Ya Ali, Ya Fatima ....

We got on the bus and went on our way to "Masjid ul Qiblatain" which means "The Mosque with the Two Qiblahs". This mosque is very important in the history of Islam.

When Allah first ordered the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) and all Muslims to offer the daily Salat, they were required to pray facing Baytul Muqaddas (Jerusalem). This was the practice in Mecca and continued in Madina until the seventeenth month after Hijrat.

In Madina, the Jews also said their prayers facing Baytul Muqaddas. They did not like the fact that the Muslims had the same Qiblah as they did, and tried to use this fact to discredit Islam and the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.). They said to the Muslims, "Muhammad claims to have a religion whose laws supersede all other previous laws, yet he does not have an independent Qiblah, and offers his prayers facing the Qiblah of the Jews."

After the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) received this news he used to come out at night and look into the sky awaiting the revelation from Allah about this matter. The following verse was revealed at this time:

"Many a time We have seen you turn your face towards heaven. We will make you turn towards a Qiblah that will please you..." Surah al-Baqarah, 2:144

The fact that the Qiblah was the same as that of the Jews was also because it was a test of the faith of the people. The true faith of the followers would be tested by seeing if any of them refused or delayed to turn towards the new Qiblah as chosen by Allah. This is confirmed in the Holy Qur'an in the following verse:

"We decreed your former Qiblah only so that We may know the Prophet's true followers and those who were to deny him. It was indeed a hard test, but not for those whom Allah guided..." Surah al-Baqarah, 2:143

One day, while the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) and the Muslims were praying together, the command came from Allah to change the Qiblah from Baytul Muqaddas to the Holy Kaa'ba in Mecca. After the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) had already completed two raka'ats of the noon prayer, the Angel Jibraeel (A.S.) communicated to him the command of Allah.

He held the hand of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) and turned him towards the Holy Kaa'ba in Masjidul Haraam in Mecca. The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) at once changed his direction in the middle of Salat. Imam Ali (A.S.) followed this change immediately. The other Muslims were confused by this action and only a few followed the example of Imam Ali (A.S.).

After praying there, we went towards the 7 mosques.
Masjid al-Fath is one of the very famous Seven Mosques. The Seven Mosques are located at the site of the Khandak Battle. During that war, the founders of Islam were outnumbered and surrounded by the pagan warriors. Masjid al-Fath was built on top of the rock over which the Prophet(S.A.W) prayed and asked God to grant victory to the encircled Muslims. Salman al-Farisi (Salman the Persian) (A.S) who was one of the closest companions of the Holy Prophet(S.A.W), introduced the idea of digging a trench around the camp of the Muslims to repel the pagans. Hence, one of the Seven Mosques is named after Salman.
The trench served its purpose very well and kept the pagans at bay. Eventually, the most powerful of the Kafir warriors, Aamro bin Wud al-Aamery managed to cross the trench and was about to turn the course of the historic battle to the advantage of the pagans. But All-the-Faith, Ali bin Abi Taleb (A.S), confronted All-the-Kufr, Aamro, and defeated and killed him. Praise be to God in all matters, with this defeat, the pagans were all defeated and Islam was preserved.



That the Seven Mosques of Medina are very small is not just a coincidence dictated by the military conditions of the Battle of the Trench. These holy places, like every thing else that one encounters during the Hajj or the Umrah are full of symbolism and hidden messages. Only with contemplation that one can see the story behind the story and the wisdom resonating beyond the three dimensional.

The Seven Mosques are being demolished by the Wahhabi authorities and replaced with a single large Mosque. Do you now know why the Seven Mosques are being destroyed? Let's all cry and mourn, for the pluralism, openness, and selflessness of Prophet (S.A.W) is being replaced with the unilateralism, opacity, and selfishness of of the takfiris.
It will break your heart to go visit this mosques. They are day by day destroying those holy mosques. Masjid Fatima(A.S) is now closed.


And masjid Ali is hidden away. It tears your heart in pieces.


This is how masjid Ali (A.S) looked like:

As we couldnt pray inside the mosques, we still showed our respect and grief, by praying near their mosques outside in the pavement.

Look how powerful Ahlulbait (A.S) are, that even after all this time, the enemies still fear them.
Your footprints will always be in history, They will never be able to make us forget. Cause we bare you in our hearts and souls.

Let not the message of Muhammad(S.A.W), be murdered. By the enemies of Ahlulbait.
And, God willing, should you visit the site of the Seven Mosques, please do pray two salutation ruk'aas for every martyred mosque.
Know that the wahabis fear you, cause you have ahlulbait by your side.