الجامع الأموي بدمشق 2

هَذَا الْمَسْجِدُ شَهِيرُ الْفَضْلِ، — This mosque is famous for its excellence,

وَيُقَالُ إِنَّ الْجِدَارَ الْقِبْلِيَّ مِنْهُ — and it is said that the wall is the Qiblah side

وَضَعَهُ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ هُودٌ — was built by the Prophet Allah Hud

عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، وَإِنَّ قَبْرَهُ بِهِ، — may peace be upon him, and that his grave be there,

وَيُرَى مَوْضِعٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ الْأَحْقَافُ — and seen a place called al-Ahqaf

مَكْتُوبٌ عَلَيْهِ: «هَذَا قَبْرُ هُودِ — written on it: This is Hud's tomb

بْنِ عَابِرٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ». — bin Abir, may Allah bestow mercy and safety on him.

وَفِي الْجَانِبِ الشَّرْقِيِّ مِنَ الصَّحْنِ — And on the east side of the courtyard

بَابٌ يُفْضِي إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ — there is a door that leads to the mosque

بَدِيعُ الْوَضْعِ يُسَمَّى — beautifully arranged, named

مَشْهَدَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ — Mashhad Ali bin Abi Talib

رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ. — May Allah be pleased with him.

وَيُقَابِلُهُ مِنَ الْجِهَةِ الْغَرْبِيَّةِ، — And facing him from the west side,

حَيْثُ يَلْتَقِي الْبَلَاطَانِ الْغَرْبِيُّ وَالْجَنُوبِيُّ، — at the place where the two western and southern aisles meet,

مَوْضِعٌ يُقَالُ إِنَّ عَائِشَةَ — there is a place where it is said that Aisha

رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا — May Allah be pleased with him

سَمِعَتِ الْحَدِيثَ هُنَالِكَ. — heard the hadith there.

وَفِي قِبْلَةِ الْمَسْجِدِ الْمَقْصُورَةُ الْعُظْمَى — And on the qibla side of the mosque there is the largest special room

الَّتِي يَؤُمُّ فِيهَا إِمَامُ الشَّافِعِيَّةِ، — in which the Imam of the Syafii madhhab leads,

وَفِي الرُّكْنِ الشَّرْقِيِّ مِنْهَا — and in its eastern corner

إِزَاءَ الْمِحْرَابِ خِزَانَةٌ كَبِيرَةٌ — in front of the mihrab there is a large cupboard

فِيهَا الْمُصْحَفُ الْكَرِيمُ الَّذِي وَجَّهَهُ — in it the noble manuscripts were sent

أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ — by Amirul Mukminin Uthman bin Affan

رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ إِلَى الشَّامِ. — May Allah be pleased with him, to Sham.

وَتُفْتَحُ تِلْكَ الْخِزَانَةُ — And the cupboard was opened

كُلَّ يَوْمِ جُمُعَةٍ بَعْدَ الصَّلَاةِ، — every Friday after prayer,

فَيَزْدَحِمُ النَّاسُ عَلَى لَثْمِ — then people crowded in to kiss

ذَلِكَ الْمُصْحَفِ الْكَرِيمِ، — that noble mushaf,

وَهُنَالِكَ يُحَلِّفُ النَّاسُ غُرَمَاءَهُمْ — and there the people ordered their opponents to swear an oath

وَمَنِ ادَّعَوْا عَلَيْهِ شَيْئًا. — and the person they are suing about something.

وَعَنْ يَسَارِ الْمَقْصُورَةِ مِحْرَابُ الصَّحَابَةِ، — And to the left of the special room there is the Friends' Mihrab,

وَيَذْكُرُ أَهْلُ التَّارِيخِ — and historians say

أَنَّهُ أَوَّلُ مِحْرَابٍ وُضِعَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ، — that it was the first mihrab erected in Islam,

وَعَنْ يَمِينِ الْمَقْصُورَةِ مِحْرَابُ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ — and to the right of the special room there is the mihrab of the Hanafi madhab

وَيَلِيهِ مِحْرَابُ الْحَنَابِلَةِ. — and after that the Hanbali madhhab mihrab.

وَلِهَذَا الْمَسْجِدِ ثَلَاثُ صَوَامِعَ، — And this mosque has three minarets,

اثْنَتَانِ مِنْهَا مِنْ بِنَاءِ الرُّومِ — two of them are from Roman buildings

وَالثَّالِثَةُ مِنْ بِنَاءِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ. — and the third from the Muslim buildings.

