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Title: Who built Masjide Aqsa and when
Post by: Sardar Miyan on April 30, 2017, 01:00:56 AM

Can some body in our Forum tell me as to who built Masjid Aqsa and when. Thanks

Title: Re: Who built Masjide Aqsa and when
Post by: Wakas on May 03, 2017, 04:27:01 AM

According to traditional Muslim history: it was built by Umar the second caliph, then rebuilt and expanded by the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik and finished by his son al-Walid in 705 CE. It was originally a garbage dump, meaning such a building did not exist when 17:1 was revealed.

Title: Re: Who built Masjide Aqsa and when
Post by: Sardar Miyan on May 04, 2017, 09:20:57 AM

How could all Nabi & Rasool pray there when the Masjid was not there ?

Title: Re: Who built Masjide Aqsa and when
Post by: Wakas on May 07, 2017, 07:40:10 PM

A common explanation given by Traditional Muslims is that since the whole earth is a masjid an actual building is not needed, i.e. it refers to the site not a building.

I mention this in my article (http://mypercept.co.uk/articles/meaning-masjid-al-haram-Quran.html), amongst other problems.