The designation of the oldest mosque in the world requires careful use  of definitions, and must be divided into two parts, the oldest in the  sense of oldest surviving building, and the oldest in the sense of  oldest mosque congregation. Even here, there is the distinction between  old mosque buildings that have been in continuous use as mosques, and  those that have been converted to other purposes; and between buildings  that have been in continuous use as mosques and those that were  shuttered for many decades. In terms of congregations, they are  distinguished between early established congregations that have been in  continuous existence, and early congregations that ceased to exist 
(wikipedia).
1. Quba Mosque, Saudi Arabia ( First Built: 622 )
2. Al-Masjid al-Nabawi, Saudi Arabia ( First Built: 622 )
3. Masjid al-Qiblatain, Saudi Arabia ( First Built: 623 )
4. Jawatha Mosque, Saudi Arabia ( First Built: 629 )
5. Masjid al-Haram, Saudi Arabia ( First Built: 638 )
6. Great Mosque of Kufa, Iraq ( First Built: 639 )
7. Mosque of Uqba, Tunisia ( First Built: 670 )
8. Imam Hussain Mosque, Iraq ( First Built: 680 )
9. Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem ( First Built: 705 )
10. Al-Zaytuna Mosque, Tunisia ( First Built: 709 )
 
 
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