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Nabi Shu'ayb (also transliterated Neby Shoaib or Nabi Shuaib, meaning "the Prophet Shu'ayb") is a Druze and Muslim religious shrine near Kfar Zeitim and the depopulated Arab village of Hittin not far from Tiberias, Israel, where the tomb of the Druze and Islamic prophet Shu'ayb, who is traditionally identified with the Biblical Jethro, is believed to be located. The identity of Shu'ayb with the Biblical Jethro, however, is a Muslim and Druze tradition rather than historical fact (see Shuaib). Prophet shu'ayb is the 14th prophet Nabi Shuayb was an object of traditional veneration by Druze and Sunni Muslims through Palestine. The shrine figured down to Israeli-Arab war of 1948 as a place where both Sunni Muslims and Druze took vows (''nidhr'') and made ''ziyarat'' ("pilgrimages"). After the 1948 war, Israel placed the maqam or shrine under exclusive Druze care.〔Mahmoud Yazbak, 'Holy shrines (''maqamat'') in modern Palestine/Israel and the politics of memory,' in Marshall J. Breger,Yitzhak Reiter,Leonard Hammer (eds.),(''Holy Places in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Confrontation and Co-existence,'' ) Routledge 2010 pp.231-246 p.241.〕 A central figure in the Druze religion, the tomb of Nabi Shuaib, has been a site of annual pilgrimage for the Druze for centuries.〔Dana, Nissim. (2003). ''(''The Druze in the Middle East: Their Faith, Leadership, Identity and Status,'' ) Sussex Academic Press, pp. 28–30.〕 Shrines dedicated to Nabi Shuaib are common throughout the Greater Syria region.〔Kais Firro (''The Druzes in the Jewish State: A Brief History,'' ) BRILL, 1999.〕 In the final years of the British Mandate in Palestine, a dispute had raged over the shrine between Sunni and Druze communities.〔 On the establishment of Israel in 1948, the Tarif family applied for the ''maqam'' to be registered a Druze waqf, and Israel complied in part to promote the separation of the Druze from other Muslim communities. Sole custodianship of the tomb was transferred to the Druze community by the Israeli authorities, and Sunni Muslims have largely ceased their pilgrimages to Nabi Shuaib.〔 ==History== In Islamic and Druze tradition, it is believed that towards the end of his life, Shuaib took refuge in a cave outside Hittin, where he eventually died of old age. His followers buried him at the site and placed a tombstone at his grave.〔 Another Druze tradition holds that Saladin had a dream the night prior to his battle against the Crusaders at Hittin. In the dream, an angel promised him victory on the condition that after the battle, he would ride his horse westward; then, where the horse would stop, the angel said he would find the burial site of Shuaib. The tradition holds that when Saladin's dream was realized, the Druze built a shrine for Shuaib at the site. Nabi Shuaib has been expanded and renovated over time.〔 The older section of the existing structure was built in the 1880s, after the spiritual leader of the Druze, Sheikh Muhanna Tarif from Julis, summoned an assembly of religious leaders in the community to discuss and collaborate on its construction. A delegation of high-ranking community members traveled to Syria and Lebanon in order to collect funds for new construction and renovations and the local Druze of the Galilee and Mount Carmel also made considerable contributions. When Palestine came under British Mandate rule, a dispute broke out between the Druze and the Higher Islamic Council over who exercised custodianship over the site of Nabi Shuaib. After Israel's establishment in 1948, and the total depopulation of Hittin which had been a predominantly Muslim village, the Druze were granted full custodianship over the tomb, and an additional 100 dunams surrounding it. Under the leadership of Sheikh Amin Tarif, the shrine was then renovated and numerous rooms were added for the hosting of pilgrims. The Israeli government also paved the road leading to Naby Shuaib and provided electricity and water infrastructure services there.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nabi Shu'ayb」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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