Bab Al Janae’iz (Funerals) Gate

Landmark Location: 
Present at 15.8 m south of Bab al-Rahma (in the east).

Landmark Location relative to Dome of the rock:
At the east northern corner.

Landmark History:
From its stone shape, it seem that there built after the Umayyad but before the Fatimids.

Reason of the name:
This Gate used to remove the funerals from Al-Aqsa Mosque to the cemetery of Mercy adjacent to the eastern wall of Al-Aqsa Mosque, closed by order of Sultan Salah al-Din after the liberation of Jerusalem in 583 AH – 1187, to protect the mosque and the city from any possible invasion.

Details of the shape:
-Small Gate simple shape height 2.35 m and width 1.7 m.
-It is said by the historian Mugir al-Din: “a nice Gate dead-end construction, which is opposite the stairs of the rock known Badr al-Buraq, said that this section is the Gate of Al-Buraq, from which the Prophet Mohammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) entered at Al-Esra’a night, was called the Gate of funerals because there get out of it old).
-This Gate seen from the cemetery of Bab al-Rahma and cannot be seen from inside the wall of Al-Aqsa Mosque where he was buried in the dirt that made to raise the level of the eastern part of the mosque (cultivated today With olives).
-Note: there is no truth to the existence of the funeral Gate at right outside of Alasbat Gate (behind the iron dams), But that arc is not in force since the wall behind it is built with huge old stones, No evidence for the Gate presence, as no one ever said.

An Overview of the Landmark:
It’s a closed Gate height 2.35 m and width 1.7 m, located at 15.8 m south of Bab al-Rahma (in the east), at the east northern corner.
There is no truth to the existence of the funeral Gate at right outside of Alasbat Gate (behind the iron dams), But that arc is not in force since the wall behind it is built with huge old stones, No evidence for the Gate presence, as no one ever said.

This Gate used to remove the funerals from Al-Aqsa Mosque to the cemetery of Mercy adjacent to the eastern wall of Al-Aqsa Mosque, closed by order of Sultan Salah al-Din after the liberation of Jerusalem in 583 AH – 1187, to protect the mosque and the city from any possible invasion.

It is said by the historian Mugir al-Din: “a nice Gate dead-end construction, which is opposite the stairs of the rock known Badr al-Buraq, said that this section is the Gate of Al-Buraq, from which the Prophet Mohammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) entered at Al-Esra’a night, was called the Gate of funerals because there get out of it old).

This Gate seen from the cemetery of Bab al-Rahma and cannot be seen from inside the wall of Al-Aqsa Mosque where he was buried in the dirt that made to raise the level of the eastern part of the mosque (cultivated today With olives).