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Masjid Al Aqsa

Masjid Al Aqsa. BY Abdulla Saad Moaswes & Homam Zituni. The Construction of Masjid Al Aqsa.

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Masjid Al Aqsa

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  1. Masjid Al Aqsa BY Abdulla SaadMoaswes & HomamZituni

  2. The Construction of Masjid Al Aqsa • Masjid Al-Aqsa was originally a small prayer house built by the Rashidun caliph Umar, but was rebuilt and expanded by the Ummayad caliph Abd Al-Malik and finished by his son al-Walid in 705 CE. • After an earthquake in 746, the mosque was completely destroyed and rebuilt by the Abbasid caliph al-Mansur in 754, and again rebuilt by his successor al-Mahdi in 780 • Another earthquake destroyed most of al-Aqsa in 1033, but two years later the Fatimad caliph Ali al-Zahir built another mosque which has stood to the present-day.

  3. Masjid Al Aqsa during the Crusades • When the Crusaders captured Jerusalem in 1099, they used the mosque as a palace and church; they named it “The Temple of Solomon”. • 70, 000 Jews and Muslims were slaughtered at Masjid Al-Aqsa • On July 4, 1187, Salah Al-Din defeated the Crusaders at the Horns of Hittin in the Galilee and restored its function as a mosque.

  4. The Architectural Features of Masjid Al-Aqsa • The dome of the al-Aqsa Mosque, unlike the Dome of the Rock which reflects classical Byzantine architecture, is strictly early Islamic Architecture. • Nothing remains of the original dome built by Abd al-Malik. The present-day dome was built by az-Zahir and consists of wood plated with lead enamelwork • The mosque has four minarets on the southern, northern and western sides. • The first minaret, known as al-Fakhariyya Minaret, was built in 1278 on the southwestern corner of the mosque, on the orders of the sultan Lajin. • The second, known as the Ghawanima minaret, was built at the northwestern corner of the Temple Mount in 1297-98 by QadiSharaf al-Din al-Khalili, also on the orders of the Sultan Lajin. • In 1329, the governor of Syria ordered the construction of a third minaret called the Bab al-Silsila Minaret located on the western border. That is where the adhan is heard from. • The last minaret was built in 1367, and is known as Minarat al-Asbat. It is composed of a cylindrical stone shaft, which springs up from a rectangular base on top of a triangular transition zone. Minaret al-Asbat.

  5. Islamic Significance of Masjid Al-Aqsa • Masjid Al-Aqsa is known to be the second house of prayer constructed after the Masjid Al-Haram in Mecca. • Muslims turned towards al-Aqsa when they prayed for a period of sixteen or seventeen months after Hijra, untill the Qibla was changed to the Ka’bah. • Masjid Al-Aqsa is now known as the third holiest site in Islam after Masjid Al-Haram and Masjid Al-Nabawi in Medina. • The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) flew on Al-Buraq from Masjid Al-Haram to Masjid Al Aqsa, then to the heavens where Allah told him to tell muslims to pray 5 times a day.

  6. Dome of the Rock (Qubat Al Sakhrah) • Many muslims think that Masjid Al Aqsa is Qubat Al Sakhrah. This is not right, as the image shows. • Qubat Al Sakhrah was built byYazidIbn Salam from Jerusalem and Raja IbnHaywaya from Baysan under orders from Abd Al MalikIbnMarwan. • It was meant to be a wonder of the world.

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