Al-Rajhi Mosque in Makkah

[al-Hasani]

Masjid Al Rajhi by Louie Elias, on Flickr

 

[Zarvan]

A new mosque in Makkah has just been completed earlier this month. It is the Al-Rajhi Mosque located in the Al-Naseem neighborhood near the Jabal Thawr for those familiar with Makkah here.

The mosque is six-story tall and includes a library and a meeting hall.

The capacity is 47.000.

How far it is from Kaba ? and looks nice and beautiful and when work started and when it got completed ?

 

[al-Hasani]

How far it is from Kaba ? and looks nice and beautiful and when work started and when it got completed ?

It was completed when I made the thread - summer of 2013.

About 7 km from Al-Masjid Al-Haram.
The mosque was founded by Sheikh Sulayman Abdul-Aziz al-Rajhi a famous businessman in KSA, ME and the Muslim world. 120th richest man as of 2011. He is 94 years old as well!

An amazing person.

The Al-Rajhi family is very well-known in KSA and successful and they have done a lot for Islam. Especially charity and construction of new mosques - often constructed in a traditional fashion with some modern influences. Like this current one in Makkah.

 

[Zarvan]

@al-Hasani Post pictures of mosques in Saudi Arabia in Mosques around the world in General Images and Multimedia section and also post more pictures of Masjid e Nabwi

 

[Hyde]

oh yeah I saw this Mosque last year when it was under construction.

Good see it is amazing from inside as is from outside

 

[al-Hasani]

@al-Hasani Post pictures of mosques in Saudi Arabia in Mosques around the world in General Images and Multimedia section and also post more pictures of Masjid e Nabwi

That would require hundreds of posts if not thousands.

This thread below, which you already have visited, will help you a bit though.

The Arabian Peninsula and Arab world in photos

I will try to update the thread and posts more mosques from KSA and the Arab world. Especially from Makkah and Madinah.

But I suggest that you read about Sheikh Sulayman Abdul-Aziz al-Rajhi. He is really an amazing example of a human, of a businessman, of success coming from nothing, sacrifice and of piety and compassion.

If I could I would have made him an leader of KSA. Too bad that he is already 94 years old.

A report about their family. From Najd and of humble beginnings. Now among the most powerful people in the world:

I think that he is also the oldest billionaire in the world.

#74 Sulaiman Al Rajhi - The World's Billionaires 2009 - Forbes.com

Saudi donates billions to charity - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

Self-made billionaire as well. Mostly in the banking sector.