This is the place claimed to be the tomb of Habil, the son of Prophet Adam a.s and the first person to be murdered in the history of human kind in this temporarily world merely due to envy, stubbornness and anger.It is located about 50 km on the hilly outskirt of Damascus, about 20 km to the Syria-Lebanon border. This mystical place is one of the main agenda of our Day 6’s agenda.
Amid the freezing chilly weather – I mean freezing, we arrived there around 07:30 hours. We did not expect the weather was that cold! ..that we did not bring our winter clothing.
The story of the Qabil and Habil had been revealed to Prophet Muhammad saw (peace be upon him) by Allah swt more than 1400 years ago. Below is the summary of the story that I gathered from various sources as part of the sharing and learning though my story of my life:The Prophet Adam a.s. and Hawa were blessed with two sons, Habil (Abel) and Qabil (Cain). When they grew up, Habil, the younger brother, became a shepherd. He herded sheep, goats and other animals. The elder brother Qabil, worked as a farmer, tilling the fields.
Habil's sister was not beautiful while Qabil's sister was beautiful, resulting in Qabil wanting her for himself, instead of his brother. Prophet Adam a.s. refused unless they both offer a sacrifice, and he whose sacrifice was accepted, would marry Qabil's sister
Habil took the best of his flock, while Qabil brought his crops. Allah swt accepted Habil’s sacrifice, but rejected Qabil’s sacrifice. Qabil felt hurt at being disgraced and insulted. His face darkened with anger and his heart became hardened: “No,” cried Qabil, “ I will kill you!” At this treat from his elder brother, Habil did not shout back. He just said calmly: ”Even if you raise your hand to kill me, I will not fight back, for I fear Allah swt, the Lord of the Worlds.” But Qabil’s anger got the better of him and he killed his innocent brother Habil. But soon Qabil’s anger cooled down and he felt very sorry; ”Now I have killed my brother,” said Qabil to himself in deep sorrow and walked to this place with the deceased body. He did not know what to do; ” Then Allah sent a raven, which landed on the ground near the body. The raven began to scratch the ground to tell Qabil that he should bury his brother’s dead body under the earth. Woe is me! Cried Qabil helplessly. “I am worse even than this raven, for I cannot hide my brother’s dead body.” Qabil felt his meanness all the more so, because even a raven could teach him a lesson.
Narrating the story of the two brothers, the Quran reminds us in Surah al Ma’idah:“If anyone killed a person - except as punishment for murder or other corruption in the land - it shall be looked upon as if he had killed all mankind. And whoever saved a human life, shall be looked upon as if he had saved all mankind.” [5:32]
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