4 Day Islamic Tour

of Jordan

Ahl Al Kahf (Cave of the Seven Sleepers) - Amman - Salt - Prophet Shuieb – Shrine of Prophet Yousha - Jordan Valley - Tomb of Dirar bin Al Azwar - Tomb of Abu Ubeida Amer bin Al Jarrah - Tomb of Shurahbil bin Hasanah - Tomb of Amir bin Ab Waqqas - Taqabat Fahl (Pella) - Mosque of Kalid ibn Al Walid (The Sword of Allah) – Karak Castle - Al-Mazar Al Janubi - Tomb of Zaid bin Harithah - Tomb of Ja'far bin Abi Talib - Tomb of Abdullah bin Ruwahah – Petra - Siq Al Barid (Little Petra) – Al Beidha

Day 1

Queen Alia International Airport or Borders – Ahl Al Kahf (Cave of the Seven Sleepers) - Amman

Welcome to Jordan!

You will be met on arrival at Queen Alia International Airport or the borders and transferred to your hotel for check-in.

Then we will visit the mosque and Byzantium ruins at the Cave of the Seven Sleepers before driving back to our hotel for dinner and stay overnight at hotel in Amman.

Day 2

Amman - Salt - Prophet Shuieb – Shrine of Prophet Yousha - Jordan Valley - Tomb of Dirar bin Al Azwar - Tomb of Abu Ubeida Amer bin Al Jarrah - Tomb of Shurahbil bin Hasanah - Tomb of Amir bin Ab Waqqas - Taqabat Fahl (Pella) - Mosque of Kalid ibn Al Walid (The Sword of Allah) - Amman

After breakfast at our hotel we drive towards Salt and visit the Shrine of Prophet Shuieb and the Shrine of Prophet Yousha.

We will continue into the Jordan Valley to visit the tombs of some of Prophet Mohammad's venerable companions and military leaders: the tomb of Dirar bin Al Azwar a poet and fierce warrior who loved combat and who fought in the wars of Apostasy and took part in the conquest of Greater Syria before falling victim of the Great Plague.

The tomb and mosque of Abu Ubeida Amer bin Al Jarrah, a relative of the Prophet dubbed 'The Trustee of the Nation' who was one of the first converts to Islam.

The Supreme Commander of the Northern Muslim Army that conquered Greater Syria and one of the 'Blessed Ten' promised Paradise; the tomb of the venerable companion Shurahbil bin Hasanah.

He was famous for his strong faith, intelligence, bravery, and successful administration who participated in the Battle of Yarmouk and the conquest of Jerusalem and who distinguished himself for his fair dealings with subordinates whilst governor of the province of Greater Syria.

We will also visit the tomb of Amir bin Ab Waqqas, the maternal cousin of the Prophet who was the eleventh man to convert to Islam and who fought in the Battle of Uhud and was later entrusted with carrying messages from the commanders of the Muslim army to the Caliph in Medina.

Leaving the Jordan valley we travel to the Yarmouk River, site of the great Al Yarmouk battle where the Muslim Arabs under the leadership of Abu Aubaidah Amer Ben Al Jarrah defeated the Byzantine Empire in 636.

We will continue to Pella (Taqabat Fahl) to enter the small mosque which commemorates the Battle of Fahl fought between the Rashidun army under Kalid ibn al-Walid (The Sword of Allah) and the Roman Empire under Theodore the Sacellarius in January 635 AD and which resulted in a clear victory for Khaled ibn Al Walid.

We will have dinner and stay overnight in a hotel in Amman.

Day 3

Amman – Karak Castle – Al Mazar Al Janubi - Tomb of Zaid bin Harithah - Tomb of Ja'far bin Abi Talib - Tomb of Abdullah bin Ruwahah - Petra

We have breakfast in our hotel in Amman and then drive towards Karak Castle, scene of the Battle of Mutah (629 AD).

This was the most significant and fiercest battle fought during Prophet Mohammad's lifetime, and the one that took the lives of his closest companions, martyred fighting against a combined Byzantine / Ghassanid army.

We will visit the tombs of the venerable companions Zaid bin Harithah, Ja'far bin Abi Talib and Abdullah bin Ruwahah in the town of Al Mazar Al Janubi near Karak.

We will drive to a hotel in Petra in time for dinner and our overnight stay.

Day 4

Petra - Siq Al Barid (Little Petra) – Al Beidha – Queen Alia International Airport or Borders

Today we do a full-day tour of Petra, the rose-red city half as old as time which is one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.

Petra is a city which was carved out of the Sharah Mountains by the Nabataeans, an industrious Arab people who settled here more than 2,000 years ago, turning it into an important junction for the silk, spice, and other trade routes that linked China, India, and southern Arabia with Egypt, Syria, Greece, and Rome.

Petra fell into obscurity for hundreds of years, its location and very existence kept a closely guarded secret by the local Bedouin, before being re-discovered by the Swiss explorer Burkhardt in 1812.

We will enter the city through the Siq, a narrow gorge over a kilometer in length, flanked on either side by soaring, 80 meter high cliffs to be confronted by Al Khazneh (The Treasury), Petra's most elaborate monument. Local legend has it that the rock-cut Treasury once held the gifts of Queen Sheba to Solomon.

As you enter the Petra valley you will be overwhelmed by the natural beauty of the place and its outstanding architectural achievements.

There are hundreds of elaborate rock-cut tombs with intricate carvings as well as obelisks, temples, sacrificial altars, colonnaded streets, and high above, overlooking the valley, is the impressive ( Al Deir ) Monastery, reached up a flight of 800 stone stairs.

After lunch we drive to Siq Al Barid (Little Petra) and Al Beidha.

Then we will go back to the borders or the airport with a farewell for departure.