Hereri meets the Custodian of the holy sites in Saylac, Sh Ibrahim Aw Kaariye Qawdhan

[Awd]

Hereri meets Sh Ibrahim Aw Kaariye Qawdhan Saylici is the SL Coordinator of Religious affairs in Saylac and is the owner and custodian of the most famous religious sites in the town namely Masjid Qiblatain and the tomb of Shaykh Ibrahim Al Zaylici. He owns the land that contains both the landmark Tomb and Masjid Qiblatain. He inherited the keys to these sites from his forefathers who held ownership of these sites for over 200-300 years. He comes from the Gadabursi Bahabar Muuse subclan.




He is heading the project to rebuild Masjid Qiblatain:

 

[Som]

Such a site should belong to the government and studies should be encouraged. Nobody checked out the mosque with a thorough investigation. Also the two qibla thing doesn't make sense. From Zeila both Mecca and Jerusalem are on the north side so no need for two qiblas. At the times of the prophet in Medina they used two qiblas with opposite directions(mecca-south and Jerusalem-north)

 

[Awd]

Such a site should belong to the government and studies should be encouraged. Nobody checked out the mosque with a thorough investigation. Also the two qibla thing doesn't make sense. From Zeila both Mecca and Jerusalem are on the north side so no need for two qiblas. At the times of the prophet in Medina they used two qiblas with opposite directions(mecca-south and Jerusalem-north)

The land is private and inherited well before colonialism. The Somaliland Ministry of Religion oversees that the sites are being taken care of. However the land is private land.

 

[Danakiil]

Who's Shaykh Ibrahim Al Zalyici?

 

[Maintainnnin]

Such a site should belong to the government and studies should be encouraged. Nobody checked out the mosque with a thorough investigation. Also the two qibla thing doesn't make sense. From Zeila both Mecca and Jerusalem are on the north side so no need for two qiblas. At the times of the prophet in Medina they used two qiblas with opposite directions(mecca-south and Jerusalem-north)

There was a French team that did archeology in the city and surveyed the Ruins of the Masjid. In the results they published they mention that although the building is mostly in ruins they could still make out the two seperate Qiblas, one facing Northwest towards Jerusalem and the other faced North towards Mecca.

Here's the excerpt where they talk about it and its translation on the left hand side.

The paper is called Fauvelle-Aymar, François-Xavier. "Le port de Zeyla et son arrière-pays au Moyen Âge: Investigations archéologiques et retour aux sources écrites"

 

[Awd]

Who's Shaykh Ibrahim Al Zalyici?

One of the most famous Arab Somali Shaykhs who settled in Zeila during the early Islamic caliphate.