Others said that it was named according to the hadiths that mentioned the virtue of the Rock in Jerusalem; that it is the land of the oppressed and the messenger that the souls of the worshipers are gathered at Doomsday. It’s right in the middle of Al-Aqsa Mosque, in front of the Dome of the Rock. It was built in the Ottoman era, specifically in the16th century, that is the 10th Hijri century.
It’s open-sided, consisting of eight marble columns on which to base eight pointed contracts, above which a large dome, and at the bases of the columns one stone barrier, and ends in the shape of a niche in the direction of Qibla. Some Orientalists and Jews claim that the Rock is the site of the alleged Holy Solomon’s Temple.