| Al-Arba'een Mosque | |
| Religious Affiliation: | Sunni Islam |
| Image Upright: | 1.4 |
| Coordinates: | 34.5989°N 43.6761°W |
| Map Size: | 240 |
| Location: | Tikrit, Iraq |
| Organisational Status: | Mosque |
| Organizational Status: | --> |
| Functional Status: | Under reconstruction work |
| Patron: | Amr ibn Jundab Al-Ghafari |
| Architecture Type: | Islamic architecture |
| Date Demolished: | 2014 |
| Minaret Quantity: | 0 |
| Shrine Quantity: | 2 |
| Elevation Ft: | --> |
Al-Arba'een Mosque was a historic mosque in the city of Tikrit, Iraq. It contained a shrine for Amr ibn Jundab Al-Ghafari, and another shrine for Sitt Nafisa.[1]
The building dates back to the 5th century AH. The name of the mosque, "Al-Arba'een" (The Forty), is derived[2] from a belief that forty martyrs killed during an Islamic conquest of Tikrit[3] were buried under the mosque, although this claim is contested as reports of the forty graves are weak.
The building was used as an Islamic university in 1262 AD.[4]
The mosque building was a square shape, with five domes. Each side was approximately forty-seven meters long.[1] Its dimensions are 36.5 x 35.5 meters.[2] Gravel and plaster were mostly used to construct the building[1] and the two venerated rooms are ten meters tall.[1]
One of these venerated rooms was a shrine that contained a tomb of Amr ibn Jundab Al-Ghafari,[3] a companion of the Rashidun caliph Umar ibn Al-Khattab. There was also a cellar in the building which is believed by locals to house the resting place of a female saint, Sitt Nafisa.[5]
The mosque was destroyed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in 2014 by explosives.[4] The explosion completely destroyed the shrines but did not damage the rest of the mosque. The surrounding cemetery was damaged.