The madrasa was built on two stories on the western side of the Al-Haram Al-Sharif, facing towards the Dome of the Rock. The facade of the building is 25 meters wide and projects in front of the long arcade which runs along the western boundary of the Haram al-Sharif, which would have made the madrasa very prominent, a feature likely owed to its royal patronage. The madrasa is bounded on the north side by the 15th-century Uthmaniyya Madrasa, while to the south rises the minaret of Bab al-Silsila.