Cave of The Seven Sleepers (Ashab al-Kahf) - Tarsus, Turkey

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1. The amount of youth being seven has been reported by Imam Tabari who mentions that Ibn Abbas mentions the number being seven and the eighth being the dog with them. This is mentioned in Tarikh al-Umam wal-Muluk (Tarikh at-Tabari) by Ibn Jarir at Tabari. Page number is 211. Link for PDF is here: https://ia800207.us.archive.org/31/it.... Seven is also mentioned in Tafsir Jalalayn,

2. The location is debated. It seems that people around the world tried to localise this historical and significant place based on statements from Companions of the Prophet Muhammad SAW and historical narratives written by other historians. The video shows just one POSSIBLE location of where this cave may be. The one in Jordan is also a possibility. Shafiq Norton, an award-winning South African journalist also alludes to this in his blog, for which the link is: shorturl.at/cqrD7.

In Tafsir Jalalayn, it is mentioned in the commentary that a possible location for this cave is in Tarsus. To make it more specific, it is also mentioned in Tafsir Jalalayn that Tarsus is a place between Mersin and Adana in Turkey. You can see this by clicking here (page 295): https://ia800509.us.archive.org/30/it...

We noticed the sign for this place on our way from Mersin to Adana and immediately decided to do a U Turn and take the exit

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