…a quick click from the car window as we approach the valley of Nabi Hud…the first glimpse of the tomb and the long Qabr stretching up into the rugged mountain sent shivers down the spine…and still does as I look at this hazy image…the heart that trembles being so close to one of our previous Prophets…one that dates back so long ago…and whose mission then, was exactly as is the concern and the heartache of all whose love for the Deen spend time and effort in calling people to the purity of Islam…or reminding the Ummah of RasuluLlahu SallAllahu alaihi wasallam to be more in love with him and his Sunnah…has mankind not changed in all these thousands of years…needing the same message…the same warnings…the same encouragement and the same convincing?…Ya Rabb Ya Rabb Ya Rabb…guide and save us all from a tormenting punishment like You sent Nabi Hud’s people of ‘Ad, Ameen…
…SubhanAllah we were the only ones there on this scorching morning…but how moving must the annual celebrations be when thousands upon thousands attend the three days during the early days of Sha’ban when the spiritual ambiance must be intense…this tradition has been followed for centuries…the wikipedia entry…
…this clip shows how the village that is empty all year round comes alive…with passionate Du’a by Habib Umar…
…the green is the River Hafif where it is said the souls of the Prophets are said to bathe…also there is a well within the centre of this ‘city’ where they are said to gather…during the festivities many bathe in the river…
…buildings are still being constructed to house the influx of people during these few days…once the brothers depart three days are for women…Darul Zahra bus the students there so they too can connect to the wonders of our previous Prophet…
…this huge rock, Al Naqa attributed to Nabi Hud Alaihis Salam’s camel…here you can watch Habib Umar, may Allah Ta’ala preserve and sanctify his soul, leaning on the rock as throngs of brothers are lost in remembrance…
…the body of Nabi Hud Alaihis Salam begins inside the tomb…and then reaches up the mountain side, seen to the right…
…the Story of Nabi Hud…Insha’Allah children can read it, or have a version read to them…and homeschoolers can make it a project topic…
…the following photos are at the head…and where we recited Surah Hud, made Du’a and spent time in Dhikr…
…the Qabr stretches out from here…
…looking up to the feet end…
…the structure is a cavernous sculpture…one feels embraced…not just within this area but within the valley as a whole with the surrounding mountains caressing the soul…sublime…and impossible to convey with words or photos…
…general youtube video on Tarim with scenes from the pilgrimage to Nabi Hud. (Arabic with English sub titles, but the visuals convey the ferver) and another Visit to Nabi Hud clip…
…Vimeo clip of the Nabi Hud festival by Ahmed Yahya a local photographer…the joy of these celebratory days oozes through the screen…with some of his amazing photos here.
…and the Yemeni Tourism site…
…the retreat of Shaykh Abdullah al-Aydarus Rahmatullahi alaihi…
“The Festival of Nabi Hud is a striking illustration of the all-embracing universality and acceptance embedded in traditional Islam,” said Peter Sanders. “For many centuries Muslims have gathered to honour an ancient Semitic Prophet who pre-dates the advent of Islam by about three thousand years without a shadow of doubt or controversy. In the troubled and turbulent times we live in, the deep, serene spirituality of the pilgrims to Nabi Hud reflects a profound inner sanity and a moving and salutary alternative to the materialism and neurosis of the modern world.”
…the first Ziyarah to Zanbal, the graveyard of the Sayyids and Awliya, was on a night lit by a full moon…emotions are aroused long before one enters…the sacredness reaching far beyond the high walls enclosing it…
…behind the fence to the right is the graveyard of our Noble Sahabah RadhiAllahu anhum who had the honour of fighting at Badr, SubhanAllah…and the tomb is the grave of Sayyid Abi Bakr Bishamila RahmatuLlah alaihi…
…Abu-Bakr As-Siddiq RadhiAllahu anhu during his Caliphate prayed for Tarim; for Allah Ta’ala to increase its scholars and water, as its citizens supported his call to fight the apostates during the Ridda’ Wars…where a battle took place in Al-Nujir fortress in which many of the Sahabah RadhiAllahu anhum were injured and taken to Tarim for treatment. Some of them were martyred and buried in Zanbal…and thus where they are resting is confined…
…this was the first visit to a graveyard for this humble speck…it being totally forbidden here in Madinatun Nabi…
…shoes are left by the gate…one walks barefoot across the thick carpet of sand…the silence is the first sign of its sanctity…an unearthly silence stuns the heart…a silence one could remain in until the last breath…the serenity was intoxicating to the soul…one unworthy soul meeting the thousands of noble Sayyid and Awliya souls…including al-Faqih Muqaddam Muhammad bin Ali Ba’alawi RahmatuLlah alaihi, the initiator of the Tariqah al-’Alawiyyah…all the eminent lineages trace back to our Beloved Rasul SallAllahu alaihi wasallam…SubhanAllah…the most gathered in the one place in the entire world…and this is what is truly felt…SubhanAllah!!!…
…maps detailing the blessed tombs and graves of the main Sayyids are accessible from various bookshelves, along with various Awrads and Qasidas…
…the second visit was after Asr…the monotone simplicity of the grave stones define the nature of graveyards throughout Hadhramawt…a deep earthy terracotta contrasted with whitewash, with names etched directly into the headstone…a simply beautiful repetitive pattern…
…this pathway led to the covered shelter shading Imam al-Haddad and his wives and children…
…another approach…
…Imam al-Haddad RahmatuLlah alaihi’s head stone…with bouquets of Raihan…this heavenly fragrance permeated the air of Zanbal…
…the tomb of Al-Habib Abdullah Al-’Aydarus RahmatuLlah alaihi…
“Whoever desires divine purity must be in a state of brokenness in the depths of the night.” “Squeeze your body with spiritual struggle until you extract from it the oil of purity.”
…the interior of his tomb with graves of his family…
…including Al-Habib Ja’far ibn Ahmad ibn Abdul Qadir Al-’Aydarus RahmatuLlah alaihi…
…the fresh grave in the foreground is that of Habib Umar’s two year old grand daughter whom Allah Ta’ala called back to him while I was there…
…a tiny soul who is blessed to be in Baitul Hamd in Jannah and to be close to her father who Allah Ta’ala also beckoned for about one year beforehand…Insha’Allah your Du’a for the family…
…the waiting Qabr…where the Shiq form of grave is used, unlike the Lahad in Jannatul Baqi…
…as we hurriedly departed many Habaib were arriving for the burial…
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…this past week commemorated the passing of two greats from Tarim…Imam al-Haddad and al-Habib “Sa`d” Muhammad bin `Alawi may Allah Ta’ala continue to shower them with His Rahmah and this week was also the extremely sad passing of Habib Munzir al Musawa…Verily to Allah we belong and to Him we shall return…three posts on the Muwasala site are devoted to these illustrious scholars…
All good is from Allah Ta’ala whereas mistakes are from this humble speck. May Allah Ta’ala Bless all readers, bringing you all closer to Him and His Rasul SallAllahu alaihi wasallam. May He accept our humble efforts and grant us the capacity to be good and do good. Ameen.
al-?ab?b “Sa`d” Mu?ammad bin `Alaw?
al-?ab?b “Sa`d” Mu?ammad bin `Alaw?
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