A mosque/shrine located on the Haram Al-Sharif (The Noble Sanctuary) in the Old City of
Jerusalem and adjacent to the
Al-Aqsa Mosque and
Western Wall. Its significance stems from the Prophet Muhammad's night journey and ascension into heaven from the rock over which the Dome of Rock was built, commemorated in Surah 17 verse 1 of the Qur'an. A mosque was first built on the site by Umar Bin Al Khattab, the second caliph of Islam, in the year 638 CE, and another was built in its place in 691 CE. See
The Noble Sanctuary Online Guide.