Jerusalem, Palestine
Coordinates: 31.778887, 35.236799
Imam al-Ghazali is arguably the most influential scholar in Islamic History.
There are 457 works that are attributed to his pen but his magnum opus is the Ihya ‘Ulum al-Din (‘The Revival of Religious Sciences’), one of the most widely-read books in Islam.
Al-Ghazali is also known for his Al- Risalah al-Maqdisiyah (‘The Jerusalem Epistle’), which he wrote in Jerusalem, a city with which he had a profound connection.
It was in Jerusalem that al-Ghazali undertook his famed khalwah seclusion and where he had the most fruitful period of his life, writing and teaching in the Holy al-Aqsa Mosque.
This structure on the eastern wall of Holy al-Aqsa Mosque is said to be the place where he stayed and taught.
The whole structure is also knows as Bab al-Rahmah. It is the other side of the Golden Gate.
