Jerusalem (Al Quds) is Islam's third holiest city after Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia. Al-Ḥaram ash-Sharīf (, The Holy Sanctuary, that is originally part of the Jewish Temple Mount of Jerusalem is believed by Muslims to be the location from which Muhammad ascended to the Heavens. This widely accepted Islamic belief raises the religious and spiritual importance to them of the Dome of the Rock and the adjacent al-Aqsa Mosque. Only Muslims are allowed to pray on the Temple Mount which is managed day to day by Jordan's Islamic Waqf (), an administrative body taking responsibility for the conduct of Islamic affairs in the region of the Temple Mount.