Ziarat index

Ya`qubi family:
Shaykh Siddiq al-Ya'qoubi (d. 1307 H.)
Shaykh Sharif al-Ya'qoubi (d. 1362 H.)
Shaykh Isma'il al-Ya'qoubi (d. 1380 H.)
Shaykh M. 'Arabi al-Ya'qoubi (d. 1384 H.)
Shaykh Ibrahim al-Ya'qoubi (d. 1406 H.)

Biography of the Ya`qubi family>>

Amina Amrau al-Jaza'iri, mother of Sheikh Muhammad al-Ya`qubi (d. 1417 H. )
Fariza al-Rabat Umm Ibrahim, wife of Sheikh Muhammad al-Ya`qubi (d. 1427 H.)

More about Umm Ibrahim >>

Bab al-Saghir - southern side

Tombs of
Umm Habiba, Umm al-mu'minin
Umm Salama, Umm al-mu'minin

Tomb of Abu Darda' (sahabi d. ..) with:
his wife Umm Darda'
...

Tomb of
Nasr al-Maqdisi al-Shafi`i (d. 490 H)
by the side of Abu Darda'

Tomb of Mu`awiya (sahabi d. 61 H) with:

al-Walid b. `Abd al-Malik (d. 96 H), who built the Umawi mosque, buried near Mu`awya

Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali (d. 795 H.)
(near sayyidina Mu`awiya)

Abu Ishaq Ibrahim al-Naji (d. 900)
(20 armlengths west of sayyidina Mu`ayia)

Ibn `Asakir (d. 571)
(isle east of the enclosure where Sayyiduna Mu`awiya is buried)

Bab al-Saghir - more

Abu al-Bayan (d. 551 H.)

Ibn Malik (d. 686)

Taj al-Din al-Fazari "al-Farkah" (d. 690 H)

Sadr al-Din Suleyman b. Hilal al-Hashimi al-Ja`fari (d. 725)

Shams al-Din al-Dhahabi (d. 748)

Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyya (d. 751 H.)

opposite the Sabuniya madrasa.

Maqam of Dhul Nun al-Misri

western side of Bab al-Saghir, steps from Ibn Qayyim's grave

Ibn Sultan al-Hanafi (d. 950)

Qalandaryah at Bab al-Saghir

Makhul (tabi`i d. ~100 H)

Bab al-Saghir - unspecified [gfh]

Sahl b. al-Rabi`al-AnSari (d. H)

Bab al-Saghir - unspecified [gfh]

East of the city: Bab Sharqi

Tomb of
Dirar b. al-Azwar al-Asadi (sahabi d. 11? H)

outside Bab Sharqi (disputed)

North: East of the city: Bab Tuma

Tombs of
Shurahbil ibn Hasanah (sahabi, d. 18 H.)
Khawla bint al-Azur (sahabiyya d. 35 H.)

Between Bab Tuma and the mosque of Sheikh Rislan

Tombs of
Sheikh Rislan (d. ~540 H.)
Sheikh Abu `Âmir al-Mu'addab (sheikh of Sheikh Rislan)
Ibrahim b. `Abd al-`Aziz al-Sanad
Sheikh Najm al-Din b. Isra'il
Sheikh Ahmad al-Harun (d. 13.. H./ 19..)
Sheikh Salih Farfur (d. 13..H./19..)

Unknown graves:

There are five unknown graves south of Bab Tuma, where it is known by the `ulema that du`a is answered

North of the city: Bab al-Faradis - Maqbara Dahdah

Maqbara al-Faradis: al-Khidr (s) has been seen there

Bab Faradis - martyrs

Masjid al-Aqsab. maqam of the sahabi Hujr b. `Adî and his companions (d. 51 H., killed by Mu`awiyah b. Abi Sufyan)

'Abd al-Rahman b. al-Qasim b. Muhammad b. Abi Bakr al-Siddiq (r) (d. 126)

Maqbara Dahdah:
Abul Dahdâh (d. 328)
Sheikh Muhammad al-Hashimi (d; 1381)
Sheikh "Dibs wa Zayt"

Muhammad b. `AbdAllah (descentdant of Ja`far al-Sadiq d. ~300)
near the mashhad of al-Khidr

Abu Shama (d. 665)

Western outskirts, Baramke: Maq^abir al-Sufiyya

The sufi graveyeard was demolished by the French colonizers, in order to give way to the University and Hospital buildings. Only a few of the graves are preserved.

Tombs of
Ibn Taymiyyah (d. 728)
with his brother Sharaf al-Din ‘Abd Allah
Ibn Kathir (d. 774)

Abu al-Ma`ali al-Nisaburi (d. 578)

Al Fakhr b. `Asakir (d. 620)
[ZaSH p. 35]

`Abd al- Rahman b. Nuh (d. 654)
[ZaSH p. 36]
mufti of Damascus and al-Nawawi's teacher [gfh-Merits]

Abu `Amr b. Salah (d. 643)
[ZaSH p. 37]

Ibrahim b. Suleyman "al-Qunuwi" (d. 732)

Mazzah

Tomb Dihya al-Kalbi (sahabi d. 45 H)
in Maqbara al-Mazza

Tomb of Sheikh Muhammad al-Tayyib

in a private home near Jami` al-Ra'is in Mazzah.

