It was Umar ibn al-Khattab (May Allah be pleased with him), the second Caliph of Islam, that allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem after he conquered the city in 638 CE.

Before this, Jews had been kicked out & banned from Jerusalem by the Byzantines (Eastern Roman Empire).… https://t.co/BdQfjaUJ5v pic.twitter.com/wuKXyv5IiN

— Akbar Zab (@ZabAkbar) July 16, 2024

It was actually a trash dump when Muslims under Caliph Omar freed it from Roman rules. And he brought along with him Rabbis to identify the site and clean it and make it a holy site. And he allowed Jews back to Jerusalem after they were exiled for five centuries. And he allowed… pic.twitter.com/O9cESRjBaT

— Saifedean Ammous (@saifedean) July 2, 2024