‘Over 8,000 tourists visit Islamic shrines in north, south in September’

AMMAN — Some 6,000 people visited the tombs of Prophet Mohammad’s companions in the Northern Jordan Valley District in September, the area’s awqaf director, Abed Smeirat, said on Monday.

Tourists from Jordan and other Arab and Muslim countries visited the tombs of Muath Bin Jabal, Amer Bin Abi Waqqas and Sharhabeel Bin Hasna in the area.

Meanwhile, some 2,694 people visited the tombs of Prophet Mohammad’s companions in the Southern Mazar in September, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

Mohammad Sarairah, the supervisor of the shrines, said on Monday that 746 visitors were Arab and 762 were Jordanians. The shrines house the tombs of Jafar Bin Abi Taleb, Zaid Bin Haretha and Abdullah Bin Rawaha.