Al-Shuhada'

Masjid al-Shuhada', erected by Sheikh al-Salih over three sahabi brothers killed during the conquest of Damascus (14 H)

Harmala b. Wa`il (sahabi ?) [gfh]

Jabir b. Mas`ud (sahabi ?)

next to Harmala b. Wa`il [gfh]

Mus`id ("Helper", an unnamed companion)

next to Harmaka and Jabir [gfh]

Hamriyya

Ibrahim ibn al-Muhaddith (d. 695)

Salihiyyah and sufiyya mentioned

Ahmad b. Badr al-Din al-Hanafi (d. 934)

Hamriyyah graveyard

Muhammad b. al-Harr al-Hanafi (d. 789)

Hamriyyah graveyard

Salihiyya, Sheikh Muhyi al-Din, Muhajirin

The area along the foot of the Qasiun mountain, now known as Muhyi Din, was originally named Salihiyya after the salihin of Bani Qudamah that lived there. The Umawi rulers had their summer residence there. It has hosted generations of immigrants through the century, refugees from from al-Quds, Kurds, Russians, Turks. Numerous graveyards are located in this area.

Maqbara Dhul Kifl in Muhajirin
Maqam of the Prophet Dul Kifl
Sheikh Muhammad al-Mubarak (d. H.)
buried with his father Muhammad al-Mubarak (d. H.)

Sheikh Abd al-Rahman ak-Shaghuri (d. H./2004)

Muhajirin

Tombs of
Muhyi al-Din ibn al-`Arabi (d. 638)
- two if his sons
- his follower and companion Junayd
- `Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri (empty)

The Quddama family:
Ahmad b. Quddama (d. 558)
Abu `Umar b. Quddama (d. H.)
Muwaffaq al-Din "Ibn Quddama" (d. 620)
Shams al-Din b. `Umar b. Quddama (d. )

Ibn Malik (d. 672)

up from Hanabila mosque

Taj al-Din al-Subki (d. 771 H.)

Subki family tomb at the foot of the Qasiun.

The Hanabila mosque

near Muhyidin

Tomb and mosque of
Sheikh `Abd al-Ghani al-Nablusi

near Muhyidin

Historical buildings:

Al-Madaris
Remains of the Ummawi summer castle opposite the Nablusi mosque
The water channel of Yazid

Barza

The birth place of Prophet Ibrahim (s) is described in hadith:

"below of the mountain of Damascus towards the west"

Maqam Khalil Ibrahim (s):
where Prophet Ibrahim (s) saw the star setting [ZaSH p. 115]

Maqam of Prophet Lut (s)
(near Khalil Ibrahim)
[gfh]

Qasiun mountain

The Qasioun mountain is the mount of the Prophets. It is

referred to in surat al-Tin
mentioned by Prophet
Muhammad (s) in hadith >>
the place were Prophet
Ibrahim (s) saw the stars setting
(see Barza)
the birth place of Prophet Yahya b. Zakariya (s)
the place of prayer of Prophet
`Isa (s) and his mother

Ghar al-Dam (Cave of blood)
on Jabal al-Arba`in i.ed. on on the top of the Qasiun mountain

- The place where Abel, the son of sayyidida Adam (s), was killed.
- Prophet Yahya b. Zakariya and his mother lived there for 40 years [ZaSh p. 106]
- Place of prayer of Prophet `Isa (s) and his disciples [ZaSh p. 106]
- Meeting place of the abdal, where they gather during the blessed nights [ZaSh p. 106]
- It was common in the past to perform rain prayer on Jabal al-Arab`in. [ZaSh p. 104 ff]
- Witnesses of answered du`at are countless. [see Ziarat]

Ghar al-Ju` (Cave of hunger):

40 prophets are reported to have died there from hunger

`Amir b. Malik, brother of Sa`d b. Abi Waqqas [gfh]

Outside Damascus

Al-Ghuta

The entire region to the south and east of the city of Damascus is called al Ghouta. It is mentioned by the Prophet (s) ini hadith.

more >>

Hawwa (s), the wife if Prophet Adam (s)

lived in Lihya, a village in Ghuta [gfh]

Harmala b. Zayd al-Ansari (sahabi ?)

outside east Damascus, left of the way to al-Ghuta, above Mahâfir

Sayyida Zaynab Umm Khultum bint `Ali, the wife of `Umar in Qabr al-Sitt, Râwiya, Ghuta [gfh]

Mudrik b. Zyad al-Fazari (tabi`i ?)

Between Râwiya and Hujayrâ, Ghuta

Sa`d b. `Ubada al-Ansari al-Khazraji

al-Manîha, Ghuta

Imam al-Nawawi (d. 676 H)

Buried in his home village Nawa about 2 hours ride south from Damascus.

more >>

Ahmad al-Tabrizi al-Hanafi (d. 735)

Kafar Susa

Darayya
A village south-west of Damascus

Tomb of
Abu Idris al-Khawlani (tabi`i d. 80 H)
Place of dwelling of
Abu Muslim al-Khawlani (tabi`i d. H)

Tanîm b. Dâri in Muraniyya in Darayya [gfh]

Maqam of Abu Yazid al-Bistami

Bahdaliyya south-east of Damascus (on the road towards the Airport) [gfh]

al-Rabwa
A verdant region to the north-west of Damascus, where Prophet `Isa (s) and his mother (s) took refuge. [gfh]

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References:
Tarikh `Ulema' Dimashq, ed. Dar al-Fikr
Ziarat al-Sham, by Sheikh `Uthman b. Ahmad al-Suidi known as Ibn al-Hurani (d. 1117 H.)
Tadhib al-Asma by Imam al-Nawawi
Hanbali Text Society