وَفِي شَرْقِ الْمَسْجِدِ مَقْصُورَةٌ كَبِيرَةٌ — And in the east of the mosque there is a large special room

فِيهَا صِهْرِيجُ مَاءٍ، — inside there is a water reservoir,

وَفِي وَسَطِ الْمَسْجِدِ — and in the middle of the mosque

قَبْرُ زَكَرِيَّا عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، — there is Zakaria's grave, may peace be upon him,

وَعَلَيْهِ تَابُوتٌ مُعْتَرِضٌ بَيْنَ أُسْطُوَانَتَيْنِ — and above it a chest stretches between two pillars

مَكْسُوٌّ بِثَوْبِ حَرِيرٍ أَسْوَدَ مُعَلَّمٍ، — covered in black silk cloth decorated with writing,

مَكْتُوبٌ فِيهِ بِالْأَبْيَضِ: — written on it in white:

«يَا زَكَرِيَّا إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ — O Zakaria, indeed We give you good news

بِغُلَامٍ اسْمُهُ يَحْيَى». — with a boy named Yahya.

وَفِي هَذَا الْمَسْجِدِ أَرْبَعَةُ أَبْوَابٍ: — And in this mosque there are four doors:

بَابٌ قِبْلِيٌّ يُعْرَفُ بِبَابِ الزِّيَادَةِ، — the door on the side of the Qibla known as the Ziyadah Door,

وَبِأَعْلَاهُ قِطْعَةٌ مِنَ الرُّمْحِ — and above it is a piece of spear

الَّذِي كَانَتْ فِيهِ — which previously existed in it

رَايَةُ خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ، — Khalid bin Walid's banner,

وَبَابٌ شَرْقِيٌّ وَهُوَ أَعْظَمُ — and the east door, which is the largest

أَبْوَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ وَيُسَمَّى بَابَ جَيْرُونَ، — between the mosque doors and named Jairun Door,

وَفِي جِهَةِ الْيَسَارِ مِنْهُ — and on the left side

مَشْهَدٌ عَظِيمٌ كَانَ فِيهِ — there used to be a large memorial inside it

رَأْسُ الْحُسَيْنِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، — there is Husain's head, may Allah be pleased with him,

وَالْبَابُ الْغَرْبِيُّ يُعْرَفُ بِبَابِ الْبَرِيدِ. — and the western door is known as the Barid Door.

وَعَلَى كُلِّ بَابٍ — And on every door

مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَرْبَعَةِ — from the four doors of the mosque

دَارُ وُضُوءٍ يَكُونُ فِيهَا — there is a place for ablution in which there is

نَحْوُ مِائَةِ بَيْتٍ — about a hundred rooms

تَجْرِي فِيهَا الْمِيَاهُ الْكَثِيرَةُ. — flowing within it was much water.

وَمِنْ فَضَائِلِ هَذَا الْمَسْجِدِ — And among the virtues of this mosque

أَنَّهُ لَا يَخْلُو — that it is not quiet

عَنْ قِرَاءَةِ الْقُرْآنِ وَالصَّلَاةِ — from reading the Koran and praying

إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِنَ الزَّمَانِ. — except a little time.

وَالنَّاسُ يَجْتَمِعُونَ بِهِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ — And people gathered there every day

إِثْرَ صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ — after morning prayers

فَيَقْرَؤُونَ شَيْئًا مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ، — then read part of the Koran,

وَبَعْدَ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ لِقِرَاءَةِ الْكَوْثَرِيَّةِ — and after the Asr prayer for the reading of al-Kautsariyyah

يَقْرَؤُونَ فِيهَا مِنْ سُورَةِ الْكَوْثَرِ — they read in it from surah al-Kautsar

إِلَى آخِرِ الْقُرْآنِ. — to the end of the Koran.

وَلِلْمُجْتَمِعِينَ عَلَى هَذِهِ الْقِرَاءَةِ — And to the people gathered for this reading

مُرَتَّبَاتٌ تَجْرِي لَهُمْ، — there is a fixed allowance given to them,

وَهُمْ نَحْوُ سِتِّمِائَةِ إِنْسَانٍ. — and they were about six hundred people.

وَفِي هَذَا الْمَسْجِدِ جَمَاعَةٌ كَبِيرَةٌ — And in this mosque there is a large group

مِنَ الْمُجَاوِرِينَ لَا يَخْرُجُونَ مِنْهُ، — of those who remain, do not leave it,

وَأَهْلُ الْبَلَدِ يُعِينُونَهُمْ — and the people of the land helped them

بِالطَّعَامِ وَالْمَلَابِسِ مِنْ غَيْرِ — with food and without clothing

أَنْ يَسْأَلُوهُمْ شَيْئًا مِنْ ذَلِكَ. — they asked the population for something of that.

(ابْنُ بَطُّوطَةَ) — (Ibn Battuta)