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Among
the most important Companions were Jaafar bin Talib and Zeid ibn
Al – Harithah, leading military commanders who were martyred in
battle in south Jordan. Their tombs are at Maazar, Karak, near the
famous site of the Bayyle of Mu’tah between the Islamic and
Byzantine armies. Al
– Imam Zeid bin Ali bin Al-Hussein, the great, great grandson of
the Prophet Mohammad, was a righteous religious leader who died in
battle and is also buried in Karak.
Other
important 7th century battles took place in north
Jordan, at Yarmouk and Fahl (Pella), where there is another
cluster of shrine – tombs to Companions of the Prophets.
The most important is probably that of Abu ‘Ubaydah’
Amir ibn Al-Jarrah, one of the ‘Blessed Ten’ Companions who
commanded the victorious northern army but then died from the
great plague of 639 AD. His
tomb in the central Jordan Valley has been developed into a major
Islamic center with a mosque, library, cultural center.
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Also
in the central valley are the tombs of the
Companions Amir bin Abi Waqqas, Shuhabil bin
Husnah, Mu’ath bin Jabal, and Dirar bin Al-
Azwar, some of whom were leading military
commanders. The
Cave of the Seven Sleepers at Sahab, south Amman,
is mentioned in the Qur’an as the site of a
story like the Christian Sleepers of Ephesus about
pious youths who were persecuted for believing in
the One God, but were protected by God by sleeping
in a cave for over 300 years.
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Many
earlier Abrahamic prophets mentioned in the Bible and Qur’an are
also associated with the land of Jordan and their tombs are
destinations for many Muslims such prophets, messengers and holy
men include Sheeth (Seth, the son of Adam), Nuh (Noa), Lut (Lot),
Ibrahim (Abraham), Ilyas (Elija),
Musa (Moses) Shu’eib (Jethro), Harun (Aaron), Daoud (David),
Yahya (John the Baptist), ‘Isa (Jesus), and the Prophet Mohammad.
And ongoing project implemented by the Ministry of Tourism
and Antiquities, and a specially designated Royal Committee is
enhancing, developing and protecting the Islamic religious sites and making them more easily accessible to visitors.
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