A cemetery from the days of ignorance that many do not know is 700 meters away from the Kaaba.. and the secret of calling it “Al-Shabikah” • Al-Marsad Newspaper

Al-Marsad newspaper: Today, Thursday, Al-Ekhbariya channel sheds light on Al-Shabika cemetery, which is not known to many and is located next to the Grand Mosque from the western side, and is only 700 meters away from the Kaaba.

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The Director of the Center for the Study of the History of Makkah, Dr. Fawzi Al-Dahas, said: “This cemetery is one of the ancient pre-Islamic cemeteries in Makkah. It was named following the good ones and the allies, who are the Banu Abd al-Dar and Banu Abd Manaf, descendants of Qusay ibn Kilab.”

Clashes in Quraish

Al-Dahas added: “The two teams differed over the jobs that Qusay bin Kilab left for her sons following him. A group of Quraysh allied with Banu Abd al-Dar, and another team with Banu Abd Manaf, and a clash erupted between them.”

No one has been buried there for a century and a half

The historian pointed out that no one has been buried in the cemetery for a century and a half, specifically since 1310, but those who were buried there were from certain families, and were not public, and Mecca was hit in the thirteenth century AH by an epidemic that spread in it and many dead and buried many victims of the epidemic. It has a smell and is harmful to pilgrims and pilgrims. Burial is prohibited.