The Al-Fattah Al-Alim Mosque is represented in the new administrative capital, which is considered the jewel of modern Islamic architecture, and the jewel of construction within the administrative capital of the state.
The location of the Al-Fateh Al-Alim Mosque in the new administrative capital
It is one of a group of mosques in the area surrounding the Administrative Capital, where it is adjacent to the north by the King Al-Quddoos Mosque, Al-Rahman Mosque, Al-Amar Al-Kubra and Al-Ahrar Island, and from the east by Al-Diyab Al-Fiqi Mosque, Al-Ammar Supply Office and Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah Mosque.
The mosque is located on the middle ring road in the new administrative capital and was implemented under the supervision of the Engineering Authority of the Armed Forces.
The middle ring road is a very important road in Egypt. It surrounds the ring road of Greater Cairo, and the regional ring road surrounds it, so that the three roads eventually form three circles in which the big surrounds the small and creates new traffic entrances to Greater Cairo and the regions on its side, the shape of the road represents an incomplete open circle The closure around Cairo, extending from the Cairo-Belbeis road to the Dabaa axis, with a total of 147 km to connect the new cities (Al-Obour, Al-Shorouk, Al-Mustaqbal, Administrative Capital, 6th of October, Sheikh Zayed).
The purpose of the new capital is to beautify Cairo and develop it into a leading cultural, political and economic center for the Middle East and North Africa region through a thriving economic environment supported by various investment activities and achieving comprehensive development to ensure the preservation of the natural and historical assets owned by Cairo and facilitate living in it through an efficient and endurable infrastructure.
The place is located an hour and a half from Cairo, and after you take Sokhna Road or the Southern 90th Street, you will find yourself in front of the largest religious edifice in the Middle East.
President Sisi inspected the new administrative capital soon, and confirmed that he was pleased with the huge achievement that the Egyptian hands formed in the new administrative capital.
Al-Fateh Al-Alim Mosque in the Administrative Capital
Esmat El-Shamy pointed out that President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi inaugurated the Al-Fattah Al-Alim mosque in the administrative capital, in addition to many works and achievements to establish the values of coexistence, peace, tolerance and love between different cultures and religions.
Al-Fattah Al-Alim Mosque is considered one of the largest mosques around the world. It covers an area of 59 acres and is located on the new Middle Ring Road. It will be the main mosque of the country.
Full specifications of the mosque:
- It is being implemented by the (Arab Contractors) Company for the benefit of the Military Engineers Department, the Engineering Authority of the Armed Forces.
- Prefect Consulting Office for Engineering Consultants.
- It includes a prayer room for men, with a capacity of 14,000 to 16,000, and it also includes a place for women to pray, with an area of 3,000 chapels.
- The mosque also includes a museum of heavenly messages and a house for memorizing the Qur'an.
- It includes a 300-bed charity hospital to treat Egyptians.
- The ground floor includes the mosque’s courtyard with an area of 6335, a capacity of 6,300 chapels, and it has 6 entrances and a side entrance to the ladies’ prayer hall. It includes an outdoor courtyard with an area of 3400 meters.
- The mosque contains four minarets with a height of 90 meters, in addition to the main dome of the mosque with an area of acres, and 4 secondary domes
- The mosque is surrounded by a wall of 2000 square meters.
- The first floor was allocated to a prayer room for women, an area of 1080 square meters
- It includes two huge event halls where weddings, events and funerals can be held
- The construction work of the mosque has been completed at an approximate rate of 75% of the construction, as well as the completion of 4 minarets has been confirmed with an approximate percentage of 90%.
- It has a large funeral procession
Al-Fattah Al-Alim Mosque, the State Mosque
Major General Kamel al-Wazir, head of the Engineering Authority of the Armed Forces, said that the Al-Fattah Al-Alim Mosque, to be built in the new administrative capital, was planned as a mosque for the state, and it is a comprehensive mosque with all the necessities, whether prayer, official funerals or events, and it was built on 59 acres.
Al-Fattah Al-Alim Mosque can accommodate 12300 worshipers
The minister added, in a speech inaugurating the first phase of the new administrative capital, that the Al-Fattah Al-Alim Mosque in the administrative capital has a capacity of 12,300 worshipers and includes a separate basement and includes the daily prayer room for men and women, a Quran memorization house, and topped by an open yard that is also used for prayer.
Al-Fattah Al-Alim Mosque includes 4 minarets and 7 halls
Major General Kamel Al-Wazir stated that the Al-Fattah Al-Alim Mosque has 4 minarets, four events halls and three halls for women with a total of 7 halls, in addition to the funeral path and was implemented by 45%, referring to their work in the mosques of the martyrs, and it was planned to be implemented, and a capacity of 2,000 prayer halls on the green axis.
It is one of the most comprehensive mosques around the world and is on the new Middle Ring Road. It will become the main mosque for the state, as it is designed by the “Arab Contractors” company for the Engineering Authority of the Armed Forces, in addition to the Prefect Consulting Office for Engineering Consultations. The mosque is built only on an area of 122,400 square meters.
It includes a ground basement with an area of 6335 square meters and consists of a men's prayer room and is sufficient for 14,000 to 16,000 chapels, and includes a chapel for women with an area of 3,000 chapels, as well as a museum of heavenly messages and a building for memorizing the Qur'an. It also contains a charitable hospital with 300 beds.
There is a courtyard of the mosque on the ground floor and a foyer on an area of 6335 and can accommodate 6300 worshippers, and it includes 6 entrances. There is also a side entrance to the ladies’ prayer hall and includes an external courtyard of about 3400 meters, and a prayer room for women is located on an area of 1080 meters on the first floor.
It also includes two huge event halls and a large path for holding funerals. The mosque also includes four minarets with a height of 90 meters, in addition to the main dome of the mosque with an area of acres, and also includes 4 secondary domes. The mosque will be surrounded by a wall of 2000 square meters
The construction and equipping work of the mosque has been completed, in addition to 4 minarets as well, and this of course happened in record time, effort and speed
Al-Fattah Al-Alim Mosque in the New Administrative Capital, which is considered the jewel of modern Islamic architecture, and the jewel of construction within the administrative capital of the state, represents a new achievement added to the series of the Egyptian state’s achievements in the field of building and construction, to become one of the largest mosques in the Arab region. The Knower, who is considered a formidable precedent, puts Egypt in the forefront and becomes the crown of the Middle East