Bay'ah Mosque

The Bay'ah Mosque (Arabic: مسجد البيعة), also known as the Mosque of 'Aqaba Hill and the Aqabah Mosque, is a Sunni Islam mosque, located outside Mecca in Saudi Arabia,^[1][2] below the Wadi Mina.

Bay'ah Mosque
Arabic: مسجد البيعة
The mosque, in 2015
Religion
Affiliation	Sunni Islam
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Mosque
Status	Active
Location
Location	Outside Mecca
Country	Saudi Arabia
Shown within Saudi Arabia
Geographic coordinates	21°25′29.0″N 39°52′03.0″E
Architecture
Type	Mosque architecture
Style	Islamic Abbasid
Founder	Caliph Al-Mansur
Completed	761 CE

It was built at the request of Caliph Abu Ja'far al-Mansur in 761 CE at the site of al-Bay'ah, i.e. the place where the Islamic prophet Muhammad met with the Ansar (the supporters), and they took the pledge ('bay'ah', hence the name) of 'Aqaba.

The mosque has an open courtyard.

See also

• Saudi Arabia portal
• Islam portal

• Islam in Saudi Arabia
• List of mosques in Saudi Arabia
• List of mosques in Medina