Al-Nabi Shayth


Al-Nabi Sheeth is a village in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon. "Al-Nabi Sheeth" is Arabic for "Seth the prophet". The village was called by that name because it is considered to contain the burial site of Seth son of Adam. A mosque was built on the burial site and it contains the grave of Seth inside the mosque. . The village is also the home town of Abbas al-Musawi former Hezbollah leader and influential shia cleric. The village of Al-Nabi Sheeth is predominantly inhabited by people with the surnames Helbawi, Al-Moussawi, Hazimeh, & Chokr families being well known.

History

noted: "the two graves of Seth and Noah are in the Bika', and two days' journey from Damascus. One who measured the tomb of Shith, reported to us that it was 40 fathoms long, and the tomb of Nuh was 30. The tomb of Noah's son lies side by side with that of Noah. There is a building over the tombs, and an endowment for charitable purposes.
In 1838, en-Neby Shit was noted as a Metawileh village in the Ba'albek district.