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The huge cemetery outside the walls of Nabi Musa is reserved for Muslim pilgrims who died here during the festivals or those who asked to be buried here because of the sanctity of the site. According to local tradition, the cemetery includes two important tombs over which two small maqams have been built: the larger one, about one kilometer west of Nabi Musa, is held to be that of Hassan Al Ra'i, the shepherd of Prophet Moses, although records show him to have been the guardian of the maqam in the nineteenth century. The second tomb, to the southeast, is held to be that of 'Aisha, the favorite wife of Prophet Mohammed. Again, 'Aisha is known to have died in Syria, this tomb is perhaps that of a righteous local woman of the same name. |
