Hospices and corners played an important role in the Muslim community, and they represented one of the important pillars for the upbringing of the Muslim youth religiously and socially, and the people of hospice throughout Islamic history had rules, and the lofts had their role in preserving the two religious duties of prayer and jihad in the early days of Islam, and the corners and hospitables were devoted to the benefit of those who devoted themselves to knowledge and memorizers The book of God, and many of the sheikhs of these corners were martyred during their resistance to the Mongol, Tatar and Crusader invasions, and the Sufis had their formations and their role within the Ottoman army itself, as hospices and corners became among most of the mosques that were built, so they used to live in their hospitations and corners wherever the army settled.

And some attribute the origin of the word “hospice” to “reclining”, which is the same meaning in the Turkish language, which means “skin”, which was used by the Sufis in hospices, and they made it their slogan as a symbol of asceticism and austerity. As for the idea of hospice itself, it appeared among the Mamluks in Egypt and the Levant The hospice spread under the name of the "khanqah", which was established by the sultans and princes to care for students of knowledge and those who stopped worshiping, and to provide them with the means of living inside it, including food, accommodation, and others.

During the Ottoman era, the hospice was distinguished from the Mamluk khanaqs, with its prominent role in managing the affairs of students, the poor, and wayfarers, as a kind of social solidarity that Islam commanded and encouraged by the Messenger, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, as Islam left its clear mark on social and architectural life throughout the Islamic world.

The "Abouna Ibrahim" hospice or "Ibrahimi hospice" is considered one of the oldest hospices in Palestine. According to historians, the age of the hospice dates back to the year 1279, when it was established by Sultan Qalun al-Salihi during the time of Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi. And the people of Hebron say that the history of the hospice (corner) dates back to the era of the Prophet Ibrahim, peace be upon him.

Hazem Mujahid, the director of the hospice, “ Our Master Ibrahim ” in Hebron, told Al-Quds.com: “The hospice is considered a beacon of the beacons of Hebron and Palestine, a manifestation of civilization and a symbol of social solidarity in Hebron and the generosity of its people. A few meters away from the hospice, whose name has been associated with him throughout the ages, and he was described as “Abu Al-Dhifan.” Peace be upon him, he used to eat only with a guest.

Mujahid added: "The hospice turned into a house for the poor, passers-by, and strangers, and it took its headquarters in the year 1279, when Al-Nasir Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi laid the foundation stone for the Abrahamic hospice in the same place, from the time of our master Abraham until today, while he endowed it with funds and real estate, to provide it with money and supplies to preserve its permanence." Her giving and her work, as in the past, soup was served to the arrivals to the city and its people, and it was distributed over three times, at the beginning of the day, in the afternoon, and in the afternoon, while the drum beats when distributing the third time daily.

Mujahid explained that work in the hospice is throughout the year, and there is no day off, and there are ten employees affiliated with the Ministry of Islamic Endowments who are dedicated to cooking and providing daily meals to everyone who visits the hospice. Preparing and distributing meals early before the summer heat intensified and set in for those coming to benefit from the Tekia, which is vegetable and meat meals on Mondays and Thursdays of each week, and on the rest of the days Ibrahim’s soup is served to families.

He continued, saying: "The number of beneficiaries from the hospice throughout the holy month of Ramadan is about 4,000 citizens, and on normal days about 2,000, from the residents of the old town and from the governorate, and visitors from all over the world come to eat in the hospice."

Mujahid stressed that the hospice has nothing to do with the zakat money, and said that it is part of the donations made by the men of Hebron and its families, and that the majority of those who benefit and depend on the hospice are the poor and the needy, and their number usually increases in the month of Ramadan, and given its privacy and the increase in the needs of families, especially the needy among them, we multiply The quantities of meals consisting of meat, poultry, vegetables, and bread, in addition to "Jaresha" soup and bread.

And he indicated that the hospice prepares daily 4 thousand full meals during the holy month of Ramadan, all of which are distributed and the work continues as long as there are those in need, and Mujahid estimated its daily cost as ranging between 11 to 15 thousand dinars per day, and in normal days, except for Ramadan, the cost and the number is reduced to half.

