List of largest mosques explained
This article lists mosques from around the world by available capacity, that belong to any Islamic school or branch, that can accommodate at least 15,000 worshippers in all available places of prayer such as prayer halls (musala), courtyards (ṣaḥn) and porticoes (riwāq). All the mosques in this list are congregational mosques – a type of mosque that hosts the Friday prayer (ṣalāt al-jumuʿa) in congregation (jamāʿa).
List of mosques
Name | Image | Capacity | Area (m2) | City | Country | Year of first building | Denomination |
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Masjid al-Haram | | [1] | [2] | Mecca | | | – |
Al-Masjid an-Nabawi | | [3] | [4] | Medina | Saudi Arabia | | – |
Imam Reza shrine | | | [5] | Mashhad | | | |
Grand Jamia Mosque | | [6] | 200,000[7] [8] | Karachi | Pakistan | 2023 | |
Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound | | [9] | 150,000 | Jerusalem | Disputed | Pre-622 | |
Faisal Mosque | | [10] | [11] | Islamabad | Pakistan | | |
Astana Grand Mosque | | 2 | 68,062[12] | Astana | Kazakhstan | 2022 | |
Istiqlal Mosque | | | 98,247[13] | Jakarta | Indonesia | 1978 | |
Taj-ul-Masajid | | | 23,000[14] | Bhopal | India | 1901 | |
Jamkaran Mosque | | | 370,000 | Qom | | | |
Egypt’s Islamic Cultural Center (Masjid Misr Al Kabeer) | | 130,000 | 250,000 | New Administrative Capital | Egypt | 2023 | Sunni |
Djamaa el Djazaïr | | [15] | | Algiers | Algeria | 2019 | |
Hassan II Mosque | | [16] | | Casablanca | Morocco | 1993 | |
Umayyad Mosque | | | | Damascus | | | |
Badshahi Mosque | | [17] | | Lahore | Pakistan | | |
Bahria Grand Mosque | | [18] | | Lahore | Pakistan | | |
Çamlıca Mosque | | [19] | | Istanbul | Turkey | 2019 | |
Jameh Mosque of Makki | | [20] | [21] | Zahedan | | 1971 | |
Al-Akbar Mosque | | [22] | | Surabaya | Indonesia | 2000 | |
Al Saleh Mosque | | [23] | | Sana'a | Yemen | 2008 | |
Baitul Mukarram Mosque | | [24] | | Dhaka | Bangladesh | 1959 | |
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque | | [25] | | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | 2007 | |
Jamia Masjid[26] | | [27] | | Jammu and Kashmir | India | 1400 | |
Al Jabbar Grand Mosque | | [28] | | Bandung | Indonesia | 2022 | |
Pride of Muslims Mosque | | [29] | | Shali | | 2019 | |
1st November of 1954 Great Mosque | | [30] | | Batna | Algeria | 2003 | |
Massalikoul Djinane Mosque | | [31] | | Dakar | Senegal | 2019 | |
Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque | | [32] | | Doha | Qatar | 2010 | |
Sabancı Central Mosque | | [33] | | Adana | Turkey | 1998 | |
At-Tin Mosque | | [34] | | Jakarta | Indonesia | 1997 | |
Jama Masjid | | [35] | | Central Delhi | India | 1656 | |
CMH Masjid Jhelum | | [36] | | Jhelum Cantt | Pakistan | 1950 | |
Abuja National Mosque | | [37] | | Abuja | Nigeria | 1984 | |
Selahaddin Eyyubi Mosque | | [38] | | Diyarbakır | Turkey | 2023 | |
Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque | | [39] | | Shah Alam | Malaysia | 1988 | |
Jakarta Islamic Center | | [40] | | Jakarta | Indonesia | 1972 | |
Al-Azhar Mosque | | | | Cairo | Egypt | | |
Aqsa Mosque | | 20,000[41] | 6,500 | Rabwah | | 1972 | Ahmadi |
Dian Al-Mahri Mosque | | [42] | | Depok | Indonesia | 2006 | |
Grand Mosque of Conakry | | [43] | | Conakry | Guinea | 1982 | |
Grand Mosque of West Sumatra | | [44] | | Padang | Indonesia | 2014 | |
Id Kah Mosque | | [45] | | Kashgar | China | 1442 | |
Shah Jahan Mosque | | [46] | | Thatta | Pakistan | 1659 | |
Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque | | [47] | [48] | Muscat | Oman | 2001 | |
Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque | | [49] | | Putrajaya | Malaysia | 2009 | |
Great Mosque of Batam | | [50] | | Batam | Indonesia | 1999 | |
Hagia Sophia | | [51] | | Istanbul | Turkey | 537 | |
Al-Kauthar Mosque | | 17,000[52] | | Tawau | Malaysia | 1997 | |
Al-Fattah Al-Aleem Mosque | | [53] | | New Administrative Capital | | 2019 | |
Federal Territory Mosque | | [54] | | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 2000 | |
Grand Mosque of Makhachkala | | [55] | | Makhachkala | | 1998 | |
Aqsa Mosque | | 15,000[56] | | Qadian | | 1876 | Ahmadi |
Al-Azhom Grand Mosque | | [57] | | Tangerang | Indonesia | 1997 | |
Emir Abdelkader Mosque | | | | Constantine | Algeria | 1994 | |
Kocatepe Mosque | | [58] | | Ankara | Turkey | 1987 | |
Great Mosque of Central Java | | [59] | | Semarang | Indonesia | 2006 | |
Grand Mosque of Sabilal Muhtadin | | [60] | | Banjarmasin | Indonesia | 1979 | |
National Mosque of Malaysia | | [61] | | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 1965 | |
Putra Mosque | | [62] | | Putrajaya | Malaysia | 1999 | |
Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mosque | | 15,000[63] | | Cotabato City | Philippines | 2011 | |
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See also
Notes and References
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