Local legend in Nablus claims that mosque was the site where Jacob's sons handed Jacob the blood-stained coat of their brother Joseph as evidence that his favorite son was dead.
纳布卢斯当地传说称，该清真寺的地点，正是雅各的儿子们将他们的兄弟约瑟血染的衣服交给雅各，作为他最喜欢的儿子死亡的证据的地点。