Mosque of the Companions

Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلصَّحَابَة‎, romanized: Masjid aṣ-Ṣaḥābah)^{[citation needed]} is a mosque in the city of Massawa, Eritrea. Possibly dating to the early 7th century C.E., it is believed by some to be the first mosque built in Africa.^[1]

persecution by people in the Hejazi city of Mecca, present-day Saudi Arabia.^[1] According to Richard J. Reid, it may have been constructed in the 620s or 630s by members of Muhammad's family.^[1] The mosque of Quba, which is the first mosque built by Muhammad, in what is now Medina, dates to around the same time.^[2][3][4][5] The current structure is of much later construction, as some features, like the mihrab (late 7th century) and the minaret (9th century), did not develop until later in Islamic architecture.^{[6][unreliable source}