Zayd b. Haritha: Difference between revisions

Zayd was killed in [[8]]/629, together with [[Ja'far b. Abi Talib]] and [['And Allah 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 50 or 55 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, 'And Allah b. Rawaha, and Zayd b. Haritha are buried in one grave. From 1930 to 1934, Malik 'Abd Allah 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 'Abd Allah b. Rawaha's graves. During the rituals of [[Ashura]], [[Shi'a|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.