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Rloe and function of a mosque

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  • Submitted: 30/10/2008
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GCSE Places of Worship

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The Mosque has many roles and functions. One of them is that five daily Salahs take place in the Mosque at their specific time; Fajar, Zohar, Asar, Maghrib and Isha.

Nowadays, Eid Salah; Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Adha takes place in the Mosque, but in Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W)'s time they use to pray Eid Salah in an open field but now weather is not permissible to pray Salah outside. Every Friday, Jummah Salah and Khutbah takes place in the Mosque which is one of the famous things for a Mosque as well as Friday.

Mortuary is a place/area in a Mosque, where dead people are given a Ghusl, shrouded and if the Janazah Salah cannot be arranged quickly or burial service, then dead are kept in large freezers provided for the Mosque, until everything is sorted out as soon as possible, because in a Hadith, to the nearest meaning Our Prophet (S.A.W) has said not to keep the dead for so long and try to bury them as quick as possible so they get their final destination's decision quickly.

Mosque is also a place where Nikah Ceremony; Khutbah and dua etc takes place. Marriage (Nikah) is considered

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