Al-Aqsa Mosque Clarifications for Misconceptions

موضوع: Al-Aqsa Mosque Clarifications for Misconceptions 2010-03-15, 18:08

Al-Aqsa
Mosque

Clarifications
for Misconceptions

BY:
Sisters for Al-Aqsa

Al-Aqsa Mosque Clarifications for Misconceptions Aqsa1_eng

Al-Aqsa Mosque and NOT the
Temple:
Al-Aqsa Mosque is the name for the
walled 144,000 square meters area in the southeastern part of the
walled Old Jerusalem. According to Prophet Mohammad’s sayings,
Allah, the Almighty, chose it to be His second place for worship;
the first being the Scared Mosque in Mecca. Built by Adam forty
years after the Scared Mosque, restored by Solomon, and visited by
many other prophets of Allah, including their last, Mohammad, -peace
be upon all-, Al-Aqsa Mosque has always been a representation of one
and the same belief in the “oneness of Allah” (the main
principle in Islam) that was preached by these prophets over
generations. None of them,
including Abraham, Jacob, Moses, and Jesus, considered Al- Aqsa
Mosque as a “temple”. However, some of their proclaimed
followers, who had chosen not to believe in some of these brother
prophets, specially in Mohammad, call it a “temple”, denying
Islam’s old established link to it. Zionists and Crusaders, after
capturing the Holy Land from Muslims, have been seeking to destroy
this very place of worship in order to build instead that legendry
structure they attribute to Solomon –peace be upon him-. But
Solomon was just another prophet of Islam, and therefore, he could
not have the authority to build a structure for the worship of any
other god but Allah. In fact, only true believers in One Allah, and
in all His prophets can recognize the holy status of Al-Aqsa Mosque,
and, so, should always defended it as a heritage of all prophets.

Al-Aqsa Mosque Clarifications for Misconceptions Aqsa2

Al-Aqsa Mosque Clarifications for Misconceptions Aqsa2

Al-Aqsa Mosque and NOT the Noble
Sanctuary Nor the Third Haram
This is because Al-Aqsa Mosque
is not a sanctuary. In Islam, there are only two sanctuaries of
Mecca and Medina. No other place has the designation of
“sanctuary”, which carries special juristic injunctions ordained
by Allah, such as the prohibition of killing wild game. However,
denying Al-Aqsa Mosque the status of a “sanctuary”, we are not
belittling its significance. It has many virtues established in the
Quran and Sunnah, foremost among which is the Barakah (blessing).
Allah said: “Glory be to Him (Allah) who did take His Servant
(Mohammad) for a journey by night from Al Masjid Al Haram (the
Sacred Mosque in Mecca) to Al Masjid Al-Aqsa (Al-Aqsa Mosque in
Jerusalem) whose precincts We did bless”. It is also the first of
the two Qiblahs (the direction of prayer), the second mosque on
earth after Kaabah, and the third holiest mosque to which Muslims
are encouraged to travel. In fact, the use of the inaccurate name,
Haram, coupled with the use of another inaccurate reference to the
southern congregational prayer hall of Al-Aqsa Mosque (Al-Qibly Prayer Hall) as
“Al-Aqsa”, may further Jewish
claims for other parts of this holy compound. Occupation authorities
in Jerusalem are currently trying to limit Muslim rights to that building, claiming that other buildings and courts are not parts of
Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Al-Aqsa Mosque Clarifications for Misconceptions Buraq

Al-Aqsa Mosque Clarifications for Misconceptions Buraq

Al-Buraq Wall and NOT the Wailing Wall
Al-Buraq Wall is the part of
the western wall of Al-Aqsa Mosque where Prophet Mohammed -peace be
upon him- tied his winged steed, Al-Buraq, during his night journey
to Al-Aqsa. It is located near the Magharba Gate of Al-Aqsa Mosque.
However, Jews and some Christians, while falsely claiming that it is
part of their so called “Temple”, have made a ritual of standing
in front of it, and wailing over the power they say was lost to
Muslims. Despite the lack of a shred of proof to support these
claims, they have turned it into a Jewish shrine since occupation in
1967, and have been conducting so-called archeological excavations
beneath it as well as other walls of Al-Aqsa Mosque, in preparation
for laying hands over the whole Mosque.

