Zayd b. Haritha: Difference between revisions

Zayd was killed in [[8]]/629, together with [[Ja'far b. Abi Talib]] and [['Abdullah b. Rawaha]], in the [[Battle of Mu'ta]]. When the Prophet (s) heard the news, he was saddened and asked God's forgiveness and mercy for him. The Prophet (s) mentioned him and [[Ja'far b. Abi Talib]] as great people. He is said to have been 55 or 50 years old when he was martyred.

The [[martyrs of Mu'ta]] are buried in the village of [[Mazar]], 12 kilometers from the south of [[Karak]] in [[Jordan]]. According to some sources, [[Ja'far b. Abi Talib]], [['Abdullah b. Rawaha]], and [[Zayd b. Haritha]] are buried in one grave. From 1930 to 1934, [[Malik Abdullah b. Malik Husayn]], the king of Jordan, ordered the building of a mosque with three domes and two minarets on [[Ja'far al-Tayyar]]'s grave, and two smaller domes have also been built on Zayd's and [['Abdullah b. Rawaha]]'s graves. During the rituals of [[Ashura]], Shiites in Jordan gather around the mausoleums of Zayd b. Haritha and Ja'far al-Tayyar, but in recent years, the government in Jordan has blocked such rituals in these mausoleums.