Mohamed el-Hajj is a man of vision, the most grandiose of which came to fruition some thirty years ago, when he built seven mosques in his hometown on a shoestring budget. Six of the mosques were built at the top of Bani’s main hill. They are directed not toward Mecca, but instead face a larger mosque in the center. Erected in the early nineteen-eighties, the crumbling adobe mosques have prematurely weathered for lack of maintenance, making them look much older than they actually are. In a country with little or no heritage sites, the controversial mosques put the small town of Bani on the map.

The Mosque of the Pleasure is 14,5 meters long, 10 meters wide, and 5 meters high. The mosque has 12 pillars and an 11-meter-tall minaret. Except for three parts, the interior is almost entirely made out of columns. Weathered exterior facades still display their original form of southern entrances. Since this mosque is constructed of larger stone blocks than the others, there is no ornamentation.

Completely lost, the minaret’s location can only be inferred from the interior structure and not even from the exterior. From a distance, the walls appear to be made of durable stone; however, they are actually eroded, and the roof on the northern side is missing.