Abu Ja’far ibn Jarir related in this year from the report of Saif ibn ‘Umr, and a summary of what he and others related is that Abu ‘Ubaida, when he had finished with Damascus, wrote to the people of Aelia [Jerusalem], calling them to Allah and to Islam, pay jizya, or suffer the consequences of battle. But they refused to agree to what he called them to, so he rode towards them with his soldiers. He appointed Sa’id ibn Zaid over Damascus, then besieged Jerusalem [Bait Al-maqdis] and assailed them until they agreed to a truce, but on the condition that the Leader of the Faithful ‘Umar ibn Al-Khattab would come to them. And so Abu ‘Ubaida wrote to 'Umar regarding this, and ‘Umar sought counsel from the people; ‘Uthman ibn ‘Affan advised for him not to ride towards them in order to make it more humiliating and subjugating for them, but ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib advised advancing towards them in order to make it less burdensome for the Muslims to besiege their city. And he liked what ‘Ali said but did not like what ‘Uthman said, and set out with the armies towards them, leaving ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib in charge over Medina. And Al-‘Abbas ibn ‘Abd Al-Muttalab set out at the vanguard, and when he arrived in Al-sham, Abu ‘Ubaida and the chief leaders received him, including Khalid ibn Al-Walid and Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan. And Abu ‘Ubaida dismounted, and ‘Umar dismounted, and Abu ‘Ubaida asked for ‘Umar’s hand to kiss, and ‘Umar was about to kiss the feet of Abu ‘Ubaida, but Abu ‘Ubaida stopped, so ‘Umar stopped, then continued on until he concluded the truce with the Christians of Bait Al-maqdis, stipulating that they expel the Romans within three days; then he entered it, entered the mosque, through the same door by which the Messenger of Allah (SAW) entered on the Night Journey [Israa]. It is said that he finished the task when he entered Bait Al-maqdis, prayed the ”mosque greeting” [tahiyyatul masjid] in the prayer niche of Dawud, then led the Muslims in the morning prayer the next day, reciting surah Saad in the first rak’a, doing the prostration together with the Muslims, then reciting surah Bani Isra’il in the second rak’a. Then he came to the Stone [Al-Sakhrah, the Foundation Stone] and ascertained its location from Ka’b Al-Ahbar, and Ka’b indicated that the mosque should be behind him. And he said: “You’ve done it like they do in Judaism.” Then he made the mosque on the side of Bait Al-maqdis towards the Qiblah, and this is the Mosque of ‘Umar nowadays. Then he dusted off the Stone using the edge of his robe and cloak, and the Muslims did the same together with him. The people of Jordan were made to do the rest of it - the Romans had made the Stone into a dump since it was the Qiblah of the Jews [i.e. the temple], to the point that women would even send their menstrual rags that they had put aside at home to be tossed onto the Stone, this being retribution for what the Jews had done with their garbage; this was also the place where the Jews used to crucify those destined for crucifixion, upon whose tombs they threw garbage. That is why this location was called the garbage dump [al-qumama], and the name was applied to the church that the Christians built there.