Al-Nabi Shayth

Al-Nabi Sheeth (also spelled Nabi Chit; Arabic: النبي شيت‎) is a village in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon. "Al-Nabi Sheeth" is Arabic for "Seth the prophet". The village was called by that name because it is considered to contain the burial site of Seth son of Adam. A mosque was built on the burial site and it contains the grave of Seth inside the mosque. (A rival tradition placed Seth's tomb in the Palestinian village of Bashshit). The village is also the home town of Abbas al-Musawi former Hezbollah leader and influential shia cleric. The village of Al-Nabi Sheeth is predominantly inhabited by people with the surnames Helbawi, Al-Moussawi, Hazimeh, & Chokr families being well known.

Al-Nabi Shayth

Nabi Chit
Village
Prophet Seth Shrine in Al-Nabi Shayth
Al-Nabi Shayth
Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°52′20.4″N 36°06′46.1″E
Country Lebanon
GovernorateBaalbek-Hermel
DistrictBaalbek
Elevation
4,000 ft (1,220 m)

History

Ibn Jubayr (1145 – 1217 CE) noted: "the two graves of Seth and Noah [..] are in the Bika', and two days' journey from Damascus. One who measured the tomb of Shith (Seth), reported to us that it was 40 fathoms (ba') long, and the tomb of Nuh (Noah) was 30. The tomb of Noah's son lies side by side with that of Noah. There is a building over the tombs, and an endowment for charitable purposes.[1]

In 1838, en-Neby Shit was noted as a Metawileh village in the Ba'albek district.[2]

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See also

References
  1. Le Strange, 1890, p. 422
  2. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 145

Bibliography
  • HRW (2007). Why They Died: Civilian Casualties in Lebanon During the 2006 War. Human Rights Watch.
  • Le Strange, G. (1890). Palestine Under the Moslems: A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
  • Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.
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