after visiting adra and the tomb of huj, the caravans of pilgrims reached damascus. historians claim the city of damascus dates back to 3000 bc. it is the oldest city in the world that still stands and people are still living in it. damascus is just as sacred to christians and jews as it is to muslims. but for shia muslims, damascus is home to few sacred sites and one of them is the babil saghhir cemetery. it is a large cemetery in the center of damascus that is the burial site for number of the prophets companions and children of the 12 imams. the most important of which is the tomb of um. these two tombs are located in one chamber and pilgrims can easily visit both. it is believed that babel sakir cemetery is also the burial grounds of abdullah, the son of imam sadiq fatima, one of imam hussain's. daughters and abdullah, the son of imam sajad. the graves of nine of the prophet companions are also located in this cemetery, the most notable of which is balal, the first muazin of islam. another companion of the prophet is abdullah jafar tayar, the husband of lady zain

when huj was apprehended, he was given the chance to use profanity against imam ali in order to live, but he did not agree. huddre along with his son and number of his companions were martered in the 51st. the islamic calendar. in august 2013, terrorist occupied the region and entered the mosk where the tomb of hud was located. they destroyed the building. and desecrated the grave and claimed to have removed the corpse from its original resting place, but after the liberation of adra, it became evident that the terrace had only dug less than meter deep, and since the body was buried much deeper, the terrace never actually managed to reach it. this site was later restored by iraqi defenders of the shrine and other shia muslims. this site is ready for pilgrims to visit it. on the outskirts of damascus lies the mask of the prophet abel, it is local located 45 km from the capital city of syria. this site has always attracted pilgrims to syria. after visiting adra and the tomb of huoj, the caravans of pilgrims reached damascus. historians claim that the city of damascus dates back to 3000