Tomb of Prophet Yusof (عليه السلام) - Basement of Al Ibrahimi Mosque (Masjid Al Khalil)

According to some sources, it also houses the tomb of Prophet Yusof / Yusuf (عليه السلام) (Joseph).

The ambiguity is reflected in Islamic tradition which points to Nablus as being the authentic site, though some early Islamic geographers identified the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron as housing Prophet Yusof's (عليه السلام) tomb.


Le Strange 2010, p. 325:

"The tomb of Joseph is in the plot of ground lying outside Solomon's enclosure (the Haram).

It stands opposite the tomb of Jacob and is near that of his forefathers Abraham and Isaac. Now Ibrahim ibn Ahmad al Khalanji states that he was requested by one of (the Caliph) Al Muktadir's women, Al ’Ajûz by name, who was sojourning at the Holy City, to proceed to the place where, according to the tradition, Joseph was buried, and having discovered the sepulchre, to erect over it a building.

So Al Khalanji set forth with workmen, and they found the place where, according to tradition, Joseph was buried, namely outside the enclosure (of Solomon), and opposite the tomb of Jacob, and they bought the field from its owner, and began to lay it bare. In the very place indicated by the tradition they came on a huge rock, and this, by order of Al Khalanji, was broken into.

They tore off a portion, 'and,' says Al Khalanji, 'I being with the workmen in the trench when they raised up the fragment, lo! Here lay (the body of) Joseph – peace be upon him! – beautiful and glorious to look on, as he is always represented to have been.

Now, first there arose from the place an odour of musk. I caused the workmen to set it down into its place against the fragment of rock, to be as it has been before.' 'And afterwards,' Mujir ad Din continues, 'they built over this place the Dome which can be seen there to this day, in proof that the tradition is a true one, and that the Patriarch is buried beneath.'

The general site is called Al Qala’ah (The Castle)."