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 under 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 Zawiya in (587 Ah / 1191 ad), and he entrusted it to Sheikh Jalal al-Din Ahmad 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 Supreme Islamic Council era, the remnants of dust and rubble that resulted from the reconstruction of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque were thrown into it, and it remained an abandoned ruin until (1999), where a center for memorizing the Holy Quran and a huge Islamic library were built and established. Like other structures, it has been affected by the ongoing Israeli excavations under the Al-Aqsa Mosque