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{{Short description|Mosque in Pazhayangadi, Kannur, Kerala, India}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
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The '''Madayi Mosque''', also known as the '''Matayi Palli''', and as the '''Pazhayangadi Mosque''' or as the '''Malik ibn Dinar Mosque, Madayi''', is a [[Shafi'i school|Shāfiʿī]] [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] mosque, located at [[Pazhayangadi]] in the Kannur district in northern Kerala, India. It is one of the oldest mosques in Kerala, with local legends dating the mosque from {{AH|518|link=yes}}.

== History ==
The mosque is believed to have been established by [[Malik Deenar|Malik ibn Dinar]] and contains a block of white marble said to have been brought from [[Mecca]] by ibn Dinar.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2003063001520200.htm&date=2003/06/30/&prd=thlf& |title=Pilgrim's progress |date=30 June 2003 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=26 March 2014}}</ref>

According to Shaikh Zain ud-Din Makhdum, the first [[qadi]] of the new mosque was Malik ibn 'Abdu Rahman.<ref>{{cite book |author=Raṇṭattāṇi, Husain |title=Mappila Muslims: A Study on Society and Anti Colonial Struggles |publisher=Other Books |location=Calicut |year=2007 |isbn= |page= }}</ref>

== Legend ==
{{main|Legend of Cheraman Perumals}}
According to the [[Legend of Cheraman Perumals]], the first Indian mosque was built in 624 CE at [[Kodungallur]] with the mandate of the last the ruler (the Cheraman Perumal) of [[Chera dynasty]], who converted to Islam during the lifetime of [[Muhammad]] ({{circa|570}} to 632 CE).<ref>{{cite book |author=Goldstein, Jonathan |title=The Jews of China |publisher=M. E. Sharpe |year=1999 |isbn=9780765601049 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8Z6DlzyT2vwC |page=123}}</ref><ref name="SimpsonKresse2008">{{cite book |author1=Simpson, Edward |author2=Kresse, Kai |title=Struggling with History: Islam and Cosmopolitanism in the Western Indian Ocean |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w0qHKA7zEaEC&pg=PA333 |access-date=24 July 2012 |year=2008 |publisher=Columbia University Press |isbn=978-0-231-70024-5| page=333}}</ref><ref name="Kupferschmidt1987">{{cite book |author=Kupferschmidt, Uri M. |title=The Supreme Muslim Council: Islam Under the British Mandate for Palestine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ChEVAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA458 |access-date=25 July 2012 |year=1987 |publisher=Brill |isbn=978-90-04-07929-8 |pages=458–459}}</ref><ref name="Raṇṭattāṇi2007">{{cite book |author=Raṇṭattāṇi, Husain |title=Mappila Muslims: A Study on Society and Anti Colonial Struggles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xlb5BrabQd8C&pg=PA179 |access-date=25 July 2012 |year=2007 |publisher=Other Books |isbn=978-81-903887-8-8 |pages=179–}}</ref> According to ''[[Qissat Shakarwati Farmad]]'', the mosques at [[Kodungallur]], Kollam, Madayi, [[Barkur]], [[Mangalore]], [[Kasaragod]], [[Kannur]], [[Dharmadam]], [[Koyilandy|Panthalayini]], and [[Chaliyam]], were built during the era of Malik Dinar, and they are among the oldest ''Masjid''s in the [[Indian subcontinent]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Prange, Sebastian R. |title=Monsoon Islam: Trade and Faith on the Medieval Malabar Coast |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |year=2018 |page=98 }}</ref> It is believed that Malik Dinar died at [[Thalangara]] in the town of [[Kasaragod]].<ref name="ch">{{cite book |page=58 |title=Cultural heritage of Kerala: an introduction |author=Menon, A. Sreedhara |publisher=East-West Publications |year=1978 |isbn= }}</ref> The [[Arabic language|Arabic]] inscription, on a copper slab within the Madayi Mosque, records its foundation year as 1124 CE.<ref name="K.M.">{{Cite book |title=Arab Relations with Malabar Coast from 9th to 16th centuries |last=Muhammad |first=K. M. |publisher=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |year=1999 |pages=226–234}}</ref><ref name="Innes">{{cite book |author=Innes, Charles Alexander |year=1908 |title=Madras District Gazetteers Malabar |volume=I |publisher=Madras Government Press |pages=423–424 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.358941/mode/2up
}}</ref> The 16th century ''[[Tuhfat Ul Mujahideen]]'' also records the history of Madayi.<ref name="Madayi">{{cite book |author=Nainar, S. Muhammad Hussain |year=1942 |title=Tuhfat-al-Mujahidin: An Historical Work in The Arabic Language |publisher=University of Madras |url=https://archive.org/details/Tuhfat-al-MujahidinAnHistoricalWorkInTheArabicLanguage }}</ref>

The mosque contained a marker/plaque listing the year as {{AH|518}} as the date of its construction. As a part of renovation, the old structure was pulled down in 2006, and a new structure in the [[Indo-Saracenic]] style was built on the old foundations. The marker was preserved and incorporated into the floor of the new building, but the original date is no longer legible.<ref name=Miller>{{cite book |author=Miller, Roland E. |title=Mappila Muslim Culture: How a Historic Muslim Community in India Has Blended Tradition and Modernity |publisher=State University of New York |location=Albany |date=2015 |isbn= |page= }}</ref>

=== Inscription ===
The inscription, translated from Arabic into English, reads:<ref name=Hussian>{{cite thesis |author=Hussian, Sakkeer E. M. |title=ADVENT OF ISLAM IN KERALA AND SOCIAL HARMONY AS REFLECTED IN MANUSCRIPTS |type=Unpublished Research Thesis |publisher=[[Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit]] |year=2016 |url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/162158 |access-date= |page= }}</ref>
:{{blockquote|''"In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The mosques of God shall be visited and maintained by such as believe in God and the Last Day, establish regular prayers, and pay zakat, and fear none except God. It is they who are expected to be on true guidance. Dated on the 5[18]th year on Friday of Rabiul Akhir."''}}

At the rear of the mosque an old wall was retained that incorporated the original mark of the [[qibla]], while beside it stands the first [[Minbar|mimbar]], a simple and visibly ancient raised stone platform. The second mimbar, also old, has been retained in the new mosque. It has four carved wooden posts holding up a flat canopy that is covered with painted flowers on its interior.<ref name=Miller/>

The graves of two saints who were reportedly companions of Malik ibn Dinar were consigned to a rear room.<ref name=Miller/>

== See also ==
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* [[Islam in India]]
* [[List of mosques in India]]
* [[List of mosques in Kerala]]
* [[List of oldest mosques#India|List of oldest mosques in India]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Mosques in India}}
{{Islam in Kerala}}

[[Category:12th-century mosques in Asia]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1124]]
[[Category:Hinduism and Islam]]
[[Category:Indo-Saracenic Revival mosques]]
[[Category:Mosques completed in 2006]]
[[Category:Mosques in Kerala]]
[[Category:Mosques completed in the 1120s]]
[[Category:Religious buildings and structures in Kannur district]]
[[Category:Shafi'i mosques]]
[[Category:Sunni mosques in India]]

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