In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
We are a sun that never sets.
If the caller calls, we answer.
We restore the stolen right.
We support the beloved Al-Aqsa.
In it is the best of creation, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
It is indeed an excellent place of prayer.
It is indeed an excellent place of prayer.
Regarding which prophets and Companions were buried in Palestine.
Among the characteristics and virtues of that good, blessed land
is that a number of prophets and chosen ones who resided and lived there
were buried in its soil.
And another group, who did not have the opportunity to live, reside, or pass through it,
or who died outside of it, requested to be buried there,
signaling their keenness and the desirability of being buried in the Holy Land.
Ibrahim, peace be upon him,
migrated from Iraq to the city of Hebron in Palestine,
which is now called Al-Khalil.
He settled there and established a monotheistic community
based on the foundation of realizing servitude to Allah, the Almighty and Majestic.
When Sarah passed away, Ibrahim, peace be upon him, grieved for her.
He bought a cave on his farm and buried her in it.
When Ibrahim, peace be upon him, died,
Ismail and Ishaq, peace be upon them, took charge of his burial
in the same cave he had purchased and in which he had buried his wife, Sarah.
When Ishaq, peace be upon him, fell ill
and died at the age of 180,
his two sons, Al-'Ays and Ya'qub, peace be upon him, buried him
alongside his father, Ibrahim Al-Khalil,
in the cave that Ibrahim, peace be upon him, had purchased.
The scholars of the Prophetic biography mentioned
that when Ya'qub, peace be upon him, entered Egypt,
he was 130 years old.
He stayed in Egypt for 17 years,
then returned to his Lord at the age of 147.
Yusuf, peace be upon him, asked the King of Egypt for permission
to go out with his father, Ya'qub, peace be upon him,
to bury him with his family in Palestine.
He granted him permission,
and Ya'qub, peace be upon him, was buried in the town of Hebron,
known as Al-Khalil today,
alongside his grandfather Ibrahim and his father Ishaq, peace be upon them.
As for Yusuf, peace be upon him,
due to his intense attachment to the Holy Land,
and because he was unable to live and worship there after his prophethood,
he instructed the scholars of the Children of Israel
to carry his remains with them when they moved to Palestine.
They knew that they would eventually leave Egypt.
A miracle occurred after his death,
for he is noble in life and in death, peace be upon him.
The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:
When Musa led the Children of Israel out of Egypt,
they lost their way.
He asked, "What is this?"
Their scholars replied,
"When death approached Yusuf,
he took a solemn oath from us by Allah
that we would not leave Egypt until we carried his remains with us."
He asked, "Who knows the location of his grave?"
An old woman from the Children of Israel said, "I do."
He sent for her, and she came.
He said, "Show me the grave of Yusuf."
She replied, "Not until you grant me my request."
He asked, "And what is your request?"
She said, "To be with you in Paradise."
He disliked granting her that,
but Allah revealed to him to grant her request.
She led them to a lake,
a swampy area,
and said, "Drain this water."
They drained it.
She said, "Dig, and extract the remains of Yusuf."
When they brought them to the surface,
the path became as clear as the light of day.
It is well-known that Yusuf, peace be upon him,
was buried in the city of Nablus in Palestine,
but the exact location of his grave is not known,
nor is the location of the rest of the prophets' graves.
It is also mentioned
that the Prophet of Allah, Shu'ayb,
is buried in Hittin, near Tiberias.
Imam Al-Bukhari, may Allah have mercy on him, titled a chapter:
"Chapter: Whoever desires to be buried in the Holy Land or its vicinity."
He then mentioned the hadith of Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, in the two Sahihs.
The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:
"The Angel of Death was sent to Musa, peace be upon them both.
When he came to him, he struck him.
He returned to his Lord
and said, 'You sent me to a servant who does not want to die.'
Allah restored his eye and said,
'Return and tell him:
Place your hand on the back of an ox;
for every hair your hand covers, you will have a year of life.'
He asked, 'O Lord, and then what?'
He said, 'Then death.'
He said, 'Then let it be now.'
He then asked Allah to bring him close to the Holy Land, to the distance of a stone's throw."
He said:
The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:
"If I were there, I would show you his grave,
by the side of the road, near the red sand dune."
