What is Musalla?
[[Image:Musalla.JPG|thumb|Makeshift musallā with [[carpet]]s and a protection against the sun, in [[Thebes]], [[Egypt]]]] '''al-Musallā''', [[Arabic language|Arabic]]: {{lang|ar| المصلى|w=al-musallā }} (''al-musallā'') is the name for an open space outside a [[mosque]] that is mainly used for praying.<ref>''The Encyclopaedia of Islam''. New Edition. Brill, Leiden. Vol. 7, pg. 658; ''al-mausūʿa al-fiqhiyya.'' Kuwait 1998. Vol. 38, pg 29</ref> The words is derived from the [[verb]] {{lang|ar| صلى|sallā }} (''sallā'') which means to pray. ==References== {{reflist}} {{religion-stub}} [[Category:Mosques]]