Discuss the main features of Mosques.
Mosque has been considered as the basis of the Islamic way of life. It had a very simple structure. It had an open compound and pillars on all sides. The roof stood on all these pillars. In the middle of the compound, there was a pond where the devotees could bathe before offering Namaz. It had a big hall towards its West. As it faces the side of Mecca, it tells which side a Muslim should sit to recite Namaz. It had a pulpit on the right side where the Imam sat to deliver his lecture. The mosque also had a minaret from which a loud call was given. In the mosque where Muslims assembled to offer Namaz on the day of Zumma, it was called the Zaami Mosque.
