Mosque Name: Job’s Tomb
Country: Oman
City: Salallah
Year of construction (AD): unknown
GPS: 17° 6’42.00”N 53°59’38.57”E
Gibson Classification: Unknown
Rebuilt facing Mecca: never
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Description:
The Tomb of Job near Salallah in Oman is one of several alleged burial sites of Job. This complex of buildings is located in the hills overlooking the city of Salalah in Oman’s Dhofar region. Other such sites are in Israel, Syria, Lebanon and Turkey. In 2010 Dan Gibson visited this site and examined the foundations of the old shrine. The custodian claimed that the original building pointed to Jerusalem. However, since Petra and Jerusalem are only 60 miles apart, and are 1470 miles or 2370 kilometers away they are almost in the same direction and a Petra Qibla could be easily mistaken for a Jerusalem one. The new mosque now faces to Mecca.
The small mosque is a relatively simple affair, with a low flat roof and a single minaret. The current shrine is even smaller, perhaps the size of a small house, with a dome over the center. Inside, beneath the dome, is a rectangular opening in the floor containing the tomb of the prophet Job. The tomb is little more than a mound of dirt, normally draped in cloth. According to tradition, another body is buried within the tomb next to Job. It is not known whose body it is, not even by tradition. A carpet near the mound conceals a footprint attributed to Job.
NOTE: On our last visit to Salalah in 2022 we were informed that some of the buildings had been demolished at this site.
Tomb Qibla
The new Mosque that faced Mecca appears to have been removed.
The old mosque stands beside the tomb. The old mosque is the black stone structure.
The oldest building has no roof, as is attributed as having a Qibla facing Jerusalem. In its ruined state it is impossible to determine the original Qibla direction.
There is a small memorial building near Salalah where locals claim that Job was buried. The photo above was taken inside the building.
Beside the modern mosque is a hole in the ground with what looks like a footprint at the bottom. This is claimed to be Job's footprint. On carefull examination of enlarged photos it seems that this footprint has been created in modern cement.
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