Omar Prayer Hall

part of it was taken and turned into a clinic.

Built: 15 AH
Built by: Omar bin Al-Khattab
Place: Al-Aqsa Mosque

Location relative to Al-Aqsa

Located near the Southern Wall of Al-Aqsa Mosque, east of Al-Qibli Mosque.

Reason for the name

Named after the Caliph Omar bin AL-Khattab who built it when liberating Jerusalem.

Builder

Omar bin Al-Khattab.

History

Built in 15 A.H. when Omar bin Al-Khattab conquered Jerusalem. He ordered building a prayer hall for Muslims in Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Shape and details

A wooden rectangular building that can accommodate 1000 worshipper. In the middle of I is a mihrab that goes in line with As- Silsila Dome. This is an evidence that Omar bin Al-Khattab is the one who built it there.

Prayer Halls

Other landmarks in the same category

All (10)

The Prayer hall of Bab Al Rahma
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.
AlQibli Prayer Hall
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.
Dome of the Rock
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.
Women’s Mosque / Museum / Library
The prayer hall’s divisions
Mosque of Al Maghrba / Islamic Museum / Al Malekiya Mosque
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.
Al-Buraq Mosque
Reconstructed in its present form in the Mamluk period in 707 – 737 AH / 1307 -1336 AD.
The Marwani Prayer hall (Eastern Settlement)
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.
The Old Aqsa Mosque
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.

Location relative to Al-Aqsa

Reason for the name

Builder

History

Shape and details

The Prayer hall of Bab Al Rahma

AlQibli Prayer Hall

Dome of the Rock

Women’s Mosque / Museum / Library

Mosque of Al Maghrba / Islamic Museum / Al Malekiya Mosque

Al-Buraq Mosque

The Marwani Prayer hall (Eastern Settlement)

The Old Aqsa Mosque