It is located behind the mihrab of the tribal Chapel in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, directly on the west side, and has an entrance to the right of the pulpit, in addition to an entrance below the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque from the north side.

It is believed that its foundations date back to the Umayyad era, and that it took a corridor between the House of the Umayyad emirate and the blessed Al - Aqsa Mosque, where its southern border - currently-ends with a closed door. Sultan Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi made it a public corner ( H / m), and he entrusted it to Sheikh Jalal al-Din Ahmed bin Muhammad al-Shash to worship there, and give lessons in science, so it was also known as the Shash school .

Then he took over the sheikdom of Sharaf al-Din al-khatni (and it was said: Al-khatni) and attributed it to him. It was neglected in the late Ottoman period, and was used as a storehouse for saddles and cauldrons.

At the beginning of the reign of the Supreme Islamic Council, the remnants of dust and rubble that resulted from the reconstruction of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque were thrown into it, and Khirbet remained abandoned until a year (م), where a center for memorizing the Holy Quran and a huge Islamic library were built and established there. Like other structures, it has been affected by the ongoing Israeli excavations under the Al-Aqsa Mosque