Al-Isra Incident and Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa

In this study, “Al-Isra Incident” telling Prophet Mohammad’s journey from Masjid al-Haram in Makkah to Masjid al-Aqsa in Jerusalem was studied with a methodological approach specific to historical studies and the Qur’an was used as the basic reference source. Besides, tafsir, hadith and Islamic history sources were also utilized. As a result, it was stated that al-Isra incident took place in absolute terms, but there were various accounts on when and where it happened. In addition, there was an agreement among Islamic scholars on the Masjid al-Haram was in Makkah but controversy on the location of Masjid al-Aqsa. On the basis of the terms, al-Masjid al- Haram and al-Masjid al-Aqsa have the same nature, the term al-Masjid al-Aqsa in the sources refer to Bayt al-Maqdis in Iliyā which was known by public while al-Masjid al-Aqsa mentioned in the Quran is Haram esh-Sharif (Temple Mount) district of Bayt al-Maqdis