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Description
Property Name: Al Koua (Addass) Mosque
Inventory No: –
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2020
Country (State party): Saudi Arabia
Province: Makkah
Town: Taif
Geographic coordinates: 21°15’25.32 N 40°23’12.67″ E
Historic Period: Early Islamic
Year of Construction: Unknown
Style: Sarat Mountains Style
Original Use: Mosque
Current Use: Mosque
Architect: Unknown
Significance
The farm where Prophet Muhammad may God’s prayers and peace be upon him rested after being expelled from Taif and was offered fruit by Addas, the grape farmer, is on the opposite side of the mosque.The Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, sought refuge in the orchard of Ataba and Shaybah. The son Rabi’a was located 3 miles from Taif. The son of Rabi’a was slavery, so they sent a boy to them called Adasa with a pluck of grapes. The head, hands, and feet of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, kiss them and he embraced Islam.
Selection Criteria
ii. to exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design
iii. to bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared
State of Preservation
Well preserved
References
Commission of Tourism and Heritage