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| جامع الدخيل | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Sunni Islam |
| Location | |
| Location | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Geographic coordinates | 24°47′41″N 46°44′16″E / 24.79472°N 46.73778°E / 24.79472; 46.73778 |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Modern Najdi |
| Date established | 2004 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 3000 |
| Dome(s) | 1 |
| Dome height (outer) | 18 m |
| Dome dia. (outer) | 10 m |
| Minaret(s) | 1 |
| Minaret height | 50 m |
| Site area | 7,000 square metres (1.7 acres) |
Sheikh Fahd bin Abdul Rahman bin Fahd al-Dakheel Mosque (Arabic: جامع الشيخ فهد بن عبد الرحمن بن فهد الدخيل), simply known as al-Dakheel Mosque (Arabic: جامع الدخيل), is a Friday mosque in the ash-Shuhada neighborhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Opened in 2004, it usually gets flocked by worshippers during the month of Ramadan to perform Taraweeh prayers and on religious holidays like Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha for Salat al-Eid. Yasir al-Dawsari led the prayers in the mosque from its opening until he was appointed in 2019 as one of the imams of Masjid al-Haram in Mecca.
Overview
Construction of the mosque began in 2000 and completed in 2004 and was built in the ash-Shuhada neighborhood of Riyadh. The mosque has a minaret and a dome with a height of 18 meters and 50 meters respectively. The mosque can accommodate around 1800 worshippers during off-season and 3000 worshippers at its maximum. The numbers reach 7000 in the month of Ramadan when the space surrounding the mosque gets in use.
Yasir al-Dawsari served as the imam of the mosque from its opening until he was appointed as one of the imams of Masjid al-Haram in Mecca.
References
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- "الشيخان القرني والعريفي بجامع الشيخ فهد بن دخيل". al-jazirah.com. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
- "جامع الدخيل | مدونة الجوامع". web.archive.org. 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
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- "ياسر الدوسري .. رحلة علم توجت بإمامة المسجد الحرام - موقع الشيخ ياسر بن راشد الدوسري". web.archive.org. 2019-09-09. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
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- "ياسر الدوسري إمام جامع "الدخيل": لا أستمع لتلاواتي إلا عند المونتاج | صحيفة الاقتصادية". web.archive.org. 2019-09-06. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
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