Al- Rifai Mosque Cairo Egypt

History of Al-Rifai Mosque

In the mosque, you can visit a group of ancient tombs for you through the luxury Egypt tours of the kings of the modern state, such as the tomb of Sultan Hussein Kamel and his wife, as well as Khedive Ismail and his mother. This mosque has features that make the tourist invite this mosque to see the wonderful royal tombs, you will find a group of sheikhs who were buried in this mosque.

Take a tour inside Al-Rifai Mosque and enjoy learning about the history of the founder of the modern state and his sons and grandchildren, and you will also see one of the most beautiful mosques of the twentieth century, which is characterized by the beauty of design and intelligence of construction, you can discover a lot through Egypt day tours.

The magic of Islamic architecture surrounds Al-Rifai Mosque.

Al-Rifai Mosque is located in the middle of a large group of mosques that have a long history. These mosques surrounding this mosque are characterized by the presence of different colors of the wonderful Islamic arts used in the construction of Al-Rifai Mosque, or for example, the Muhammad Ali Mosque, the Al-Nasir Qalawun Mosque, the Mahmoudia Mosque, and the Sultan Hassan Mosque. To spend more time in Cairo to visit many Islamic and archaeological places, it is through 7 days Egypt tours .

All these mosques were built during the period of the flourishing of architecture, and the mosque is located next to the Citadel of Salah el din, which gives it great historical importance.

This palace is one of the most famous castles in the world and is located on the Mokattam Mountain above the old Cairo area, so when you arrive at Al-Rifai Mosque, you can take a Egypt short tour packages to learn about the history of old Cairo in the Mamluk, Fatimid and Ayyubid eras, and the modern history of Egypt.

Visit one of the oldest mosques in Egypt, which tells a long history of struggle against the Crusaders and Tatars.

You will find many surprises inside Al-Rifai Mosque.

When you enter Al-Rifai Mosque, you will find a wonderful and attractive mihrab covered with marble on the eastern side, and on both sides of the other mihrab you will find two columns, one white and the other green.

In the middle of the mosque are very beautiful columns decorated with beautiful golden colors, and these wonderful marble columns were brought from Turkey, France, Belgium and Beni Suef.

Next to the mihrab there is a huge pulpit made of ebony, and there is also a chair for the Quran, and this chair is very luxurious, and when you go to the other side of the mosque you will find six colored doors leading you to the cemetery, you can see all these ancient monuments through Egypt tour packages. In one of the rooms you will find the tombs of the sons and daughters of Khedive Ismail, and above this room there is a dome with beautiful colors, while in the second room you will find the tombs of Khedive Ismail and his father and mother Mrs. Al-Koushiar This room has very luxurious marble and this room is furnished with luxurious carpets and has beautiful lamps and chairs for the Qurans.

History of Al-Rifai Mosque If you read about the history of this mosque, you will know that the mosque was originally a primitive mosque with a grave for Sheikh Ali Al-Rifai. After construction, the mosque was named after another name, Ahmed Al-Rifai. He was buried in Iraq. Sheikh Ahmed Al-Rifai was born in Iraq and memorized the Holy Quran and learned science when he was very young. Sheikh Ahmed Al-Rifai wrote a group of books and the owner of the idea of building the mosque was Mrs. Khoshiar, a Turkish woman and the wife of Ibrahim Pasha, the son of Muhammad Ali, the founder of modern Egypt. She is the mother of Khedive Ismail and was known as the mother Pasha. This woman lived in the Garden City area and you can visit this place through Cairo tours packages.

Who is the engineer who designed Al-Rifai Mosque?
It was Hussein Fahmy Pasha, who was the governor of Alexandria and this person married the daughter of Muhammad Ali Pasha. He was a very cultured man and read many books and traveled to France until he joined the military school and also joined the Higher School of Engineering in Paris and that was a great achievement, then he returned to Egypt and took over the position of Governor of Suez and then Undersecretary of the Ministry of Endowments and during this period he designed the Al-Rifai Mosque and then the construction stopped for 25 years and then the construction of the mosque was completed by a person called Max Pasha and this designer lived in Egypt in 1890. He was responsible for the construction and maintenance of Islamic and Coptic monuments in Egypt.

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