Maqam of Al-Khidr's Step, Peace Be Upon Him, Al-Fadhliyah

The Maqam of al-Khidr's Step, Peace Be Upon Him, on the Euphrates riverbank in Al-Fadhliyah Subdistrict of Suq al-Shuyukh District, Dhi Qar, is not a burial place. It is a local attributed devotional and memorial site. The Qur'an and hadith sources used for this record do not establish a recognized principal grave of al-Khidr at this location or elsewhere. Surat al-Kahf narrates the meeting of Musa, Peace Be Upon Him, with a righteous servant and the three events involving the boat, the young person, and the wall protecting the property of two orphans. Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim identify the servant as al-Khidr. The narrative teaches patience, the limits of immediate human knowledge, protection of the livelihood of the weak, and preservation of the rights of orphans. Local tradition in Al-Fadhliyah attributes a mark beside the Euphrates to the step of al-Khidr. No early itinerary or securely dated historical report used in this research establishes his presence at this exact Iraqi location. The footstep attribution is therefore recorded as later local devotional memory rather than as a conclusively authenticated physical trace. The site's present value lies in local prayer, vows, the river environment, and popular memory connecting al-Khidr with hope, protection, and travel. Its position on the Euphrates brings together southern Iraq's water-based life, agriculture, movement, and religious geography. Visitors reflect on the Qur'anic themes of patience and wisdom associated with al-Khidr. The essential clarification for visitors is that this is not the tomb of al-Khidr; it is a secondary attributed footstep maqam in Al-Fadhliyah. Recording it under the correct town and subdistrict preserves Dhi Qar's real devotional geography and removes the earlier geographic confusion with Al-Gharraf.

The Al-Fadhliyah footstep maqam brings together local memory of al-Khidr, the Euphrates, and the water-based religious geography of southern Iraq. Its accurate identity is that of an attributed footstep site, not a grave or a proven location of the Qur'anic journey. Geographic normalization places the site under Suq al-Shuyukh and Al-Fadhliyah rather than Al-Gharraf. This correction improves visitor guidance, pilgrimage routing, and consistent governorate-to-town-to-locality navigation.