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[[File:Shrine of Hud and Salih.jpg|thumbnail|The shrine attributed to the prophets [[Hud (a)]] and [[Salih (a)]] in [[Wadi l-Salam cemetery]].]] | [[File:Shrine of Hud and Salih.jpg|thumbnail|The shrine attributed to the prophets [[Hud (a)]] and [[Salih (a)]] in [[Wadi l-Salam cemetery]].]] | ||
Wadi l-Salam cemetery is an ancient and historical cemetery in Najaf. It is located in the northeast of the city and is 20 square kilometers. Tombs of the prophets: Hud (a) and Salih (a) and graves of many scholars and great [[Sayyid]]s and also Maqam al-Imam al-Mahdi (a), Maqam al-Imam al-Sadiq (a), and Maqam Imam al-Sajjad (a) are situated in this cemetery. | Wadi l-Salam cemetery is an ancient and historical cemetery in Najaf. It is located in the northeast of the city and is 20 square kilometers.<ref>Dujaylī, ''Mawsūʿa al-Najaf al-ashraf'', vol. 1, p. 407.</ref> Tombs of the prophets: Hud (a) and Salih (a) and graves of many scholars and great [[Sayyid]]s and also Maqam al-Imam al-Mahdi (a), Maqam al-Imam al-Sadiq (a), and Maqam Imam al-Sajjad (a) are situated in this cemetery. | ||
Many merits have been reported for the cemetery, such as what is quoted from Imam Ali (a): "In this land the spirits of believers talk to each other in groups, and whoever believer passes away wherever on the earth, he would be told: 'Go to Wadi l-Salam as it is a part of Heaven.'" | Many merits have been reported for the cemetery, such as what is quoted from Imam Ali (a): "In this land the spirits of believers talk to each other in groups, and whoever believer passes away wherever on the earth, he would be told: 'Go to Wadi l-Salam as it is a part of Heaven.'"<ref>Kulaynī, ''al-Kāfī'', vol. 3, p. 243.</ref> | ||
===Sahaba and Tabi'un=== | ===Sahaba and Tabi'un=== | ||