Jerusalem is a destination for Sufis and worshippers, and a beacon for scholars and learners. This is the state of the Holy City, during the years extending from the Islamic conquest of the city, until its fall at the hands of the British occupation. 

Mother of Jerusalem, and thousands of Companions, may God be pleased with them, followers, scholars, and others lived in it, and in its hills and valleys, so the city and its surroundings were a cultural, religious and spiritual center. 

The worshipers and hermits who resided in Jerusalem were keen to live, practice, and seclude themselves in the areas closest to the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque. 

One of those areas is the town of Al-Tur, located on the Mount of Olives, adjacent to the eastern wall of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque. 

It was in that town that the Sufi Rabaa al-Adawiya retreated for several years, as indicated by many historical sources, and in that cave in which she retreated, the Ottomans built a mosque and a shrine, which is still standing tall.