Al-Rifa’i Mosque is located in the Citadel Square (Salah al-Din Square). It was built in the nineteenth century to match its neighbor who was built in the fourteenth century AD, the “Sultan Hasan al-Mamluk Mosque.” The mosque was named after Imam Ahmad al-Rifai (512-578 AH/1118). -1181-2 AD) the owner of the Rifa’i order, one of the Sufi orders, and although Imam Ahmad al-Rifai was not buried in that mosque, he witnesses the celebration of his birth annually in a scene full of joy and happiness.
The mosque is distinguished by its distinctive architectural design, as everyone who visits the mosque is astonished by the accuracy of the details of the decorations on the outer walls and the giant columns at the outer gate. The two minarets of the mosque were distinguished by grace and beauty, and it is worth noting that it was the first building that used cement in its construction in the history of Islamic architecture and that was an indication of the transition to the modern era.
