What Happened to the Laboqibla Mosque?

[Al Kafi]

It dates back to the 7th century and is the first masjid in Somalia, but why does it look so ruined? There’s no information online about its deterioration so I’m wondering if any of you have some oral tradition about it

 

[Veteran]

The british and the italians attacked eachother and it may have been attacked.

 

[Timo Jareer and proud]

it got destroyed during the civil war when Gadabuursi, Cisse, and Isaaq played battle royal in Awdal. this is what it used to look like before the late 80's

laakin, locals semi rebuilt the building. it looks like this now.

 

[FiftyPence]

it got destroyed during the civil war when Gadabuursi, Cisse, and Isaaq played battle royal in Awdal. this is what it used to look like before the late 80's

laakin, locals semi rebuilt the building. it looks like this now.

We should try to reconstruct it and modernise it.

 

[Samaalic Era]

We should try to reconstruct it and modernise it.

We have to keep the two Qiblas tho, thats what makes this masjid special

 

[Timo Jareer and proud]

We should try to reconstruct it and modernize it.

i would like it to stay the same. there's a million other mosques to go to if you want that modern look, i prefer it to look how it is now, ancient.

 

[FiftyPence]

We have to keep the two Qiblas tho, thats what makes this masjid special

What two qiblas? I thought there was only one.

 

[Samaalic Era]

What two qiblas? I thought there was only one.

This Masjid has two Qiblas, one towards Jerusalem(Original) and another towards Makkah(added after the Hijra of the Prophet pbuh)

This Masjid was built while the Prophet pbuh was still in Makkah. We Somalis became Muslims before Quraysh and all the other arabs

 

[FiftyPence]

i would like it to stay the same. there's a million other mosques to go to if you want that modern look, i prefer it to look how it is now, ancient.

It should stay traditional with modern technology and facilities.

 

[Timo Jareer and proud]

What two qiblas? I thought there was only one.

one faces Jerusalem and the other Makkah. thats why its called "Laboqilba" in Somali and "Masjid Al Qiblatayn" in Arabic. The mosque was constructed sometime before the changing of the Qibla direction to Makkah in 623 ad.

 

[Younes Osman]

it got destroyed during the civil war when Gadabuursi, Cisse, and Isaaq played battle royal in Awdal. this is what it used to look like before the late 80's

laakin, locals semi rebuilt the building. it looks like this now.

It should be maintained properly just like the tomb in maydh. I heard that the mayor's family looks after the tomb of Isaaq. Saylac,bulhar and maydh are probably the most historic cities in SL including quljeed.

 

[Timo Jareer and proud]

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It should be maintained properly just like the tomb in maydh. I heard that the mayor's family looks after the tomb of Isaaq. Saylac,bulhar and maydh are probably the most historic cities in SL including quljeed.

berbera is also very ancient, it dates back to the 1st century ad along with saylac.

cool fact: maydh is also the home to the tomb of wadaad cisse.

 

[Yahya]

It dates back to the 7th century and is the first masjid in Somalia, but why does it look so ruined? There’s no information online about its deterioration so I’m wondering if any of you have some oral tradition about it

Don't we have the technology to repair and restore ancient buildings yet? i would rebuild them exactly how they looked like when they were first built and innovate some new designs.

 

[Younes Osman]

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berbera is also very ancient, it dates back to the 1st century ad along with saylac.

cool fact: maydh is also the home to the tomb of wadaad cisse.

True, I remember the Djiboutian ambassador to Somaliland visiting both ciise iyo issaq in maydh.