The definition of a large mosque

Question

The large mosque (masjid kabir), which measures forty cubits (dhira‘) — is what is meant here “the breadth of a quarter” (‘arz rub‘) (?), i.e. forty cubits in total, or the length and the breadth?

Answer

Forty cubits in length and forty cubits in breadth; according to one opinion, sixty cubits.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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