{"id":1858,"date":"2023-02-18T09:23:34","date_gmt":"2023-02-18T09:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/hazrat-ukkase-tomb-destroyed-in-earthquake\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T08:35:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:35:18","slug":"hazrat-ukkase-tomb-destroyed-in-earthquake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/hazrat-ukkase-tomb-destroyed-in-earthquake\/","title":{"rendered":"Hazrat Ukka\u015fe Tomb Destroyed in Earthquake"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_123\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><strong>The tomb of His Holiness Ukka\u015fe, located in Gaziantep&#8217;s Nurda\u011f\u0131 district, and the mosque and other structures around it were destroyed due to the earthquake.  One person died under the collapsed debris.  The tomb was located in Durmu\u015flar Neighborhood, 19 kilometers from Nurda\u011f\u0131 district center, at a point overlooking the region.  While the mosque was completely destroyed, the chamber and the sarcophagus, where the office of His Holiness Ukka\u015fe, were not damaged.  In addition, the cloisters next to the mausoleum were destroyed.  Citizens living in Gaziantep visited the region after the earthquake and expressed that they were saddened by the mosque that was destroyed as a result of the disaster.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6723\" width=\"821\" height=\"619\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/hz.-ukkase.jpg\" data-lazy- title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/hz.-ukkase.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6723\" width=\"821\" height=\"619\" title=\"\"><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p>The Tomb of Hazrat Ukka\u015fe, which received visitors from all over Turkey, is the tomb of Hz.  It was made in the name of Ukka\u015fe Bin Mihsan al-Esedi.  His Holiness Ukkase, Hz.  He is one of the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad (saas).  It is known that Hazrat Ukka\u015fe came to the region during the time of Hazrat Omar in order to convey the religion of Islam and was martyred here.  Ukka\u015fe, who was one of the people who were given the good news of heaven while on earth, is the only Companion who kissed and saw the seal of Prophethood.  Many people in Gaziantep and Kahramanmara\u015f gave the name \u00d6kke\u015f, inspired by him.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6720\" width=\"818\" height=\"616\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/hz.-ukkase2.jpg\" data-lazy- title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/hz.-ukkase2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6720\" width=\"818\" height=\"616\" title=\"\"><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"h-hazreti-ukkase-bin-mihsan-el-esedi-kimdir\"><strong>Who is Hazrat Ukkase Bin Mihsan al-Asadi?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Hz.  Ukka\u015fe was among the first Muslims to accept Islam in Mecca.  On this occasion, he was with the Prophet until his death.  He participated in almost all wars with the Holy Prophet and was accepted as one of the people of Suffa.  He is known for turning the staff given to him into a sword after his sword was broken in the Battle of Badr.  The incident that took place between them, close to the death of the Prophet, after he ordered the one who has the right to come and take it, set a good example emphasizing the importance of the right of the servant.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"880\" height=\"587\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6721\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/hz.-ukkase4.webp\" data-lazy- title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"880\" height=\"587\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/hz.-ukkase4.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6721\" title=\"\"><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p>Hz.  There is no information about Ukka\u015fe&#8217;s birthplace and childhood.  The information about him generally belongs to the period when he became a Muslim and after the Battle of Badr.  Although his father&#8217;s name is generally stated as Mihsan, it is seen that he is also mentioned as Muhassin, Muhsin in some sources.  Hz.  The name of Ukka\u015fe started to be known as \u00d6kke\u015f in Anatolia over time, and villages bearing his name were established.  In the Ottomans, Hz.  There were also those who claimed to be descendants of Ukka\u015fe.  Hz.  Ukka\u015fe&#8217;s tombs are located in Gaziantep and Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"860\" height=\"504\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6722\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/hz.-ukkase5.webp\" data-lazy- title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"860\" height=\"504\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/hz.-ukkase5.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6722\" title=\"\"><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p>Hz.  Ukka\u015fe is one of the Companions who were given the good news of heaven while he was alive.  Our Prophet (saas) one day;  When he said, &#8220;Seventy thousand people from my ummah will enter Paradise pure and clean&#8221;, Hz.  Ukka\u015fe b. Mihsan;  &#8216;O Messenger of Allah!  He said, &#8220;Pray to Allah so that I can be one of them.&#8221; Our Prophet (saas) said, &#8220;You are one of them,&#8221; and prayed to him.  The only Companion who kissed the Seal of Prophethood was Hz.  Ukka\u015fe (ra) was a lover of prophets, a lover of prophets.  Because of that love, he is a Companion who started kissing the seal of prophecy, the sign of prophecy, which is between the shoulder blades of our Prophet.<\/p>\n<p><h5>Share<\/h5>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tomb of His Holiness Ukka\u015fe, located in Gaziantep&#8217;s Nurda\u011f\u0131 district, and the mosque and other structures around it were destroyed due to the earthquake. One person died under the collapsed debris. The tomb was located in Durmu\u015flar Neighborhood, 19 kilometers from Nurda\u011f\u0131 district center, at a point overlooking the region. While the mosque was &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1873],"tags":[1621,1567,1659,1661,1660],"class_list":["post-1858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-who","tag-destroyed","tag-earthquake","tag-hazrat","tag-tomb","tag-ukkase"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}