Mosques (Masajid and Jawame’)

Al-Syoufi Mosque and Shrine

Landmark Location: Located in Al-Wad neighborhood, close to Qattaneen Market.

Location relative to Al-Aqsa

Located in Al-Wad neighborhood, close to Qattaneen Market.

Reason for the name

Named after the place in which it was attributed to one of the elders known as Safi.

It has a niche and a shrine attributed to one of the elders identified Safi, and an area (8 × 4) square meters.

The documents of the Foundation for Revival of Heritage and Islamic Research refer to necessary excavations carried out in 1979 and to the request of the Waqf Department in Jerusalem from the Electricity Company to supply it with electric current and the front of its front.

To extend its surface to prevent dolphins. After about a decade, actually connected to the electrical current. Unfortunately, in 1990, it damaged due to the leakage of public sewage to it, but it was treated.

History

The date of its creation unknown.

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    As-Syoufi Mosque

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