List of mosques in Yemen

This is a list of mosques in the Republic of Yemen, in the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula.

Name Images Location Year/century Remarks
Aidrus Mosque City of Aden 1699 Named for Abu Bakr al-Aydarus, a Sufi mystic.
Al-Abbas Mosque Sana'a, Yemen. 1125 CE One of the early mosques of Islam.
Al-Asha'ir Mosque Zabid, Al-Hudaydah 628 One of the early mosques of Islam. Part of UNESCO's World Heritage Site of Zabid.
Al-Muhdhar Mosque Tarim, Hadhramaut 1914 With a height of approximately 53 m (174 ft), the minaret is the tallest mudbrick structure in the World.
Qubbat az-Zum Mosque Jiblah, Ibb 1515–1516 One of two prominent mosques in the historical town of Jibla.
Queen Arwa Mosque Jiblah 1111 Associated with Queen Arwa al-Sulayhi, and is one of the two iconic mosques of Jibla, Yemen.
Al-Hadi Mosque City of Sa'dah 897
Sufyan Mosque Lahij 1215 Dedicated to Sufyan ibn Abdullah al-Abini al-Yamani, a Muslim scholar who fought in the 1187 Battle of Hattin against the Crusaders in Jerusalem.
Alansar Mosque Sanaa ?
Al-Bakiriyya Mosque Sanaa 1596–1597 Part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Old City of Sana'a.
Abdulhadi as-Soudi Mosque Taiz 16th century Named for Abdul Hadi as-Soudi, a prominent poet and Muslim scholar involved in Sufism. Destroyed by Islamists in 2016, and currently still in ruins as of 2020.
Alemaan Mosque Sanaa ?
Al-Mahdi Mosque Sanaa 1651 Part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Old City of Sana'a.
Al-Saleh Mosque Sanaa 2008 The largest mosque in the country.
Al-Shohada' Mosque Sanaa ?
Al-Towheed Mosque Sanaa ?
Great Mosque of Sana'a Sanaa 7th-8th Century Part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Old City of Sana'a.
Hanthel Mosque Sanaa ?
Ashrafiya Mosque City of Ta'iz 1275
Al-Janad Mosque Taiz 7th-century
Mudhaffar Mosque Taiz 13th Century
Talha Mosque Sanaa 1620
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