CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION
PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION
INTRODUCTION
ARABIC INTRODUCTION

BOOK I: ISLAMIC SITES:
A Fatwa Regarding Visiting Holy Sites

PART I: THE MESSENGERS AND THE PROPHETS
The Prophet Nuh / Noah
The Prophet Hud
The Prophet Lut / lot
The Prophet Khidr
The Prophet Shu’ayb / Jethro
The Prophet Harun / Aaron
The Prophet Musa / Moses
The Prophet Yosha’ / Joshua
The Prophet Dawud / David
The Prophet Sulayman / Solomon
The Prophet Ayyub / Job
The Prophet Yahya / John
The Prophet ‘Isa / Jesus
The Prophet Muhammad

PART II: THE COMPANIONS
Ja’far bin Abi Talib
Zeid bin Harithah
Abdullah bin Rawahah
Abu ‘Ubaydah ‘Amir ibn Al-Jarrah
Mu’ath bin Jabal
Shurhabil bin Hasnah
‘Sa’ad bin Abi Waqqas
Dirar bin Al-Azwar
Al-Harith bin ‘Umayr Al-Azdi
Abu Dharr Al-Ghifari
Abu Al-Dardaa
Bilal bin Rabah
Maysarah bin Masruq Al-Abassi
‘Ikrimah bin Abi Jahl
Abu Mousa Al-Ash’ari
Farwa bin Amro Al-Jadhami
Abd Al-Rahman bin ‘Auf
Jabir bin Abdullah
Ka’ab bin Umayr Al-Ghifari

PART III: OTHER RELIGIOUS SITES
The Cave of the Sleepers / Kahf al-Raqim
Zeid bin Ali bin Al-Hussein
Sheeth / Seth
Gadur / Gad
Hazir / Asher
‘Uyun Musa / Moses’ Springs

PART IV: HISTORICAL SITES
The Site of the Battle of Mu’tah
The Site of the Battle of Fahl
The Site of the Battle of Yarmouk
The Hill of Judication / Jabal Al-Tahkim
‘Uthman’s Mosque at Ayla
Humayma

PART V: APPENDICES
Appendix I: Jerusalem
Appendix II: The Letter of Prophet Muhammad
to the Emperor Heraclius
Appendix III: The Royal Cemetery

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BOOK II: CHRISTIAN SITES:
Introduction A Pilgram’s Journey Through
the Holy Land

PART I: THE BIBLICAL HISTORY
OF THE LAND
The Sanctuaries Along the Roman Road (Esbus-Livias)

PART II: THE JORDAN RIVER
Epiphany
Bethabara
The Bethany – Saphsaphas
Wadi Kharrar and the Story of St. Mary the Egyptian Elijah

PART III: THE SAINTS
Saint Lot
John the Baptist
Moses
The Hot Springs
The Springs of Moses (Uyun Musa)
Mount Nebo
The Memorial of Moses
The Origin of the Memorial to Moses on Mount Nebo
Egeria’s View from Mount Nebo
Today’s View from Mount Nebo
The Mountain where Moses Died
How the History of Pilgrims to Mount Nebo was Discovered
Jerash (Gerasa)
The Cross
The Virgin Mary
Soldier Saints
Madaba Map
Um Al-Rasas
Aaron’s Tomb

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