As you know, Musa, peace be upon him, died during the period of wandering
after his people failed to enter the Holy Land.
Thus, when Musa, peace be upon him, was unable to enter the Holy Land
and liberate it from the polytheists,
he asked Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, to be buried at its borders.
Whoever is near a thing is considered to have its status.
This contains a clear indication
and great evidence of the status of that Holy Land in the hearts of the prophets,
in their lives and after their deaths.
Al-Nawawi, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
"As for his request to be brought near the Holy Land,
it is due to its honor and the virtue of those buried within it, from the prophets and others."
Some scholars said:
"He only asked to be brought near,
and did not ask for Jerusalem itself,
because he feared his grave would become famous among them,
and people would be tempted by it."
In this is the desirability of being buried in virtuous places and blessed lands,
and being near the burial sites of the righteous.
And Allah knows best.
And Dawud, peace be upon him,
who established a great kingdom
based on monotheism in Jerusalem,
died there and was buried there.
He was succeeded by Sulayman, peace be upon him,
whose death was a great miracle,
because it exposed the jinn who claimed knowledge of the unseen.
Allah the Exalted said:
“And when We decreed death for him, nothing showed his death to them save a creeping creature of the earth which gnawed away his staff. And when he fell the jinn saw clearly how, if they had known the Unseen, they would not have continued in despised toil.” (34:14)
Leaning on his staff at his death,
leaning on his staff at his death,
until the creature of the earth ate his staff.
“And when We decreed death for him, nothing showed his death to them save a creeping creature of the earth which gnawed away his staff. And when he fell the jinn saw clearly how, if they had known the Unseen, they would not have continued in despised toil.” (34:14)
“And when We decreed death for him, nothing showed his death to them save a creeping creature of the earth which gnawed away his staff. And when he fell the jinn saw clearly how, if they had known the Unseen, they would not have continued in despised toil.” (34:14)
“And when We decreed death for him, nothing showed his death to them save a creeping creature of the earth which gnawed away his staff. And when he fell the jinn saw clearly how, if they had known the Unseen, they would not have continued in despised toil.” (34:14)
It is important here
to point out that the specific graves of the prophets
are not established or known,
except for the grave of our Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
However, we distinguish between the place and the spot,
and the city in which he was buried,
and the exact grave itself,
as explained by Shaykh al-Islam
Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy on him.
Zakariyya and Yahya, peace be upon them,
it is famously said that they were killed,
and there are narrations regarding that,
but this has not been established by any authentic evidence.
However, there is no doubt that they died in the Holy Land,
and most likely were buried there.
The Companions, may Allah be pleased with them,
had great concern for Jerusalem.
They traveled to it,
resided there, and worshipped in it.
A number of them died and were buried there,
among them 'Ubadah Ibn Al-Samit, may Allah be pleased with him,
the first to hold the judiciary of Palestine.
He lived in Jerusalem and was buried there.
Shaddad Ibn Aws, may Allah be pleased with him,
lived in Jerusalem
and died there during the days of Mu'awiyah.
His grave is in the Bab al-Rahmah cemetery,
near the wall of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Salamah Ibn Qaysar Al-Hadrami, may Allah be pleased with him,
it is said he was a Companion,
and he was the leader of the Muslims in prayer after the conquest,
and governor for Mu'awiyah over Jerusalem.
He died in Jerusalem and his grave is there.
Fayruz Al-Daylami or Al-Himyari, may Allah be pleased with him,
from the Persians of Yemen, lived in Jerusalem,
and it is said he died there and his grave is there.
Abu Ubayy Al-Ansari, may Allah be pleased with him,
who was among those who prayed towards the two qiblas,
lived in Jerusalem and is counted among the people of the Levant.
He was the last of the Companions to die in Jerusalem,
may Allah be pleased with them.
An excellent place of prayer.
We are a sun that never sets.
If the caller calls, we answer.
We restore the right, intact.
We support the beloved Al-Aqsa.
In it is the best of creation, may peace be upon him.
It is indeed an excellent place of prayer.
The landing place of the Trustworthy Revelation.
The mission place for the messengers.
The qibla for the Muslims.
The destination of the conquerors.
In it is the best of creation, may peace be upon him.
It is indeed an excellent place of prayer.
It is indeed an excellent place of prayer.