一座清真寺是一栋大型建筑，有一个大型休息室，每天都有大量的朝拜者来进行五次祈祷。一座清真寺将始终朝着位于麦加的Kaaba面对的方向。当是时候祈祷的时候，Muezzin要求祈祷，伊玛目站在信徒的第一行，他管理着从神的口头荣耀开始的祈祷，到鞠躬和俯卧，到祈祷的结束。信徒们在伊玛目后面排成一排，第一行的信徒是获得最大回报的人。在清真寺中，富人或穷人之间没有差异，无论第一行是在第一行中发生的。如今，清真寺有宣礼塔或许多宣礼塔，并有声音扬声器，因此人们可以听到祈祷的呼吁。
The style:
穆斯林对建造清真寺有兴趣，因为它们被认为是圣地，因此他们在建造和装饰清真寺中受益匪浅，这些清真寺受益于转变为伊斯兰教或与他们同在的国家。
大多数清真寺的大小与信徒人数兼容。这就是为什么经常以各种尺寸看到的小型（通常称为具有简单设计的演说家）和大型清真寺的原因，穆斯林聚集在这里进行星期五的祈祷或盛宴祈祷。
阿拉伯语风格：
最初，具有阿拉伯语风格的清真寺遍布阿拉伯半岛，伊拉克和黎凡特。后来，它们是在北非国家建造的。阿拉伯风格的清真寺是一座简单的广场或矩形建筑，设有一个祈祷休息室，屋顶由棕榈树的树干支撑，现在改善和更换，并且在入口处有大院子。这种风格直到阿巴斯州一直很普遍。
波斯风格：
This style was popular in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan and also India before the Mughal era and appeared in the Seljuk era starting from the 10th century, featuring large halls, arches and domes above prayer halls and two minarets in the entrance.
The Ottoman Style:
Appeared in the 15th century, you can often see it in mosques around Turkey and Arab states that were under the rules of the ottomans, the engineer Sameer is one of the most famous architects of this style. More than 300 works in this field are attributed to him among which Al-Suleimanya Mosques is one of those.
这些清真寺的特征是位于祈祷休息室上方的大中央圆顶，较小的圆顶可能邻居，位于祈祷休息室以外的地方上方。有人认为奥斯曼风格受到拜占庭建筑的影响。
The Mughal style:
This style was exclusive in India only and it appeared in the 16th century clearly influenced by the Persian style. Its features include 4 large halls, one of them leads to the prayer hall with three or 5 large domes located above it. Delhi and Berdar mosques are some of the examples for this style.
The Minarets:
尖塔是清真寺建筑中最重要的元素之一。它很高，很容易从远处看到。在北非，它被称为修道院，尖塔位于清真寺的角落之一上方，因此Muezzin可以呼吁祈祷。
侯赛山的尖塔是摩洛哥卡萨布兰卡的第二清真寺，是最高的尖塔，达到210米，考虑到过去不存在尖塔，第一个尖塔是在660年在al-basra建造的，于660年在卡里发统治期间在al-basra建造。“ Muawhiya”。有些人认为它是受教堂塔的启发。
The Qairawan Minaret that was built in the 18th and the 19th century is considered the oldest Minaret, and just like the other Moroccan mosques’ Minarets, it has its own square form and has three levels of different sizes and graded by geometric motifs.
The minarets have sound speakers so the call for prayers will be loud and clear however in countries where Muslims are a minority there is no speaker.
The Domes:
The dome is another urban symbol of the mosque that opens up a semi-spherical space almost like a planetarium
Some of the mosques that are famous for their domes:
1-金色圆顶的岩石圆顶
2-先知的清真寺及其特殊的绿色圆顶。
The prayer courtyard:
It is the main and the largest part of the mosque. Usually, it’s a large hall with many columns and in larger mosques it’s more than one hall distributed through different levels. The Mihrab and Minbar indicate the direction where the prayer destination (kiblah) is located. The hall is carpeted to provide comfort for the worshipers and these halls have decoration on their walls, columns, and ceilings.
It’s a mix of inscription on woods and walls to draw verses of the Koran, names of the God (Allah) and the prophet and his companions and also drawings of plants and inanimate but without materializing a human or animal form because it is contrary to the teachings of the religion.
Muslims stand in parallel rows towards the direction of the Kiblah , the first rows are always for the men , then children rows and the women rows though this was in the past, now most of the mosques provide separate and special halls for women.