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Mosque and Mausoleum of Imam al-Layth bin Sa'ad

Egypt

The Mosque and Mausoleum of Imam al-Layth bin Sa‘ad (Masjid wa-maqām al-Imām al-Layth bin Saʿad) is a small Sunni Islam mosque and mausoleum dedicated to the Muslim jurist Imam Al-Layth bin Sa'ad, located in the southern portion of the City of the Dead (Cairo) of the Dead near to the Mausoleum of Imam al-Shafi'i, in Cairo, Egypt. A shrine was first built in 640 AH (1242/1243 CE), four centuries after the death of Imam al-Layth in 791 CE, and has slowly expanded over time. Today the site functions as a regular mosque and sees a steady stream of visitors and pilgrims who come to pay their respects to Imam al-Layth.

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