Was the name Al-Aqsa Mosque used for it before Islam?
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The questioner : The Al-Aqsa Mosque, Professor, was it called the Farthest Mosque before it was conquered? It was built long ago and its name was mosque, and I know that the mosques were named in Islam?
The Shaykh : No, it is not a condition.
The questioner : It is not a condition?
The Shaykh : No, no, did the prophets not have mosques?
The questioner : They had them and they called them churches.
The Shaykh : Yes, the word "church" is Christian.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Or the synagogue among the Jews.
The Shaykh : Yes, but.
The questioner : Did our master Moses have a mosque?
The Shaykh : You are talking about mosques! Mosques is the plural of mosque, and a mosque is: the place of prostration.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : The place of prostration existed in the previous laws.
The questioner : The previous laws.
The Shaykh : As for the naming, whether it is a church, or a synagogue, or otherwise, this is the terminology of the peoples who belong to Judaism or Christianity.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So what you mention does not contradict the fact that there were mosques there previously, before Muhammad (peace be upon him), and that the prophets had mosques.
The Shaykh : No, it is not a condition.
The questioner : It is not a condition?
The Shaykh : No, no, did the prophets not have mosques?
The questioner : They had them and they called them churches.
The Shaykh : Yes, the word "church" is Christian.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Or the synagogue among the Jews.
The Shaykh : Yes, but.
The questioner : Did our master Moses have a mosque?
The Shaykh : You are talking about mosques! Mosques is the plural of mosque, and a mosque is: the place of prostration.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : The place of prostration existed in the previous laws.
The questioner : The previous laws.
The Shaykh : As for the naming, whether it is a church, or a synagogue, or otherwise, this is the terminology of the peoples who belong to Judaism or Christianity.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So what you mention does not contradict the fact that there were mosques there previously, before Muhammad (peace be upon him), and that the prophets had mosques.
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