And in the prosperous Saudi era, Quba mosque was expanded to accommodate (20,000) worshipers, and the concerned authorities expropriated lands and property surrounding it and commissioned a skilled engineering offices specialized in Islamic architecture for the design of the mosque along the lines of the old one. The mosque is rectangular in shape and it was taken into account in its design to have an internal courtyard in the middle of the mosque to which all the entrances open, and its northern part is allocated for female worshipers with separate entrances far from the entrances of men. Quba Mosque consists of two floors, 4 minarets, 56 domes and a residence for Imams and Muezzins as well as a library. The mosque's area is 13,500 square meters and the area of its buildings is 5860 square meters . Among Madinah's famous and historical mosques are Al-Joma, Al-Qibltayn, Al-Ghamamah, Al-Ijabah and the seven mosques. --SPA 13:43 LOCAL TIME 10:43 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w