The Sabeel/Sabil [The Drinking Water / Waterways / Ablution] in
the Masjid al-Aqsa
Sabeel is waterways were constructed in various public places,
neighborhoods, the corners of the mosque, tomb or near those places. It could
also be interpreted with drains and place for ablution.
Masjid Al-Aqsa has 8 Sabeels. A Sabeel is a public fountain donated for Charity [Sadqah Jariyah].
Located at the entrance …the grandest and largest Sabeel
designed and built by Egyptian craftsmen in Masjid Al-Aqsa is the Sabeel
Qaytbay - named after its donor
[May Allaah be pleased with him].
Al-Ashraf Qaitbay of Egypt in the year 887 AH / 1482 AD. It was renovated in the 1330 AH / 1912 AD during the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Majeed II.
The building is very high and beautiful. Made of colored stones in it. At the top there is a decorated dome. Some say, this is the only Sabeel in Palestine with this shape.
The Sabeel is entered through a round staircase resting on a stone mastaba. The structure stone courses were built with alternating red and yellow stones, known as ‘Ablaq’ in Arabic. A band of calligraphic inscriptions adorns the top of the structure, comprising Quranic verses inscribed in the Mamluk Naskhi calligraphy style.
The top of the Sabeel is distinguished by its
high stone dome, covered with outstanding Arabesque ornaments. The inside of
this beautiful Sabeel is just as intricately designed and decorated.
The Sabeel is located between Bab al-Qattanin [Gate of Cotton
Merchants) and Bab al-Muthaharah [Purification Gate).
O Allaah Kareem save our brothers in Gaza, O Allaah save our relatives in Palestine, O Allaah save the weak from the believers. O Allaah, strengthen your torture on the Zionists who go beyond the limits.
(Andrew
Shiva) credit Common Wikipedia photo credit
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