The mosque reconstructed during the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Aziz he reconstructed the central section and he opened a door overlooking the eastern side (the main museum door) and added two large windows also indicated the inscription above the door, used today as a showroom for purpose the Islamic Museum, contains ancient manuscripts, manuscripts, Ottoman weapons, and a lot of valuable ancient monuments, directed east facing the western wall of the mosque Al-Qibli.
It was attacked in 2004 by some Zionists and broke marble columns close to the Islamic Museum dates back to the early Islamic times, as is excavations carried out by the occupying entity at the bottom of the western side in Al-Buraq Square, influenced and in 2003 led to the collapse of its western wall.
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All (10)Reconstructed in its present form in the Mamluk period in 707 – 737 AH / 1307 -1336 AD.
Built as an architectural settlement of the original hill of Jerusalem, descending to the south, it is possible to build above the southern section closest to the Qibla on a flat floor and foundations solid rise to the northern section.
It is about 1.5 Acres, but the portion for prayer is small and cannot be expanded except for about five hundred worshipers, it is accessed via a stone staircase in front of an entrance Al-Qibli complex, part of the southern settlement erected above the ground the original slopes of Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Behind the prayer hall, a column reads how the funeral prayer is a reminder for the worshipers.
part of it was taken and turned into a clinic.
The prayer hall is used for prayer and du’aa ‘, and in the modern era it has a committee Islamic heritage and took the place of its advocacy activities inside Al-Aqsa Mosque a year ago 1992 until the occupation authorities dissolved the Commission in 2003, It was the seat of the Jerusalem Zakat Committee.
It is common that people consider Al-Qibli prayer hall as THE Aqsa Mosque, and this poses a great danger to Al-Aqsa Mosque and works to divide it.
Designed on precise and consistent geometric foundations that demonstrate the creativity of the mind Islamic engineering, Egypt’s abscess has been required for seven years to build this building, as most historians stated that the construction began in 66 AH / 685 AD and ended in 72 AH / 705 AD, the other part of the historians say that it began construction in 72 AH because of the occupation of the Calipha his war with Abdullah bin Zubair.