He explained that these sums and needs for the hospice are covered by donors and benefactors, and those who visit the hospice from the Islamic world, and the men and families of Hebron, and there are people and citizens from Hebron who take days from the month of Ramadan. To 15 thousand dinars, and he brings meat, rice and all the needs for the Tekkeh for that day, indicating that the Islamic Waqf is responsible for it administratively, salaries and operating expenses.

The director of the Ibrahimi Hospice indicates that the number of families benefiting from hot meals during the current month of Ramadan increases, compared to other months of the year, due to the severity of the destitution that afflicts the residents of the Old City and other neighborhoods.

Mujahid adds: "The majority of poor families who live in the Old City and near the Ibrahimi Mosque eat their food throughout the month of Ramadan from the hospice, as well as in non-Ramadan, as it is for them a haven and a source that they cannot do without, and on the day of distributing the lamb meat we feel happy and pleased and we see the smile on the faces of the children who cannot afford it." They eat meat all year round, except in Ramadan, and from the Tekkeh only.”

Mujahid drew attention to the distinctive taste of the Takiyeh cookery in Hebron, especially the soup, and said that the flavor is different from any soup or food, and God blesses it and gives it from the blessing of the place and the owner of the place, the father of the prophets, our master Ibrahim, peace be upon him.

The word "hospice", which is of Turkish origin, means a free restaurant.

Muhammad Abu Saleh, who worked as a teacher at the Ibrahimi Al-Sharif Mosque and author of the book "Al-Khalil... an Islamic Arab" says that the Islamic state in different eras cared about the hospice, just as the Ayyubids took care of it, and increased its bounties and interest in it.

Abu Saleh adds that the Ibrahimi hospice was used to put soup in it for the arrivals to the city and its people, and during the Fatimid period, "the necessary funds and annual allocations were allocated for the continuation of the hospice work, so the kings, sultans, army leaders of the villages and the many properties endowed the Ibrahimi Mosque and the Ibrahimi Hospice," adding that this is financing The waqf comes from its various sources, from Egypt, the Levant, Transjordan, and all over Palestine.

Abu Saleh points out that the Ibrahimi hospice was mentioned by travelers and tourists who visited Hebron since ancient times, including Ibn al-Fadl al-Omari, who visited Hebron in the year 745 AH, and Ibn Battuta who visited it in the year 725 AH. On Friday, it contains peppered rice, pomegranate seeds, and lentils every day, and on holidays, fancy foods are made.”

The hospice received great attention from the Islamic State in its various historical eras, beginning with the second Islamic conquest at the hands of Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi, when the Sultan commissioned 10 families in the city of Hebron to serve the Ibrahimi Mosque, and ordered that barley be given to the horses of those families to keep them in permanent bond until the day The Resurrection, he also established the endowment of the Ibrahimi hospice, which used to feed the arrivals to it, and the meal consisted of flatbread and soup, as the hospice used to consume 14 thousand loaves of bread per day, and sometimes the number reached 15 thousand loaves. The hospice continued its work in providing food to the arrivals to the city in the wars of 1948 and 1967, as it embraced thousands of Palestinians displaced by the occupation of their lands.

Abu Saleh explains that the hospice at the time of the Nakba used to cook more than 24 pots of food daily to feed the homeless Palestinians, who found a safe place in Hebron.

He mentioned that about five pots, each with a capacity of about 200 kilograms of vegetables and meat, are cooked daily and distributed to the poor and needy, and more than two hundred kilograms of wheat are cooked every day, which is boiled and cooked in a special way, and there are hundreds of families who benefit from it daily.

One of the hospice’s facilities was a large kitchen for dishisha (wheat soup), in addition to a number of mills that grind wheat, as well as a number of ovens that made flatbread that was served to guests and the surrounding population, as these ovens produced about fifteen thousand days during the Ayyubid period. Loaf distributed free of charge. During the Fatimid era, many real estate, farms, bakeries, and mills were endowed in favor of the Takiyeh, and the endowment documents of the Takiyeh were preserved in a box that was hidden in the shrine of our master Joseph, peace be upon him, inside the Ibrahimi Mosque.