| Mosque of Aslam al-Silahdar | |
| Coordinates: | 30.0269°N 31.2521°W |
| Religious Affiliation: | Islam |
| Location: | al-Khalifa, Cairo, Egypt |
| Year Completed: | 1904 (current structure) |
| Architecture Type: | Mosque, mausoleum |
| Architecture Style: | Neo-Mamluk |
| Dome Quantity: | 1 |
| Minaret Quantity: | 1 |
The Mosque of Sayyida Sukayna or Mosque of Sayyida Sakina[1] is a historic mosque in Cairo, Egypt. According to an apocryphal tradition, it contains the tomb of Sakina, a daughter of Husayn.[2] The current building dates from 1904. It is located in the historic al-Khalifa neighbourhood, on the outskirts of Cairo's Southern Cemetery.
The mosque is named after to Amna bint al-Hussein ibn Ali, a descendant of Muhammad. She was born in the 7th century and her mother was Rubab bint Imra al-Qais, a daughter of the chief of the Banu Kalb tribe.[3] Rubab nicknamed her Sakina or Sukayna (ar|سكينة|lit=tranquility, peace).[4] [5] Historians have differed on whether her tomb in Cairo is in fact her true resting place. Those who acknowledge it rely on the following story: she was betrothed to Al-Asbagh ibn Abdul Aziz and sent to Egypt by the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, but she found out that he had cheated, so she went back.[6]
A mosque was built over the site of the tomb in 1760 through the patronage of Abd al-Rahman Katkhuda, a mamluk official. It was replaced by a new mosque built in 1904 by Khedive Abbas II in a neo-Mamluk style.[7]