What we know about Masjid Aksa
Quran para 17 ayat 1
Holy is He Who carried His bondman by night from the sacred Mosque to the Aqsa Mosque (Aqsa) around which We have put blessings that We might show him Our grand signs. No doubt, He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
Masjid Aksa is presently a 40 acre (approx) platform which is also known as Bait Ul Muqaddas. (Masjid Al Quddus by Arabs).
When Allah has blessed the place it becomes Haram sheriff.
It is the third holiset place on Earth after,
1) Kaabatullah also called Haram Sheriff .Mecca Mouizma
2) Masjid Nabawi S.A.W also called Haram Sheriff .Medina Munavara
3) Bait Ul Muqaddas also called Haram Sheriff .Palestine
In the centre of Bait Ul Muqaddas is QUBBAT AS SAKHRA, MAQAM A SAKHRA in urdu (Dome of the rock in english) which is a stone slab. ALLAH MADE THIS OUR QIBLA AWWAL.
MAQAAM A SAKHRA was the QIBLA of many PROPHETS including Hazrath Dawood Alhi was salaam, Hazrath Suleiman Alhi was salaam, Hazrath Moosa Alhi was salaam, Hazrath Ilyas alhi was salaam and Hazrath Ibrahim alhi was salaam to name a few.
Below MAQAAM A SAKHRA is a small cave where the Many Prophets of islam used to pray and rest.
Our Holy Prophet Huzoor Sallallahu Alhi Wa Salaam also prayed facing Maqaam a Sakhra and changed it to KAABATULLAH during prayers from Masjid Qiblatian. in MEDINA Munavara
In Isalmic history Hazrath Dawood alhi was salaam was the first Prophet to construct a Mosque at Bait Ul Muqaddas.



