Muhammad bin Abdullah Masjid

Muhammad Bin Abdullah Masjid
Muhammad Bin Abdullah Masjid
Ayodhya Mosque
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Branch/tradition	Sunni
Governing body	Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board
Status	Under construction
Predecessor	Babri Masjid
Location
Municipality	Dhannipur, Ayodhya district
State	Uttar Pradesh
Country	India
	Shown within Uttar Pradesh Muhammad bin Abdullah Masjid (India)
Geographic coordinates	26.762°N 82.002°E
Architecture
Funded by	Government of Uttar Pradesh; (The Supreme Court ordered government to give 5 acres) Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board; Donations; ;
Groundbreaking	26 January 2021

Muhammad Bin Abdullah Masjid or Ayodhya Mosque is being constructed in Dhannipur, Ayodhya district, Uttar Pradesh, at the Supreme Court of India designated site following the verdict related to the Ayodhya dispute case.

The construction of the Mosque and associated complex is under the Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation (IICF) trust. The Dhannipur Mosque is almost 22 km away from the Ram Mandir, Ayodhya, the former site of its predecessor, the Babri Masjid.

The construction began on 26 January 2021. The mosque was officially named as Ahmadullah Shah Mosque, as an honour to the leader of Indian Independence war of 1857, Maulavi Ahmadullah Shah, but was later renamed as Muhammad Bin Abdullah Masjid., after the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

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