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'''Madayi Mosque''' ([[Malayalam]]: മാടായി പള്ളി, '''Matayi Palli'''; '''Pazhayangadi Mosque''') is mosque at [[Pazhayangadi]] in [[Kannur district]], northern [[Kerala]], India. It is one of the oldest mosques in Kerala, with local legends dating back to the 7th century AD. It 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> It is one of the several mosques around Pazhayangadi/Payangadi. It is situated on the banks of Kuppam River, which joins [[Valapattanam River]] at its estuary.

Local legends, both Islamic and Hindu, recount the arrival of Malik ibn Dinar and his company, bearing royal letters from the Cheraman Perumal, the last king of the Chera Perumal Kingdom (c. 1089-1122 AD). The Cheraman Perumal embraced Islam and sent these letters to various native chiefs, seeking their assistance in missionary activities and the establishment of mosques.


According to Shaikh Zain ud-Din Makhdum, the first qadi of the new mosque was Malik ibn 'Abdu Rahman..<ref>Husain Raṇṭattāṇi. ''Mappila Muslims: A Study on Society and Anti Colonial Struggles'' Other Books, Calicut (2007)</ref>

According to the [[Legend of Cheraman Perumals]], the first Indian mosque was built in 624 AD 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]] (c. 570–632).<ref>{{cite book |author=Jonathan Goldstein |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=Edward Simpson|author2=Kai Kresse|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|pages=333}}</ref><ref name="Kupferschmidt1987">{{cite book|author=Uri M. Kupferschmidt|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=Husain Raṇṭattāṇi|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 [[Mosque|''Masjids'']] 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>Prange, Sebastian R. ''Monsoon Islam: Trade and Faith on the Medieval Malabar Coast.'' Cambridge University Press, 2018. 98.</ref>  It is believed that [[Malik Dinar]] died at [[Thalangara]] in [[Kasaragod]] town.<ref name="ch">Pg 58, Cultural heritage of [[Kerala]]: an introduction, A. Sreedhara Menon, East-West Publications, 1978</ref> The [[Arabic]] inscription on a copper slab within the Madayi mosque in 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 = Charles Alexander Innes | 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 states about Madayi.<ref name="Madayi">{{cite book
 | author = S. Muhammad Hussain Nainar | 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 ([[Arabic language|Arabic]] inscription) the year 1124 AD (H. 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 Indo- Saracenic model has been built on the old foundations. The marker is preserved and incorporated into the floor of the new building, but the original date is no longer legible.<ref>Roland E. Miller. ''Mappila Muslim Culture: How a Historic Muslim Community in India Has Blended Tradition and Modernity''. State University of New York, Albany (2015)</ref> The presence of the plaque is also attested by William Logan, District Collector and Magistrate, Malabar District.

'''Madayi Mosque Inscription'''

<small>"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"<ref>SAKKEER HUSSIAN. E. M. Unpublished Research Thesis Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit (2016) [http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/162158]</ref></small>

At the rear of the mosque an old wall has been retained incorporating the original mark of the [[qibla]], while beside it stands the first pulpit ([[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>Roland E. Miller. ''Mappila Muslim Culture: How a Historic Muslim Community in India Has Blended Tradition and Modernity''. State University of New York, Albany (2015)</ref>

The graves of two saints said to have been companions of Malik ibn Dinar have been consigned to a rear room.<ref>Roland E. Miller. ''Mappila Muslim Culture: How a Historic Muslim Community in India Has Blended Tradition and Modernity''. State University of New York, Albany (2015)</ref> There were some big offerings for the Madayi Mosque from the sailors and travelers without the consideration of their religion.<ref>SAKKEER HUSSIAN. E. M. Unpublished Research Thesis 	Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit (2016) [http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/162158]</ref>

==Other names==
* Matayi Palli/Mosque
* Malik ibn Dinar Mosque, Madayi
* Pazhayangadi Mosque

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Mosques in India}}
{{Islam in Kerala}}

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[[Category:Mosques in Kerala]]
[[Category:12th-century mosques]]
[[Category:Religious buildings and structures completed in 1124]]
[[Category:Mosques completed in 2006]]
[[Category:Religious buildings and structures in Kannur district]]
[[Category:Hinduism and Islam]]

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