{{Short description|Tree in Safawi, Jordan}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox tree | name = Sahabi tree | image = Blessed tree in Jordan.jpg | image_caption = Sahabi tree | species = Pistachio | binomial = | location = Safawi, Jordan | height = | coordinates = {{coord|32.0661|N|37.1478|E|display=inline,title}} | seeded = 5th century }} {{Sufism}} '''Sahabi Tree''', or the '''Tree of al-Buqayawiyya''' (The Blessed Tree) (Arabic: شجرة البقيعاوية), is a 1500-year-old tree located in Safawi, Jordan,<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Nueimat |first1=Kamal |title=Historical Trees of Jordan |last2=al-Kilani |first2=Zaid |publisher=Jordan River Foundation |year=2002 |isbn=9957853120 |edition=1st |location=Jordan |pages=26 |language=English}}</ref> {{cvt|156|km}} from Amman, the capital of Jordan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jordannews.jo/Section-106/Features/The-Blessed-Tree-3424|title=The Blessed Tree - Jordan News | Latest News from Jordan, MENA|date=1 June 2021|website=Jordannews.jo|access-date=24 January 2022|archive-date=23 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123170606/https://www.jordannews.jo/Section-106/Features/The-Blessed-Tree-3424|url-status=live}}</ref> The tree is an Atlantic Pistachio tree.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blessed_tree_in_Jordan.jpg|title=ملف:Blessed tree in Jordan.jpg - ويكيبيديا|website=Commons.wikimedia.org|date=May 2013|access-date=24 January 2022|archive-date=20 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220214715/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blessed_tree_in_Jordan.jpg|url-status=live}}</ref> It is located on the old trade route between Mecca and Damascus. Caravans used to travel by this route.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://test.pakshows.pk/vlogs/visit-sahabi-tree-in-jordan-or-javed-chaudhry-or-sx1o|title=Visit Sahabi Tree In Jordan | Javed Chaudhry | SX1O|first=Javed|last=Chaudhry|website=PakShows.pk|access-date=24 January 2022|archive-date=23 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123185344/https://test.pakshows.pk/vlogs/visit-sahabi-tree-in-jordan-or-javed-chaudhry-or-sx1o|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/dailybangladesh/docs/sahabi_tree|title=Sahabi Tree: The last Fellow alive by emm daily Bangladesh|website=Issuu.com|date=4 October 2019 |access-date=24 January 2022|archive-date=23 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123174948/https://issuu.com/dailybangladesh/docs/sahabi_tree|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Religious importance== It is believed that one such caravan was going to Syria from Mecca, when Muhammad sat down under its shadow at the age of 12. He was accompanying his uncle Abu Talib.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lifeinsaudiarabia.net/1400-year-old-sahabi-tree-in-jordan/|title=1400-year-old Sahabi tree of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ|date=13 April 2019|website=Lifeinsaudiarabia.net|access-date=24 January 2022|archive-date=23 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123165125/https://lifeinsaudiarabia.net/1400-year-old-sahabi-tree-in-jordan/|url-status=live}}</ref> It is said that under this tree, the monk Bahira foretold about the prophethood of Muhammad.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2149380/|title=The Blessed Tree|access-date=24 January 2022|website=IMDb.com|archive-date=23 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123210442/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2149380/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web |date=11 August 2014 |title=The Blessed Tree: A Divine Reality |url=https://www.sacredfootsteps.org/2014/08/11/the-blessed-tree/ |access-date=24 January 2022 |website=Sacredfootsteps.org |archive-date=23 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123210849/https://www.sacredfootsteps.org/2014/08/11/the-blessed-tree/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.charismaticplanet.com/blessed-tree-jordan/|title=The Blessed Tree of Jordan|website=Charismaticplanet.com|date=13 April 2016|access-date=24 January 2022|archive-date=23 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123170519/https://www.charismaticplanet.com/blessed-tree-jordan/|url-status=live}}</ref>
It is a tourist attraction in Jordan, with many Muslims visiting the tree every year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jordantowerhotel.com/trips--tours-and-transportation/islamic-sites-and-tours|title=Islamic Sites & Tours | Jordan Tower Hotel|website=Jordantowerhotel.com|access-date=24 January 2022|archive-date=23 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123171652/http://www.jordantowerhotel.com/trips--tours-and-transportation/islamic-sites-and-tours|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1thLODRvWNQSAeo-Iv4glGIlut5k|title=Sahabi Tree|website=Google.com|access-date=24 January 2022|archive-date=24 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124211515/https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1thLODRvWNQSAeo-Iv4glGIlut5k|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hive.blog/travel/@zahidawan/the-sahabi-tree-1400-years-old-blessed-tree|title=The Sahabi Tree 1400 Years old. "Blessed Tree"|date=19 April 2018|website=Hive.blog|access-date=24 January 2022|archive-date=23 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123173827/https://hive.blog/travel/@zahidawan/the-sahabi-tree-1400-years-old-blessed-tree|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Compound== King Abdullah of Jordan ordered to construct a fence around the tree to safeguard the tree.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3pOrwlZ0Ww|title = The Blessed Tree (Clip)|website = YouTube| date=29 January 2020 |access-date = 2022-08-30|archive-date = 2022-04-14|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220414180811/https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=o3pOrwlZ0Ww|url-status = live}}</ref>
==See also== *List of individual trees *Midh Ranjha Tree, Pakistan
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