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This article lists
mosques from around the world by available capacity, that belong to any
Islamic school or branch , that can accommodate at least 15,000 worshippers in all available places of
prayer such as prayer halls (
musala ), courtyards (
ṣaḥn ) and porticoes (
riwāq ). All the mosques in this list are
congregational mosques – a type of mosque that hosts the
Friday prayer (ṣalāt al-jumuʿa ) in congregation (jamāʿa ).
List of mosques
Name
Image
Capacity
Area (m2 )
City
Country
Year of first building
Denomination
1
Masjid al-Haram
4,000,000
[1]
356,000
[2]
Mecca
Saudi Arabia
Pre-622
–
2
Al-Masjid an-Nabawi
1,500,000
[3]
384,000
[4]
Medina
Saudi Arabia
623
–
3
Grand Jamia Mosque
800,000
200,000
[5]
[6]
Karachi
Pakistan
~2023
Sunni
4
Imam Reza shrine
1,200,000
150,000
[7]
Mashhad
Iran
729
Shia
5
Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound
400,000
[8]
150,000
Jerusalem
Disputed
Pre-622
[8]
Sunni
6
Faisal Mosque
300,000
[9]
130,000
[10]
Islamabad
Pakistan
1986
Sunni
7
Astana Grand Mosque
230,000
68,062
[11]
Astana
Kazakhstan
2022
Sunni
8
Istiqlal Mosque
200,000
98,247
[12]
Jakarta
Indonesia
1978
Sunni
9
Taj-ul-Masajid
175,000 [
citation needed ]
23,000
[13]
Bhopal
India
1901
Sunni
10
Jamkaran Mosque
150,000 [
citation needed ]
370,000
Qom
Iran
984
Shia
11
Egypt’s Islamic Cultural Center (Masjid Misr Al Kabeer)
130,000[
citation needed ]
250,000
New Administrative Capital
Egypt
2023
Sunni
12
Djamaa el Djazaïr
120,000
[14]
20,000
[14]
Algiers
Algeria
2019
Sunni
13
Hassan II Mosque
105,000
[15]
Casablanca
Morocco
1993
Sunni
14
Umayyad Mosque
100,000
Damascus
Syria
715
Sunni
15
Badshahi Mosque
100,000
[16]
Lahore
Pakistan
1673
Sunni
16
Bahria Grand Mosque
70,000
[17]
Lahore
Pakistan
2014
Sunni
17
Çamlıca Mosque
63,000
[18]
Istanbul
Turkey
2019
Sunni
18
Jameh Mosque of Makki
60,000
[19] [
better source needed ]
33,000
[20]
Zahedan
Iran
1971
Sunni
19
Al-Akbar Mosque
59,000
[21]
Surabaya
Indonesia
2000
Sunni
20
Al Saleh Mosque
45,000
[22]
27,300
[22]
Sana'a
Yemen
2008
Sunni
21
Baitul Mukarram Mosque
42,000
[23]
Dhaka
Bangladesh
1959
Sunni
22
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
41,000
[24]
22,412
[24]
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
2007
Sunni
23
Jamia Masjid
[25]
33,333
[26] [
better source needed ]
Jammu and Kashmir
India
1400
Sunni
24
Al Jabbar Grand Mosque
33,000
[27]
Bandung
Indonesia
2022
Sunni
25
1st November of 1954 Great Mosque
30,000
[28]
42,000
[28]
Batna
Algeria
2003
Sunni
26
Massalikoul Djinane Mosque
30,000
[29]
10,000
[29]
Dakar
Senegal
2019
Sunni
27
Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque
30,000
[30]
Doha
Qatar
2010
Sunni
28
Sabancı Central Mosque
28,500
[31]
Adana
Turkey
1998
Sunni
29
At-Tin Mosque
25,850
[32]
Jakarta
Indonesia
1997
Sunni
30
Jama Masjid
25,000
[33]
Central Delhi
India
1656
Sunni
31
CMH Masjid Jhelum
25,000
[34]
Jhelum Cantt
Pakistan
1950
[34]
Sunni
32
Abuja National Mosque
25,000
[35]
Abuja
Nigeria
1984
Sunni
33
Selahaddin Eyyubi Mosque
25,000
[36]
43,500
[36]
Diyarbakır
Turkey
2023
Sunni
34
Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque
24,000
[37]
Shah Alam
Malaysia
1988
Sunni
35
Jakarta Islamic Center
20,680
[38]
Jakarta
Indonesia
1972
Sunni
36
Al-Azhar Mosque
20,000
[39]
Cairo
Egypt
972
Sunni
37
Aqsa Mosque
20,000
[40]
6,500
Rabwah
Pakistan
1972
Ahmadi
38
Dian Al-Mahri Mosque
20,000
[41]
Depok
Indonesia
2006
Sunni
39
Grand Mosque of Conakry
20,000
[39]
Conakry
Guinea
1982
Sunni
40
Grand Mosque of West Sumatra
20,000
[42]
Padang
Indonesia
2014
Sunni
41
Id Kah Mosque
20,000
[43]
Kashgar
China
1442
Sunni
42
Shah Jahan Mosque
20,000
[44]
Thatta
Pakistan
1659
Sunni
43
Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque
20,000
[45]
416,000
[46]
Muscat
Oman
2001
Ibadi
44
Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque
20,000
[47]
Putrajaya
Malaysia
2009
Sunni
45
Great Mosque of Batam
18,500
[48]
Batam
Indonesia
1999
Sunni
46
Hagia Sophia
18,000
[49]
Istanbul
Turkey
537
Sunni
47
Al-Kauthar Mosque
17,000
[50]
Tawau
Malaysia
1997
Sunni
48
Al-Fattah Al-Aleem Mosque
17,000
[51]
New Administrative Capital
Egypt
2019
Sunni
49
Federal Territory Mosque
17,000
[52]
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
2000
Sunni
50
Grand Mosque of Makhachkala
17,000
[53]
Makhachkala
Russia
1998
Sunni
51
Aqsa Mosque
15,000
[54]
Qadian
India
1876
Ahmadi
52
Al-Azhom Grand Mosque
15,000
[55]
Tangerang
Indonesia
1997
Sunni
53
Emir Abdelkader Mosque
15,000
[39]
Constantine
Algeria
1994
Sunni
54
Kocatepe Mosque
15,000
[56]
Ankara
Turkey
1987
Sunni
55
Great Mosque of Central Java
15,000
[57]
Semarang
Indonesia
2006
Sunni
56
Grand Mosque of Sabilal Muhtadin
15,000
[58]
Banjarmasin
Indonesia
1979
Sunni
57
National Mosque of Malaysia
15,000
[59]
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
1965
Sunni
58
Putra Mosque
15,000
[60]
Putrajaya
Malaysia
1999
Sunni
59
Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mosque
15,000
[61]
Cotabato City
Philippines
2011
Sunni
See also
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