Al-Isabah, vol.

Al-Isabah, vol. V, p. 323. Though Ka'b al-Ahbar died and was buried in Hams, but in Egypt a tomb was made with a high dome over it, with people paying tribute to it, seeking blessing through it. This dome is nowadays erect inside a big mosque on al-Nasiriyyah street in Cairo, with all its expenses being shouldered by the Ministry of Endowments (Awqaf) from its treasury.

Hams, in which Ka'b was buried, differs from other Muslim cities, as a hadith is reported in its regard, ascribed to the Prophet (S), reading thus: "Verily Allah will on the Day of Resurrection resurrect from a city in the Sham, called Hams, seventy thousand men who will never be subject to reckoning or torment". Undoubtedly, all this is due to blessings of the body of Ka'b … and he has right on Allah!! What is surprising here the fact that they ascribed this hadith to Umar!!

Refer to al-Jami' al-saghir of al-Suyuti. Also Ibn Jubayr, in his Rihlah (p.25), said that there is a tomb for Ka'b al-Ahbar in al-Jizah. Duha al-Islam, vol. II, p. 97. Hayat al-hayawan, vol. I, p. 266. Al-Isabah, vol. V, p.323. See also my book Shaykh al-mudirah. Siyar a'lam al-nubala', Vol. III, p. 218. Ibid., p. 322. Previous…