https://www.englishbaby.com/blog/Leader_Letter Learn English at English, baby! We use fun American movies and music to teach you REAL English. You can also learn English using our Member Gallery, English Chat, and English Message Boards. And remember, have fun! en-us Tue, 28 Jun 2016 11:14:31 GMT Tue, 28 Jun 2016 11:14:31 GMT https://www.englishbaby.com/blog/Leader_Letter/rss englishbaby.com support@englishbaby.com support@englishbaby.com Tue, 28 Jun 2016 11:14:31 GMT razzaghi https://www.englishbaby.com/blog/Leader_Letter/view_entry/95893 <h2>Why we do not forget The Qods and the Al-Aqsa Mosque</h2><p><strong>Al-Aqsa Mosque</strong>, &ldquo;the Farthest Mosque",&nbsp;also known as Al-Aqsa and Bayt al-Muqaddas, is the third holiest site in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>. Whilst the entire site on which the silver-domed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosque" title="Mosque">mosque</a> sits, along with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dome_of_the_Rock" title="Dome of the Rock">Dome of the Rock</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gates_of_the_Temple_Mount" title="Gates of the Temple Mount">seventeen gates</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minarets_of_the_Temple_Mount" title="Minarets of the Temple Mount">four minarets</a>, was itself historically known as the Al-Aqsa Mosque, today a narrower definition prevails, and the wider compound is usually referred to asal-Haram ash-Sharif ("the Noble Sanctuary").</p> <p>Muslims believe that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad" title="Muhammad">Muhammad</a> was transported from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_al-Haram" title="Masjid al-Haram">Sacred Mosque</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecca" title="Mecca">Mecca</a> to al-Aqsa during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isra_and_Mi%27raj" title="Isra and Mi'raj">Night Journey</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadith" title="Hadith">Islamic tradition</a> holds that Muhammad led prayers towards this site until the seventeenth month after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijra_(Islam)" title="Hijra (Islam)">emigration</a>, when <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_in_Islam" title="God in Islam">God</a> directed him to turn towards the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaaba" title="Kaaba">Kaaba</a>.</p>