Ibn Qawlawayh...

Ibn Qawlawayh, in his book titled Kamil uz-Ziyara, page 256, narrates from an authentic series of narrators that Abu-Hamza ath-Themali related the following saying to Imam as- Sadiq (a): “If you intend to visit (the tomb of) al-’Abbas ibn ‘Ali, which is on the bank of the Euphrates opposite to al-Haair, you should stop at the gate of the shed and say: Salaam of Allah and Salaam of His angels… etc.”[^6] Al-Mejlisi, in his book titled Mezar ul-Bihar, records another Ziyara for al-’Abbas related to the narration of Sheikh al-Mufid and Ibn al-Mash’hadi, defining the same location that is defined by Imam as-Sadiq (a) in the previous narration.

Similar narrations are recorded in Allama an-Nouri’s Tahiyyat uz-Zaair and related to Sheikh al-Mufid, ash-Shahid, and Sayyid Ibn Tawous.

The following statement of Sheikh al-Mufid identifies the location of the tomb of al-’Abbas that is decided by the saying of Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a): “Except al-’Abbas ibn ‘Ali who was buried in a place on the dam in the way of al-Ghadhiriyya, all the members of Imam al-Husayn’s family, peace be upon them, were buried in a hole located beyond the legs of Imam al- Husayn. The tomb of al-’Abbas is clear and known… etc.” All scholars and investigators have followed this definition of the location.

They all have decided that the tomb of al-’Abbas ibn ‘Ali is opposite to the holy Haair near the shore of the River Euphrates.[^7] River Al-Alqami River al-Alqami was a stream branching from the Euphrates. It was…