The Tombs of the Righteous

obmar · The Tombs of the Righteous

Here lies the beloved Prophet
in Masjid Nabawi in Madinah.

Beside him was Abu Bakar
and Umar

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John The Baptist
oe Nabi Yahya allaihissalam as the muslims refer to him
in the Umaiyad Mosque in Damascus

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Joseph's Tomb is a shrine near the city of Nablus in the West Bank. It is traditionally considered by some religious branches to be the burial place of the Biblical patriarch Joseph, and is located in the Samaritan city of Shechem; others consider Joseph to have been buried next to the Cave of the Patriarchs, where a mediaeval structure known as the kalah (castle) is now located[1].

Some archaeologists believe that the site in Nablus is a few centuries old and could contain the remains of a Muslim sheikh named Yusef Al-Dwaik[2]. According to Jewish texts, Joseph's body was taken from Egypt during the Exodus and later reinterred in Shechem [3] in the specific spot purchased legally by Jacob.[4]

According to tradition, Joseph's sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, are also buried at the site.

THE TOMB OF JOSEPH

And see what happens to it?

The yeshiva and vandalism of the tomb
Israel first gained control of the tomb in 1967, following the Six-Day War and a small settlement grew inside the site compound.[citation needed]

In the mid-1980s a Jewish yeshiva, Od Yosef Chai, was built at the site along with an Israeli Defence Forces military outpost.

In 1995, the settlement was transferred to Palestinian National Authority jurisdiction,[citation needed] however Israeli troops continued to control the site to ensure free access to students and pilgrims in accordance with the Oslo accords.[5] During the Western Wall Tunnel riots in 1996, the tomb was attacked and six Israeli soldiers were killed.

Near the start of the Al-Aqsa Intifada in October 2000, the shrine became a target of armed militant demonstrators. Seventeen Palestinians and one Israeli soldier were killed in fighting around the tomb.[6] On October 7, 2000 the Israeli army withdrew from the site leaving it in the hands of the Palestinians.[7] Soon afterward, the holy tomb and army post were ransacked (the outpost and yeshiva were destroyed in this deliberate attack on a site sacred to both Christians and Jews); the Palestinian police allegedly allowed the ransacking to go ahead without intervention.[8]

Nablus mayor Ghassan Shakaa promised to repair the site to its pre-1967 state[citation needed], and repairs were carried out; however, workers painted the exterior of the shrine's dome green (the color of Islam), fuelling speculation that the Palestinians intended to build a mosque on the site. After some world outcry, the dome was repainted a neutral color.[citation needed]

Since 2000, Israelis are no longer allowed to visit the site, although some pilgrims are at times allowed to enter under armed escort. Despite the ban some Breslov hasidim still visit the site under the cover of darkness evading army and police checkpoints. There had been an incident where some of these pilgrims were attacked and wounded.[1] With this ban and the fears that Palestinian authorities are not sufficiently protecting Jewish and Christian religious sites[5] the shrine has become the source of ongoing frustration and anger amongst Jews.

On February 23, 2003 the carved stone covering the grave was destroyed.[9]

On May, 2007, the Breslov hasidim visited the site for the first time in two years. In 2007, it was discovered that the tomb had been vandalized, and filled with burning garbage[10].In February 2008, vandals set burning tires inside the tomb.[11] As a response, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas declared the tomb a Muslim holy site, and downplayed reports of joint Israeli-Palestinian cooperation on restoring the tomb.[12]

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God of mankind, the only one God
says Be and It is....

Muslim cleric claims Moses' tomb is in India
July 26, 1997
Web posted at: 3:47 p.m. EDT (1947 GMT)
SRINAGAR, India (CNN) -- High in the war-torn mountains of Kashmir, a Muslim cleric watches over what he believes is the tomb of the prophet Moses. He says he has tended to the tomb since he was a boy, a tradition that dates back in his family for generations.

For Bashir Ahmad Reshi, he's never had any doubt that this is the final resting place of the man who led the Israelites out of Egypt and passed on the Ten Commandments from God.

"Around six hundred years back, history says that the great Kashmiri saint Hazrat Makhdoom visited this place along with his close disciple Baba Dawood Khaki," Reshi said.

"On reaching Bandipore, then called Bethpoer, he said, 'I find smell of the presence of some prophet nearby.' Then he climbed to this village, reached near this nallah (drain) and told Khaki, 'Yes, it has to be somewhere here.'"

