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 Sacrifice of the Sacrifice is 7×9.5 meters and 5 meters tall. The minaret rises 10 meters. It is located at the top of the cliff, and during the rainy season, a water reservoir in Bani’s surface reflects the mosque. The roof of the mosque’s minaret is broken and almost half of it has collapsed, but it still serves its purpose in part, which accounts for the interior’s good preservation. Some wooden poles are still lodged in the joints of the stones. The vaults and columns are in good shape.