Jâbir b. Abdullah al-Ansârî (Harran Maqam)

Jâbir b. Abdullah al-Ansârî (d. 78/697), of the Banû Salima, was among the most prolific hadith-narrating companions of the Prophet; he lived roughly 94 years and was one of the last survivors of the Pledge of Aqaba. According to the TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi he died and was buried in Medina, so the tomb in Yardımcı (Câbir al-Ansâr) village, 20 km from Harran, is a maqam (symbolic shrine) whose attribution is disputed. Local tradition holds that a severed limb, lost during the campaigns in the region, was buried here; the mosque and tomb, restored by the General Directorate of Foundations in 1992, are heavily visited.