Virtues of Al-Aqsa Mosque

A blessed land

Glory to Him who journeyed His servant by night, from the Sacred Mosque, to the Farthest Mosque, whose precincts We have blessed, in order to show him of Our wonders. He is the All Listener, the All Beholder.” (Meaning of the Noble Qur’an 17:1)

The second Masjid to be built on the face of the earth:

Abu Dharr said that he asked God’s Messenger which mosque was set up first in the earth and was told that it was the sacred mosque. He asked which came next and was told that it was the Aqsa mosque. He asked how long a space of time separated their building and the Prophet told him it was forty years, adding, “Then the earth is a mosque for you, so pray wherever you are at the time of prayer.”

Narrated by Albukhari.

The first Qibla for Muslims

It was narrated that Al-Bara' said:

"We prayed toward Bait Al-Maqdis (Jerusalem) with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)[1] for sixteen or seventeen months - Safwan was not sure - then it was changed to the Qiblah."

Narrated by Muslim

A travel destination  for Muslims

Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported God’s Messenger as saying, “Animals are saddled only for prayer in the three mosques: the sacred mosque, the Aqsa mosque, and this mosque of mine.”* * These are the only mosques to which long journeys may be made purely for the purpose of praying in them. The sacred mosque means the Ka'ba.

Narrated by AlBukhari

The destination of Al-Israa (The Night Journey) of the Prophet (ﷺ)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "When the Quraish disbelieved me (concerning my night journey), I stood up in Al- Hijr (the unroofed portion of the Ka`ba) and Allah displayed Bait-ul-Maqdis before me, and I started to inform them (Quraish) about its signs while looking at it."

Narrated by AlBukhari

Praying therein washes away the sins

"When Sulaiman bin Dawud finished building Bait Al-Maqdis, he asked Allah for three things: Judgement that was in harmony with His judgement, and he was given that. And he asked Allah for a dominion that no one after him would have, and he was given that. And when he finished building the Masjid he asked Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, that no one should come to it, intending only to pray there, but he would emerge free of sin as the day his mother bore him."

Narrated by Alnassa’i

The burial Place of Prophet Moses

"The angel of death was sent to Musa. Peace be upon him, he (Musa) asked his Lord to bring him within a stone's throw of the Holy Land, the distance of a stone's throw. The Messenger of Allah said: 'If I where there, I would show you his grave, beside the road beneath a red dune."'

Narrated by AlBukhari

Conquering it is a sign of the Day of Judgement

I went to the Prophet (ﷺ) during the Ghazwa of Tabuk while he was sitting in a leather tent. He said, "Count six signs that indicate the approach of the Hour: my death, the conquest of Jerusalem, a plague that will afflict you (and kill you in great numbers) as the plague that afflicts sheep, the increase of wealth to such an extent that even if one is given one hundred Dinars, he will not be satisfied; then an affliction which no Arab house will escape, and then a truce between you and Bani Al-Asfar (i.e. the Byzantines) who will betray you and attack you under eighty flags. Under each flag will be twelve thousand soldiers.

Narrated by AlBukhari

The sun was held in the sky for its conquest

the Prophet (ﷺ) said that the sun was never held in the sky for any man except for Youshaa ibn Noon when conqured Bait AL- Maqdis

Narrated by Ahmad

The antichrist can not enter it

the Prophet (ﷺ) said “ Be ware of the antichrist. His power rules everywhere, but four mosques: The Sacred Mosque, The Madina Mosque, the Aqsa Mosque, and Altoor.”

Narrated by Ahmad

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[1] When writing the name of the Prophet Muhammad, Muslims often follow his name with the Islamic honorific, which means: may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him.