Al-Fath Mosque

Al-Fath Mosque is situated on an elevated part of Mount Sela’ in Madinah, where the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) raised his hands in supplication against the confederates during the Battle of the Trench. Allah answered his prayer, granted victory to His believing soldiers, and sent against the confederates a wind that overturned their pots and uprooted their tents, leading to their defeat and departure, as conveyed in the meaning of the verse: ﴾O you who have believed, remember the favor of Allah upon you when armies came to [attack] you and We sent upon them a wind and armies [of angels] you did not see. ﴿ (Al-Ahzab: 9).

This mosque is also known as Masjid al-Ahzab and al-Masjid al-A’la, yet its most famous name is Al-Fath Mosque. Its designation derives from the occasion on which the Prophet (PBUH) said to his companions, “Rejoice in the victory (Fath) and the support of Allah,” and it thus became known as Al-Fath Mosque.

Attention to this historical mosque has never ceased over time, as it was renovated during the governorship of Umar bin Abdulaziz in the Umayyad era, and successive restoration and renovation works continued generation after generation until the Saudi era. In 1411 AH, King Fahd bin Abdulaziz (may Allah have mercy on him) ordered its renovation. It was enclosed by a wall adorned with mashrabiyas featuring decorative openings. This renovation was documented on a plaque affixed to the right of the mosque’s entrance.

Architecturally, the mosque is built of black basalt stone, distinguished by its simplicity and lack of decoration. It consists of a single shaded area comprising one portico, standing as a witness to a radiant chapter of the Prophetic biography and as a prominent landmark in the history of Madinah.