Red Sea, there lies the town of Makkah. In the centre of this town there is a small square building made of stones, about 60 feet long, 60 feet wide and 60 feet high. Since time immemorial this town and this stone built house has been known to world travelers. This is Baitullah, the House of Allah (swt). Its sanctity and antiquity is older than history itself. Builders of Kaaba Tradition goes that the Kaaba was designed by Allah (swt) to be built in the shape of the House in Heaven called Baitul Ma’amoor. Allah (swt) in his infinite Mercy ordained a similar place on earth and Prophet Adam (AS) was the first to build this place. The Bible, in the Chapter of Genesis describes its building when God ordained Abraham to erect a Shrine for worship when Abraham was ordered to go to the Southern desert with his wife Hagera and infant son Ismael. The Old Testament describe