Masjid Jinn (Mosque of Jinn), also known as Masjid Haras, is situated on the place where the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) drew a line for Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas’ood (RA) who had accompanied him after he had been commanded to recite the Quraan (Holy Book) to the Jinn. Abdullah bin Mas’ood (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates, “While in Makkah, the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) once said to the Sahabah (may Allah be pleased with them), ‘Whoever wishes to see what the Jinn are all about should come along’. Besides myself no-one else came. When we reached the place in the Ma’la district of Makkah the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) used his.
