Is the Dome of the Rock located in Bayt al-Maqdis part of the mosque?

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : May Allah forgive you, I... who said to his shaykh, "Why won't he ever succeed?"

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : So you ask me why? Because it contains the Rock, and this image represents that the Rock is sacred in the eyes of the Muslim masses.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : It has no basis in the Sunnah whatsoever; it is merely a rock among rocks, so it has no sanctity.

The questioner : It has become a mosque now.

The Shaykh : This is a dome above the Rock.

The questioner : ...this is the mosque, I mean.

The Shaykh : I do not think so.

The questioner : No, I prayed in it; this is the mosque, I prayed in it.

The Shaykh : And what is this mosque?

The questioner : It is built upon the Rock, and 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan built it.

The Shaykh : Do you not know how many Arab states collapsed in spending to renovate it when the Jews struck it? Did you not hear the news of that?

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : That confirms to you that the Arab states are seeking to please the masses, even if they are in manifest error.