Sahabi Tree, Tree of Al Buqayawiyya (The Blessed Tree) (
Arabic
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شجرالمبارکہ) is a 1500 year old tree located in
Safawi, Jordan. 156 km from
Amman, the capital of Jordan.
The tree is a
Atlantic Pistachio tree. It is located on the old trade route between
Mecca
Mecca (; officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah ()) is a city and administrative center of the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia, and the holiest city in Islam. It is inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a narrow val ...
and
Damascus. Caravans used to travel by this route.
Religious importance
It is believed that one such caravan was going to
Syria from Mecca, when
Muhammad
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monot ...
sat down under its shadow at the age of 12. He was accompanying his uncle
Abu Talib Abu Taleb or Abu Talib may refer to:
* Abu Talib ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib (549-619), Arab leader and head of the Banu Hashim clan
* Abu Talib al-Makki (died 996), Arab scholar, jurist and mystic
* Abu Taleb Rostam (997–1029), Buyid amir of Ray, Ir ...
. Under this tree, the monk
Bahira
Bahira ( ar, بَحِيرَىٰ, syc, ܒܚܝܪܐ) was an Assyrian, likely Nestorian monk from the tribe of Abd al-Qays who, according to Islamic religion, foretold to the adolescent Muhammad his future as a prophet.Abel, A.Baḥīrā. ''Encycl ...
foretold about the prophethood of Muhammad.
It is a tourist attraction in Jordan, with many Muslims visiting the tree every year.
Travelling
It is 156 Km from
Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Ri ...
Capital
Amman head towards the nearby city of
Sahab, Jordan
Sahab ( ar, سحاب, Saḥāb) is a municipality in Jordan located southeast of the capital Amman. It is the only locality in the Sahab District of the Amman Governorate. Modern Sahab began as a Bedouin-owned plantation village in the late 1 ...
. There, you can visit the
Cave of the Seven Sleepers.Then continue onwards for about 100 km to the city of
Azraq
Azraq ( ar, الأزرق meaning "blue") is a small town in Zarqa Governorate in central-eastern Jordan, east of Amman. The population of Azraq was 9,021 in 2004. The Muwaffaq Salti Air Base is located in Azraq.
History
Prehistory
Archae ...
. From Azraq, take the road north to Safawi for about 30 km, which is about 14 km away toward al-Buqayawiyya.
Compound
King Abdullah of Jordan ordered to construct a fence around the tree to safeguard the tree.
See also
*
List of individual trees
The following is a list of notable trees. Trees listed here are regarded as important or specific by their historical, national, locational, natural or mythological context. The list includes actual trees located throughout the world, as well as ...
*
Midh Ranjha Tree, Pakistan
References
Life of Muhammad
7th-century merchants
Miracle workers
Tourism in Jordan
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