Masjid Al-Aqsa
As Salaamu Alaikum!
• Masjid Al Aqsa was the second Masjid on earth.
• It was built 40 years after the Ka'ba in Makkah.
• Most scholars are of the opinion that Masjid Al Aqsa was first built by
Prophet Adam A.S.
• Ibrahim A.S. rebuilt the Masjid Al Aqsa in Jerusalem as he and Ismail A.S. rebuilt the
Ka'ba in Makkah.
• Prophet Daud A.S. began the rebuilding of Masjid Al Aqsa.
• It was Prophet Sulayman A.S. who finally completed the building of Masjid Al
Aqsa.
• Masjid Al Aqsa built by Sulayman A.S. was destroyed in 587 BC by
Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon.
• The Jews call this same Masjid Al Aqsa built by Sulayman A.S. as their Temple.
• The Jews re-built their Temple on the same site in 167 BC but was
destroyed in 70 AD and Jews banished fromJerusalem.
• The site of Masjid Al Aqsa remained barren and was used as a rubbish tip for
nearly 600 years until the Great Khalifah Umar bin Khattab R.A. liberated Jerusalem in 637/8 AD.
• The Khalifah Umar bin Khattab R.A. began the foundation of Masjid Al Aqsa and
a timber Masjid was built.
• The Umayyad Khalifah, Abd' al Malik ibn Marwan in 691/2 [72/73 AH] began the
construction of, Dome of the Rock - today this is the Golden Domed Masjid.
• The al Buraq Wall or Western Wall where Prophet Muhammad SalAllahu Alyehe
Wasallam tied his animal the Buraq on the night journey of al Isra is what the
Jews call the wailing wall.
• To Muslims it is the land or the Haram Sharif area which is most Holy and
important.
• The Haram area of Al Aqsa has within it the Masjid Al Aqsa [Black Domed
Mosque] and Dome of the Rock [the Golden Domed Mosque].
• Israel occupied Masjid Al Aqsa in 1967.
• That, the fundamentalist Jews have made 100's of attempts to destroy Al Aqsa
since 1967 when they occupied it. A fire in 1967 started by their help
destroyed the 900 year old Mimbar installed by Slah ud Deen Ayubi, the Great
Muslim Hero.
• That, the fundamentalist want to blow up and destroy Masjidul Al Aqsa and
replace it with a Jewish Temple.
O Allah, please help the Muslims and preserve the Masjid Al Aqsa. Do not let
the Jews make it as their temple. O Allah, defeat the non muslims and give
success to the Muslims.. Aameen!
With Best Wishes
