Ayodhya Mosque brick taken to Makkah for ‘Holy Gusl’ brought back
A brick baked in Mumbai and taken to Makkah for ‘Holy Ghusl’ has been brought back to India and will be taken to Ayodhya in a ‘procession’, according to Masjid Muhammad Bin Abdullah Development Committee. Read More
[Haji Araft Shaikh displays the Ayodhya Mosque brick baked in Mumbai while standing inside Masjid Nabawi in Madinah. Also seen is the new design of the Ayodhya Mosque.]
Mumbai: A brick baked in Mumbai and taken to Makkah for ‘Holy Ghusl’ has been brought back to India and will be taken to Ayodhya in a ‘procession’, according to Masjid Muhammad Bin Abdullah Development Committee.
In a video shared on social media site X, formerly Twitter, Haji Arafat Shaikh, Chairman of the Masjid Muhammad Bin Abdullah Development Committee, is seen holding inside Masjid Nabawi backyard in Madinah al Munawwarah the brick made of black soil and engraved with ‘Masjid Muhammad Bin Abdullah’ in gold.
“Carrying this brick we travelled from Mumbai to Makkah and now to Madinah”, he can be heard saying in the purported video recorded with Gumbade Khazra, the Golden Dome of The Prophet’s Mosque, in the background.
The brick - planned to be used for the foundation stone laying of the Mosque, was given 'Holy Ghusl' with Zam Zam water and later on with perfumes in Madinah before being taken back to Mumbai, the mosque Development Committee said, Free Press Journal reported sharing the video.
The brick will be taken to Ayodhya after Eid al Fitr
The brick will be kept for display in a special event in Mumbai on February 29, after which it will be taken to Ajmer. The brick will be taken to Ayodhya after Eid likely to be celebrated on April 11, 2024, The Economic Times reported citing the Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation (IIFC), which is responsible for the construction of the mosque along with the Mosque Development Committee.
Named after Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him), Masjid Mohammad bin Abdullah is to be built in Dhannipur village of Uttar Pradesh on the land allotted in lieu of the 16th century Babri Masjid in Ayodhya.
The historic Babri Masjid stood in Ayodhya till December 6, 1992 when it was demolished by the Hindutva right-wing extremists in broad day light and in the presence of security forces.
Ayodhya Mosque Development Committee and Maharashtra BJP leader Haji Arfat Shaikh, had in December last said the foundation stone of the mosque will be laid in the next year without confirming the exact date.
He also said that it will take five to six years to complete the mosque construction. He said the committee is planning to invite Imam e Haram for the opening of the mosque.
Arfat did not explain how and when the committee plans to approach Imam e Haram As-Sudais’ office for his confirmation to attend the opening of the yet to be constructed mosque in Ayodhya as the visits of Imam e Haram to any country are planned much in advance and their confirmation requires a lengthy and tedious procedure.
"More beautiful than Taj Mahal"
Arafat Shaikh also claimed that the mosque will be "more beautiful" than the iconic Taj Mahal - one of the seven wonders of the world.
Arfat said that the new mosque, set to be the largest in India, will house the world's biggest Quran, measuring 21 feet high and 36 feet wide.
President and Chief Trustee of the Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation Zufar Ahmad Faruqi also said the foundation of the Ayodhya mosque will be laid next year.
"We are hoping to lay the foundation stone for the mosque next year and we will invite clerics from across the country for the ceremony," he said.
"Once the mosque is ready, we will invite dignitaries from across the world," Faruqi, also the Chairman of Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board, said.
The land allotted for the Ayodhya mosqe was earlier dragged into a legal battle when two Delhi-based sisters in February 2021 moved the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court, claiming its ownership.
Adding to the controversy, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) had said the proposed mosque at Dhannipur in Ayodhya was against the Waqf Act and also against the Islamic Shariah.
There are also controversies surrounding the actual design of the mosque. Till 2023 end, the design reportedly released by the Mosque Development Committee had a different look. However, a new design of the mosque surfaced along with the reports that the mosque will be inaugurated by Imam e Haram.
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