| Etymology [ ] "Ghamamah" means cloud, and it is named as such as it is narrated that rain clouds covered the city when had performed here | When however he passed away, there was nobody to lead the funeral prayers and so the Prophet ﷺ prayed his Janazah salah, the only time ever he did so in the absence of the actual body |
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| It is also narrated that Prophet Muhammad offered Salat ul-Istasqa when the city of Madina faced a shortage of rain | Najashi, although being a Christian, had welcomed the groups of Muslims who had migrated to his country in order to escape the persecution of the Quraysh and later on accepted Islam |
For a while, this mosque was closed for daily prayers because of its proximity to the.
25| It was renovated again by the Sharif Saifuddin Inal Al-Ala'i in 1622, and the time of the Sultan Abd-ul-Mejid I in 1859 during the Ottoman era, using new tools and the look resembled more or less the shape of today | The mosque is one of the historical mosques of Medina |
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| Initially a small mosque was built here by first caliph Umer ibn Khattab it was was later renovated by Sultan Abdul Majeed Al Uthmani and recently by King Fahad bin Abdul Azeez Al Saud | For a while, this mosque was closed for daily prayers because of its proximity to the Al-Masjid an-Nabawi |
When he passed away there was no one who could lead his Janazah, so the Prophet prayed his funeral prayers, the only time ever, in the absence of the actual body.
18| The mosque is one of the historical relics of Medina | As he prayed the clouds started to gather and rain fell |
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| He was Christian but welcomed the groups of the Muslims who had migrated to Habasha in order to escape the persecution of the Quraish | The word Ghamama means clouds which suddenly appeared and brought rain after the Prophet ﷺ had performed the prayer |
Five times prayers are held in this mosque now with an internal sound system to avoid the clash of sounds from the.
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