Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - an kama Damascus
da sojojin musulmi na Larabawa karkashin jagorancin Khalid ibn al-Walid a cikin 634. A shekara ta 661, Khalifanci na Musulunci ya kasance ƙarƙashin mulkin daular Umayyad, wanda ya zaɓi Damascus ya zama babban birnin gudanarwa na duniyar musulmi. Halifa na shida na Umayyad, al-Walid I (r. 705<unk>715), ya ba da izinin gina masallaci a wurin babban cocin Byzantine a cikin 706. Kafin wannan, Kiristocin yankin suna amfani da babban cocin, amma an gina dakin addu'a ("musalla") ga Musulmai a yankin kudu maso gabashin ginin. Al-Walid, wanda da kansa ya kula da aikin, ya rushe yawancin babban cocin, ciki har da "musalla". Ginin masallacin ya canza tsarin ginin gaba daya. Duk da yake cocin (da wuraren bautar da ke gabanta) suna da babban ginin da ke tsakiyar tsakiyar murabba'i mai kusurwa huɗu, an sanya dakin sallar masallacin a kan bangon kudu. Masanin ya sake yin amfani da ginshiƙai da arcades na coci, ya rushe su kuma ya sake sanya su a cikin sabon tsari. Farfesa Alain George ya sake nazarin gine-gine da zane na wannan masallaci na farko a shafin ta hanyar waƙoƙi uku da ba a fassara su ba da kuma kwatancin malaman tsakiyar zamanai. Sabuwar gidan ibada an yi niyyar zama babban masallacin jama'a ga 'yan Damascus kuma a matsayin haraji ga birnin. Dangane da zanga-zangar kirista a kan wannan matakin, al-Walid ya ba da umarnin a mayar da sauran majami'un da aka kwace a cikin birni ga Kiristoci a matsayin diyya. An kammala masallacin ne a shekara ta 715, jim kaɗan bayan mutuwar al-Walid, wanda magajinsa, Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik (r. 715 <unk> 717).