Mosque of Hassan II of Morocco, The splendor of the Upper Atlantic Ocean

 Hassan II Mosque is one of the largest mosques in the world to become an icon of Casablanca, Morocco. This mosque stands majestically on the foundation stones on the Atlantic ocean.

The mosque which was built in 1986 and in 1993 it has 210-meter-high minaret (689 feet) at the same time become the world's tallest minarets. With an area of ​​970 000 square meters, the mosque Hassan II was designed by French architect Michel Pinseau and built by Bouygues.

The design of the building is a blend of Andalusian Islam and Modern architecture, so that this mosque looks like a large monument that stands in a spectacular location with a platform overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Hassan II Mosque was built on reclaimed land, almost half of the mosque is located on the Atlantic ocean water. It is inspired by the verses of the Quran:

"He created the heavens and the earth in six days, and is His throne (before that) on the water, that He might try which of you is better charity." (Surah Hud: 7)

Much of the glass floor and offers views to the sea bottom. This mosque can accommodate 105,000 worshipers, divided into the main building with a capacity of 25,000 and a courtyard outside the mosque with a capacity of 80 000 worshipers.

If the general number of worshipers in mosques tarawih other like forms of rat tail become smaller or more and less, worshipers in the Mosque of Hassan II is actually semain booming. From the beginning of Ramadan until the night of 17 Ramadan even until the end of the month of Ramadan, the mosque was contingent on getting full of worshipers to the mosque courtyard. They were accompanied by prayers open to the sky and the sea breeze.

Worshipers at the mosque was full in accordance with the ideals of the founder, King Hassan II.

"I want to build this mosque on the water, because the throne of Allah is above the water. Therefore, people who go there to pray to praise the Creator, can contemplate God, the sky and sea," said King Hassan II when building a mosque them.

Tarawih prayer in this mosque took place twice a night that ten cycles tarawih prayer at 21.00 till 22:30 o'clock and 00:03 o'clock until eleven rak'ahs before dawn as tarawih including Witr prayer. Every evening the priest read a juz, so that on the night of the 30th of Ramadan he has mengkhatamkan 30 chapters of the Qur'an.

To be the imam in the mosques in Morocco must have memorized the Koran. And would be a shame if he could not seal the Koran during Ramadan. This is what should be followed by the priests of mosques in Indonesia.

source: detikRamadan