Urushalima — al-Quds a Larabci — ita ce birnin uku na tsarki a Musulunci, wanda ake girmamawa a matsayin wurin tafiyar Annabi Muhammad mai mu'ujiza na dare (Isra) da kuma Hawa (Mi'raj) da kuma a matsayin qiblar farko kafin a juya alkibla zuwa Makka. A cikin tsohon birnin mai katanga akwai Haram al-Sharif, wani fili mai faɗi wanda ke ɗaukar Ƙubbat al-Sakhra, wanda halifan Umayyawa Abd al-Malik ya kammala a shekara 691 CE a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin munanan gine-ginen Musulunci da suka tsira da wuri, da kuma masallacin al-Aqsa mai tarawa, wanda aka sake gina shi sau da yawa bayan girgizar ƙasa tun daga ƙarni na bakwai. Urushalima ya bunƙasa ƙarƙashin Umayyawa, Ayyubids — wanda Salah al-Din ya maido da mulkin Musulmi a ƙarƙashinsu a shekara 1187 — da Mamluks, waɗanda suka endow dozin madrasas a kusa da Haram. A yau birnin ya kasance wurin sallah na yau da kullun ga Musulmai, tare da sallolin Juma'a a al-Aqsa da ke jawo dubban dubbai, ko da yake hanyoyin zuwa da yanayin siyasa suna ci gaba da zama abin takaddama sosai.