World’s 7th largest Masjid: Maulana Tariq Jamil delivers Friday sermon at Bahria Town Mosque
Over a 100,000 people including women attend the prayers
LAHORE:
Renowned Islamic scholar Maulana Tariq Jamil delivered the Friday sermon and led the prayers at Bahria Town’s Grand Jamia Masjid.
This facility is Pakistan’s largest Mosque and the world’s 7th largest. Maulana Tariq Jamil highly appreciated the beautiful architecture of the mosque and also offered special prayers for Malik Riaz Hussain.
Maulana Tariq Jamil appreciated the welfare initiatives of Bahria Town and said that the entire nation should follow the examples set by Malik Riaz.
He said that it is vital for the Muslims to be unified and repent for their sins. He said Muslims should learn valuable lessons from the events of Karbala.
Maulana Tariq Jamil urged the citizens to realise their responsibilities towards the country and strive for a better Pakistan.
Bahria Town made special security arrangements for the event. The entire internal as well as external premises of the mosque were fully occupied with more than 100,000 people, which included people of all ages and sects. People had even come from surrounding cities. A large number of women were also present in the dedicated areas for them.
This masterpiece of indigenous Pakistani architecture has been designed by Nayyar Dada, and has a capacity to accommodate 70,000 people which makes it the world’s 7th largest mosque. There are dedicated praying areas for women, a school and an Islamic art gallery.
The interior is adorned with beautiful calligraphy and there are hundreds of luminous chandeliers that have been imported from various parts of the globe, creating a vibrant Islamic ambience.
The structure comprises four minarets, each standing tall at 165 feet and a grand dome in the centre which is surrounded by 20 smaller domes.
The most fascinating feature of this masterpiece is that the exterior consists of four million, 2.5 inch Multani tiles which have been handmade with special Multani clay and manually placed by the craftsmen. It took four years alone just to place these tiles.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 3rd, 2014.
Renowned Islamic scholar Maulana Tariq Jamil delivered the Friday sermon and led the prayers at Bahria Town’s Grand Jamia Masjid.
This facility is Pakistan’s largest Mosque and the world’s 7th largest. Maulana Tariq Jamil highly appreciated the beautiful architecture of the mosque and also offered special prayers for Malik Riaz Hussain.
Maulana Tariq Jamil appreciated the welfare initiatives of Bahria Town and said that the entire nation should follow the examples set by Malik Riaz.
He said that it is vital for the Muslims to be unified and repent for their sins. He said Muslims should learn valuable lessons from the events of Karbala.
Maulana Tariq Jamil urged the citizens to realise their responsibilities towards the country and strive for a better Pakistan.
Bahria Town made special security arrangements for the event. The entire internal as well as external premises of the mosque were fully occupied with more than 100,000 people, which included people of all ages and sects. People had even come from surrounding cities. A large number of women were also present in the dedicated areas for them.
This masterpiece of indigenous Pakistani architecture has been designed by Nayyar Dada, and has a capacity to accommodate 70,000 people which makes it the world’s 7th largest mosque. There are dedicated praying areas for women, a school and an Islamic art gallery.
The interior is adorned with beautiful calligraphy and there are hundreds of luminous chandeliers that have been imported from various parts of the globe, creating a vibrant Islamic ambience.
The structure comprises four minarets, each standing tall at 165 feet and a grand dome in the centre which is surrounded by 20 smaller domes.
The most fascinating feature of this masterpiece is that the exterior consists of four million, 2.5 inch Multani tiles which have been handmade with special Multani clay and manually placed by the craftsmen. It took four years alone just to place these tiles.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 3rd, 2014.