Known locally as Nebu Ball, the tomb is located on a mountaintop in a sensitive border area about 34 miles (54 km) from the Kashmir capital Srinagar.

Moses is a key figure from the Old Testament who is revered among Christians, Jews and Muslims as prophet and messenger from God.

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"Get thee up into this Mountain Abarim, unto Mount Nebo... and die in the mount whether thou goest up ... yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give to the Children of Israel" (Deut., 32 : 49-52).
"And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people" (Nu., 27 : 13).

"So Moses the servant of the Lord died there ... buried him in a valley in the land ... " (Deut., 34 : 5-6).

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Moses died very far away, also in the land of the Muslims.

that is God's way of saying,
Truth is with the muslims.

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http://www.jesus-kashmir-tomb.com/MosesGrave.html

"And Moses said unto them, I am 120 years old this day; I
can no more come in and go out, so the Lord has said I
shall not go over this Jordon." Moses died in Moab, and was
buried in the valley opposite Beth Peor." Deu.31;2.

The words Beth (river)Peor (gap or opening) become
Bandipore in Kashmir (there are over 300 place names
identical between Kashmir and the Holy Land). Moses'
grave is in Bandipore, on a hillside between two mountains
and through the gap the Jhelum River passes through. One
can sit on the edge of the grave and gaze down at the river
far below. To enter this remote place involved leaving the
vehicle in the valley next to the river, crossing a wooden
bridge at the lower levels, then climb into the forest high
above. Here is a large opening (oriented east to west)
surrounded by rocks, monkeys scamper about as
guardians. One rock slab is planted deeply on end, with just
a small end visible above the dirt (typical of Hebrew graves
in the Himalayas).

This is Moses' grave. On one edge of the grave are wind
horses, also called prayer flags, which indicate that local
people still make their way up here, say prayers, and tear a
piece of their clothing to leave as an offering. I did this too.

This is just a few miles from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir,
and Taliban use the trails up here as a remote crossing
between countries. Fifteen years ago,five European visitors,
two women and three men, were killed when trekking here.
I was the first foreigner to return since then. It's still a very
dangerous troubled area as militants and Taliban sneak
through the forested trails. Even the locals aren't safe here
anymore.

If we didn't hire a local guide, we would never have found
the right place, but once there, I realized it matched the
Biblical description exactly. It was pure magic up there, but
the illegal logging gets ever closer and endangers the
future of this site. If measures aren't taken to document and
preserve it soon, it will go the way of the other desecrated
graves.

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Prophet Shuib's resting place[/QUOTE]

This mosque is located in the Wadi Shoaib which leads up from the Jordan Valley to the city of al-Salt just northwest of Amman in Jordan . The mosque is of modern construction and houses a refurbished Mazar of the prophet Shoaib Alaihissalam.

inside the building holds the tomb of Prophet Shuib

The Qabr-e-Anwar of Hazrat Prophet Shoaib (peace be upon him) in a room to the east of the main mosque and prayer area.

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The Tomb of Mary
Selcuk, Turkey

Final Home of Shrine of Mary, Mother of Christ

Situated upon the side of Bulbul Mountain and 9 kilometers from the ancient Greek city of Ephesus, the small shrine of Mary is a place of pilgrimage for both Christians and Muslims. Catholic tradition associates Mary with Ephesus because at the time of his death, Jesus put Mary in the care of John (John 19: 26-27) who then spent many years spreading Christianity in this region. In 1841, a German mystic named Anna Katerina Emmerich published a book recounting her visions of Mary living near Ephesus.

Following the book's publication, ruins of a house were discovered at the present site and declared to be the house where Mary had lived the final years of her life. Known as the Panaya Kapula ('Doorway to the Virgin'), the site has been a much venerated pilgrimage destination since the late 1880's. Archaeological excavation has revealed that in the 4th century AD a stone building combining house and grave had been built. Originally a two-story house, it consisted of an anteroom (where today candles are placed by pilgrims), a bedroom and praying room (a church area now) and a room with fireplace (now a chapel for Muslims). A front kitchen room had fallen into ruins and was restored in the 1940's. At the present time only the central part and a room on the right of the altar are open to visitors. At the exit of the building is the Well of Mary, where flows a salty water with curative properties. Each year on August 15, Muslims and Christians gather at the shrine to commemorate the Assumption of Mary.

Nearby Ephesus is an odd shrine known as the Grotto of the Seven Sleepers. Said to be a cave where seven Christian youths were kept during the time of Roman persecutions, it is now a popular holy site with Greek Orthodox pilgrims.

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