Habib-i Nejjar Mosque

Spent morning prayer here, very peacefull place. They planted orange tree in the terrace

The place is built to memorize Habib An-Najjar, the carpenter that mentioned in surah Ya-seen, that keep his faith although have to be killed. He then rewarded with paradise

You can also visit the tomb of Habib An-Najjar here. Such lovely place

Hz. In 33 AD, Jesus sent 2 apostles to the region of Antioch to spread Christianity. During the missionary work, the first Christian community in history and the Saint Pierre Church formed in Antiochia.
However, the majority of Antioch people react violently to the apostles. On top of that, Carpenter Habib - i Neccar, who first believed in the apostles, made suggestions to the people of Antioch and helped the apostles. 3. An apostle is also sent to the city to support the apostles.
However, all this is not enough to calm the people of Antioch, the apostles and Habib - i Neccar was killed by the people of Antioch.
In the Qur'an, these events are explained in verses 13 and 19 of Surah Yasin.
In this respect, the Habib - i Neccar Mosque was built in the 13th century during the period of Baybars, the Turkish Mameluke Sultan of Egypt and the region.

According to the Qur'an, Habib-i Neccar (neccar means carpenter) was the first person who believed in apostles of Jesus, and thus, was slaughtered by the people of Antioch. After the region became Muslim during the Abbasi reign around 6th century, they built this historical mosque in memory of Habib-i Neccar by replacing an old temple. The rumour has it that, Habib-i Neccar also believed that there will be a last prophet after Jesus, so, Muslims also consider him a sacred person who became Muslim 6 hundred years before the Prophet Mohammed.

Habib the Carpenter, or Habib Al-Najjar, was, according to the belief of Muslims, a martyr who lived in Antioch at the time of Jesus Christ. In Muslim tradition, Habib believed the message of Christ's disciples sent to the People of Ya-Sin, and was subsequently martyred for his faith.
This place contains the body of Habeed who’s considered as a pious for Muslims.

A nice and one of the first historical mosque but there is no any parking field nearside.

Amazing place, the first mosque built in Turkey in Antakya which is a city known as all cultures living together peacefully.

Elsalam 3alekom wa rahmto ellah , one of the really important stop in my life , this story of habib elnajar and the prichar. Antakia this land was blessed to witness this story and the murcy of god.

A person that mentioned in the Quran defending the Jesus taught

Habibi Neccar Mosque is known as the first constructed mosque of the city. Mosque, which was constructed instead of an ancient Roman temple during Baybars period, was reconstructed during Ottoman period in 17th century as it had been damaged by an earthquake in 9th century, but minaret had hold its former appearance. Under the structure reflecting the Ottoman architecture, there are three cemeteries that the public visit.

It's a Muslim shrine dedicated to the memory of a legendary early Christian martyr of Antioch, Habib the Carpenter (Tr. Habib'i Neccar; Ar. الحبيب النجّار). In some Christian lore, Habib is identified with Agabus (Acts 11:27-28) and is believed to have been martyred in Antioch in the middle of the 1st century CE. And in a classical Muslim exegetical tradition, Habib is identified as a likely historical candidate for the unnamed hero of the story of "The People of the Town" (Ar. أصحاب القرية) found in Sura Ya Sin (Q 36) verses 13-27, but especially verses 20-27. According to this tradition, accepted by some exegetes and disputed by others, the "town" of this pericope is Antioch and the "messengers" God sent to this town were disciples of Isa (as)/Jesus, including Peter, the first bishop of Antioch. Habib is the figure who risks his life to encourage the people of Antioch to heed the message of these disciples.

The first mosque in Anatolia. Visit it! HATAY IS SMELLING HISTORY. But sometimes smelling Orontes 😂😂. Hatay is a true Love👍🏻👍🏻👌🏻

Good place to visit

Amazing, mystic, historical and a history dating back to the time of jesus. Amazing

Definitely to be visited, first mosque in Anatolia.

Tarihi, historical place that anyone should see before pass...

A small mosque but with a huge sprit

''The First Mosque Built in Anatolia''

Very nice

Ghe oldest mosqe

Mixt of religion and history !