Qabr Hud ( ar, قَبْر هُوْد, Qabr Hūd, Grave of Hud), or ''Shiʽb Hūd'' (),
is a village situated in the
Yemeni
Governorate
A governorate is an administrative division of a state. It is headed by a governor. As English-speaking nations tend to call regions administered by governors either State (administrative division), states or province, provinces, the term ''govern ...
of
Hadhramaut. It is the traditional burial site of the
Islamic prophet
Prophets in Islam ( ar, الأنبياء في الإسلام, translit=al-ʾAnbiyāʾ fī al-ʾIslām) are individuals in Islam who are believed to spread God in Islam, God's message on Earth and to serve as models of ideal human behaviour. So ...
Hud, who is mentioned in the
Qur'an.
Pilgrimage
The annual pilgrimage takes place between the 11th and 15th days of
Sha'ban.
Robert Bertram Serjeant
Robert Bertram Serjeant, FBA (23 March 1915 – 29 April 1993) was a British scholar, traveller, and one of the leading Arabists of his generation.
Background and career
He was born and raised in Edinburgh and studied at the University of E ...
, in his study of the pilgrimage rite to the tomb of Hud, verified on the spot
the facts related by
Al-Harawi,
who described at the gate of the
Mosque, on the west side, the rock onto which Hud climbed to make the
call to prayer, and mentioned the grotto of ''Balhut'' at the bottom of the ravine.
Around the tomb and neighborhood, various ancient ruins and inscriptions have been found.
Geography
Qabr Hud is located on the southern bank of Wadi al-Masilah, east of
Tarim.
References
External links
نيل المقصود في مشروعية زيارة نبي الله هود عليه السلام(book in Arabic)
Maqam of Prophet Hud (عليه السلام), YemenView from Prophet Hud's grave(
YouTube)
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Populated places in Hadhramaut Governorate
Ziyarat
Archaeological sites in Yemen