Massalikoul Djinane Mosque

It is absolutely beautiful. When admiring the mosque, people kept welcoming us in, which we found really sweet. We wanted to enter, but it was prayer time. Still, it was spacious enough, so we didn't bother anyone and felt lucky to see the inside. It's a sacred place and it knows no strangers 💚

MASSALIKUL JINAAN (Grand Mosque) West Africa's largest mosque (30,000 capacity). A magnificent architectural masterpiece in Grand Dakar. Features a serene, vast complex with a Carrara marble exterior, a gold-leaf dome, and five towering minarets (up to 80\text{m}). Transport Hub: Excellent connection to the BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) and TER lines.

The word to describe the great mosque is - Breath-taking. Gold-platted, intricate-detailed, enormous-spacing.. Fabulous! To enter the mosque, you would need to be fully covered - long dress (for ladies, no tight trousers, short skirts etc) and your hair must be covered. For guys, no shorts and you shouldn’t have a hat/cap on. You’ll also be required to take off your shoes/slippers so wear something comfortable. It’s advisable to go with a guide, who will give you information about how the mosque came to be, who created the designs (which is very interesting information!), how much was spent, etc.

Wow, wow, wow… and I mean that in both ways: how your commonly take the word wow in English and as yes, yes, yes in Wolof. This is stunning. One of the nicest and most visually uplifting mosques I’ve ever been to. Heart achingly beautiful and endlessly serene. Went for a tour around 11 while it was empty, in exchange for a donation. Lovely to see the ornate detail abound and the volunteers assist with everything. Came back in the evening for Maghreb prayer and was blown away by the zikr groups outside - I have nothing to compare it to, no recording will do it justice. To just sit outside and absorb various salutations to God in different tones from all around you, spellbinding laments ringing out for an hour before prayer. Had never seen this anywhere in the world. One dampener though inside, at the front of prayer area l, there were segregated sections in 3 tiers, now I don’t know what the three tiers denoted - but needless to say only people wearing the most expensive looking garments were allowed at the front. when I asked why, I was told that was the celebration area and there was a wedding party and thus they got the front reserved, which again I’d never seen before, but worth noting. Prayer is the true leveller of all levels of society so to see it, well, tiered, was odd. Still, think the best of others and all that - stunning mosque and atmosphere before prayer was just immense.

Senegal’s Massalikul Jinaan mosque located in the capital city, Dakar, has been ranked as the ‘biggest in West Africa,’ built at a cost of around $33m. The magnificent edifice was built by the Mouride Brotherhood, part of the Sufi strand of Islam that predominates in Senegal. The mosque's name of Massalikul Jinaan ("The Paths to Paradise") comes from the title of a poem by Sheikh Ahmadou Bamba Mbacke, the 19th-century founder of the Brotherhood, who is revered by followers as a saint. With a Carrara marble exterior and boasting five minarets -- the tallest 78 meters (255 feet) high -- the mosque has a capacity of 15,000 worshippers inside, and another 15,000 on the esplanade. The lavish interiors include a gold-leaf dome, giant chandeliers and decorations hand drawn by Moroccan workmen. An Islamic institute, residence and museum are scheduled to be added in the future.;

Beautiful mosque and non Muslims are allowed inside. They have weird shoe rules where people have to have shoes off outside of the mosque (like completely outside in the sun) but it is only enforced for some people and then there are shoe racks as you go inside where you would normally take off shoes in 99% of other mosques. It was very confusing. Some people might ask to make a small donation in the bins.

The biggest Mosque in West Africa.Completed in 2019 after 7 years of construction.This jewel cost over 40 million dollars .financed totally by the Mourid Islamic brotherhood . Jeureuf Serigne Touba

Word to the wise: women are not allowed in wearing pants. You need to wear a skirt in addition to covering your hair.