Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://repository.aaup.edu/jspui/handle/123456789/1075
Title: AL-AQSA MOSQUE FROM THE PERIOD OF THE ABBASID CALIPHATE TO THE CRUSADERS’ INVASION: ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTIVE STUDY
Authors: Gamal El-Farani, Abdelhamid$Other$Palestinian
Keywords: Al-Aqsa Mosque
The Abbasid
South Mosque
Rock
Ubaydia
Crusader Invasion
Issue Date: 2016
Publisher: Journal of the Arab American University
Citation: Volume 2, Issue 1
Abstract: This study focuses on the history of the most significant religious sites in Palestine under the Abbasid rule, namely in AL Aqsa Mosque. This study introduces a precise architectural and historical description of Al- Aqsa Mosque and also the reforms and changes made during the Abbasid , Ayyubid and Fatimid eras, especially after the consecutive earthquakes which hit Al- Aqsa Mosque. Precisely speaking, due to the destruction of Al-Aqsa by the earthquakes, the efforts of the Muslim rulers were exerted to rebuild the renovate the mosque and its precincts. This consolidation of efforts has stemmed from the religious and spiritual values ingrained in the heart and the belief of every Muslim towards Al-Aqsa. It is the third holiest site in Islam ( after Mecca and Medina). It is the first Muslim Qibla ( destination in prayers) .In this paper, the researcher urges the Muslim rulers to follow the suit of their Islamic predecessors.
URI: http://repository.aaup.edu/jspui/handle/123456789/1075
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