Location relative to Al-Aqsa
At the south-west.
History
A very old gate may return in its origin to the Byzantines. *There is a view that says the gate is Umayyad origin in terms of the decoration of the gate adornment, which is similar to the decoration of Alrahma gate, Umayy construction.
Reason of the name: The gate of the Prophet: There is a belief that the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him entered the journey of Isra’a, Omar ibn al-Khattab may Allah be pleased with him had entered it to the yards of the mosque after the Omary conquest. *The southern side of the wall of Al-Aqsa Mosque under the minaret of the imam of Al-Qibli mosque completely, and away from the triple gate 30 m to the west.
The presence of Roman stones does not mean that the Roman gate in terms of the use of the builders of stone in Latin writing, but placed upside down, which indicates ignorance in a constructive Latin language or else they put it correctly.
*The gate used as an entrance to the Umayyad palaces that south of the blessed Al Aqsa Mosque to the yards of the mosque through a long corridor known today as the (old Aqsa).
*The biblical archaeologists claim that this section is one of the gates of the temple alleged to the name of their prophet Khalda, mentioned in their book “the Book of Kings”, this false claim not supported by any historical or archaeological facts.
In their confusion about the label claims Jewish archaeologist Meir Ben Dov that the name may derived of the mole, which digs under the ground and comes out of another area Muscat, that description on the gate, which its bath goes under Al-Aqsa Mosque to the squares.
The Gate through the Ages
Fatimid period
A military tower was built on the western entrance of the gate as a front line of defense (mostly in the Fatimid period in preparation for the Franco invasion); the eastern gate present outside the tower, now seen from the area of the ruins of the Umayyad palaces.
Crusader Time
The Crusaders used the tower and added for it.
Al-Ayyubi
Salah al-ddin turned it after liberation to a corner waqf for Jalal al-Din al-Shashi.
The Mameluke Period
This corner was known in the Mamluk era as alKhattaniya corner, after Sheikh Shams al-Din al-Khattani, who lived in it.
Present
The corner today occupies the library of the mosque (the library of Khutaniyah).
* Ibn Fadlullah al-‘Umari (746 AH) mentioned in his visit to al-Zawiya, the building of the tower on the gate did not prevent entry and exit from the south side of the mosque through a small gate in the corner.
The gate remained open until a scary on Al-Khatnia corner of the occupation of the Israeli, so the gate closed.