Al-Aqsa Mosque Clarifications for Misconceptions Qibly4_p450

Al-Aqsa Mosque Clarifications for Misconceptions Qibly4_p450

Al-Qibly Prayer hall is
just PART of Al-Aqsa Mosque
Many
Muslims are used to associating the name “Al-Aqsa Mosque” to the
building with the grey dome, located in the southern part of Al-Aqsa
Mosque compound. However, the correct name for that building is
Al-Qibly Prayer hall, as it is located nearer to the Qiblah. In
fact, this is a most significant part, but not the whole, of Al-Aqsa
Mosque compound, which spans 144,000 square meters. In addition to
this building, Al-Aqsa compound includes several other buildings and
monuments, such as the Dome of the Rock located at its centre, as
well as open courts; all that are surrounded by the wall located in
the South East corner of the walled city of Jerusalem.

Al-Aqsa Mosque Clarifications for Misconceptions Marwani5

Al-Aqsa Mosque Clarifications for Misconceptions Marwani5

Marwani Prayer hall and NOT
Solomon’s Stables
Jews, as well as Crusaders who
used it as a stable for horses, name the vast area that lies just
below the paved courtyard in the southeast part of Al-Aqsa Mosque
“Solomon’s stables”. They try to lead people into believing
that the structure is part of the so-called “temple” they
attribute to Solomon -peace be upon him, allegedly supporting their
false claims. (The fact is that Solomon -peace be upon him- was one
of the prophets of Islam). In reality, archeologists have
established that this part of Al-Aqsa Mosque, which had long been
known as the Eastern Basement, was built by the Umayyads, as they
were restoring Al-Aqsa Mosque, leveling its sloppy terrain, and
constructing some of its main buildings such as Al-Qibly Prayer
hall. In recent years, Muslims managed to open that basement for
prayers, and it came to be known as the Marwani Prayer hall.

Al-Aqsa Mosque Clarifications for Misconceptions Kurd450p

Al-Aqsa Mosque Clarifications for Misconceptions Kurd450p

Ribat Al-Kurd and NOT the
Little Wailing Wall
The wall of Ribat Al-Kurd is
another part of the western wall of Al-Aqsa Mosque, just as the
famous Buraq wall. It is located at the Iron Gate of Al-Aqsa Mosque,
and the “ribat” itself was used as a school to house military
volunteers, called the murabitun. Following 1967’s occupation of
East Jerusalem, Zionists occupied the whole area of Ribat Al-Kurd,
and called it “the Little Wailing Wall”, as part of their claims
for Al-Aqsa Mosque. Later they turned it into a religious school and
a synagogue, while Jewish organizations had been encouraging visits
to this site especially during Jewish holidays, in order to
establish their claims to it, just
as they did with the Buraq wall. In
1971, Ribat Al-Kurd partially collapsed, due to the excavations
carried by occupation authorities underneath it. Following the
collapse, the old city of Jerusalem and its walls were declared a
UNISCO world heritage site, but occupation authorities still
endanger this and other parts of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Al-Aqsa Mosque Clarifications for Misconceptions MainDomeAtAqsa

Al-Aqsa Mosque Clarifications for Misconceptions MainDomeAtAqsa

Dome of the Rock and NOT
the Holy of Holies
The term “Holy of Holies”
is used by Jews and some Christians to refer to the most sacred part
of their claimed “Jerusalem Temple”, which they assume is
located under the Dome of the Rock (which lies at the center of
Al-Aqsa Mosque). In fact, the Rock, itself, was the Qiblah of the
prophets of the Children of Israel -peace be upon them-, and was
also the first Qiblah of Prophet Mohammad -peace be upon him- for
nearly 14 years. Moreover, it is presumed that this last prophet
ascended into heaven from it. However, it is just another part of
the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque; being the top part of the Moriah Mount
(where Al-Aqsa Mosque lies) and its significance shouldn’t be
exaggerated.

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