Step into a sacred journey of renewal in the timeless city of Damascus — a land where prophets walked, saints rested, and spiritual light (nur) has flowed for centuries. Our Negative Energy Clearing Private Retreat invites you to release emotional blockages, dissolve stagnant energies, and reconnect with your highest self.
Guided by Master Healer Khalid Waleed, you’ll experience nur healing at some of the most spiritually charged places in the world — including the resting place of Ibn Arabi, the Umayyad Mosque where the head of Prophet Yahya (John the Baptist) is enshrined, and the maqāms of great companions and awliyā’. These blessed locations carry profound healing vibrations that help lift burdens, neutralise negative energies, and open the heart to divine clarity.
Your journey continues in the traditional Turkish hammam, where warm steam, exfoliation, and ancient bathing rituals calm the nervous system, release tension stored in the body, and restore energetic balance.
Every moment of this retreat is crafted for deep inner cleansing — allowing you to shed stress, emotional heaviness, and anything that no longer aligns with your path.
Emerge renewed, centred, and aligned with your natural flow of peace and vitality.
Cleanse. Restore. Transform.
Check-In: Arrive in Damascus and settle into your elegant room with a private terrace at Beit Zafran, a restored 19th-century Ottoman mansion filled with old-world charm and tranquil courtyards.
Welcome Dinner: Enjoy a warm, nourishing dinner with Master Healer Khalid Waleed as you ground yourself in the sacred atmosphere of Damascus and prepare for the days of healing ahead.
Morning: Begin your day with breakfast, embracing the stillness of Damascus before embarking on a profound healing journey.
Sacred Visits: You will spend the day visiting some of the holiest and most spiritually charged sites in Damascus, including:
These visits are energetic touchpoints, places where healing, illumination, and inner release naturally occur.
Turkish Hammam : Experience a traditional Turkish Hammam, allowing deep stress, heaviness, and energetic stagnation to melt away through ancient bathing rituals.
Evening: Return to the hotel for dinner and restful sleep, giving your mind and body space to integrate the blessings of the day.
Morning: After breakfast, continue visiting blessed maqāms and sacred spaces connected to the saints and spiritual masters of Damascus.
Ibn Arabi & Mount Qasiyun: You will visit the resting place of Ibn Arabi — a powerful centre of spiritual light — followed by the maqāms on Mount Qasiyun, including Shaykh Abdullah al-Faiz al-Daghestani. These locations carry a special healing resonance, and many guests experience emotional release, heart-opening, and inner clarity here.
Dinner in the Mountains: Conclude the day with dinner on Mount Qasiyun, overlooking the glowing city of Damascus at sunset. The combination of elevation, serenity, and spiritual presence creates a deeply replenishing energetic state.
Visit the shrines of Sayyidah Ruqqayah and Sayyidah Zainab, two sanctuaries of immense compassion, strength, and spiritual grace. Time spent here supports emotional unraveling, heart healing, and soulful equilibrium.
Breakfast & Checkout: Enjoy your final breakfast at Beit Zafran, then check out and prepare for your return home — renewed, lighter, and aligned.
There is a room in the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus where light behaves differently.
Beneath a green dome in that historic mosque rests the head of Prophet Yahya—John the Baptist—the son of Prophet Zakariyya named by God Himself. When pilgrims come near it, they feel it before they see it: a warmth that doesn't come from the sun, a presence that settles like a gentle hand on the chest. Some come there with bodies that medicine has abandoned. Others with hearts so shattered craving relief and ease. They stand in that shaft of honey-gold afternoon light and feel it—nur, divine light. Not metaphorical, but real as the tears on their faces. The feeling that enters through your eyes and finds the broken places, as if God is saying to them: I see you. You are not forgotten.
This is a place known for healing, for relief. That healing isn't always loud or sudden. Sometimes it's just the quiet warmth of standing where millions have laid down their burdens and found, even for a moment, peace. Nur upon nur. Light upon light. The kind that doesn't just illuminate—it transforms.
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In a small courtyard in Damascus, shaded by old olive trees and warmed by soft afternoon light, rests Bilal al-Habashi — the first voice to call humanity to prayer. His resting place is simple, almost shy, the kind of spot you might overlook unless your heart knows how to listen. No grandeur, no ornamentation — just a quiet dome and the stillness of a man whose greatness never needed display.
Inside, the Nur is gentle, the kind that settles rather than dazzles. Visitors stand before the tomb and feel the echo of a life shaped by devotion — the man who endured torture with “Ahad, Ahad” (One! One!) on his tongue, whose call to prayer once made Madinah weep with yearning. Here, the air carries a softness that reminds you that some hearts are forged not in power, but in surrender. And that God is with those who are with Him.
People leave his resting place experiencing the light of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), for he was the one who the the Prophet loved to hear announce the call to prayer.
In a quiet corner of Damascus, beneath jasmine vines and ancient stone, lies the man who returned Jerusalem to Muslim hands without spilling the blood of its people.
Sultan Salahuddin al-Ayyubi—Saladin—rests in a modest mausoleum near the Umayyad Mosque, so humble you might walk past it without noticing. No grand monuments. No towering marble. Just cool shade and the scent of roses, the way he wanted it.
They say when he died, he had nothing left—he'd given everything away, even the coins for his own burial. Inside, pilgrims come and stand in the filtered green light that falls through the trees, and they feel something unexpected: not the weight of history, but its lightness. Here lies a man who held power like water in open palms, who forgave enemies who'd shown him no mercy, who wept when he had to fight and celebrated when he could show clemency. The Nur here isn't dramatic—it's the quiet glow of integrity, the steady light of a soul that never bent. People touch the wooden latticework and pray for strength, not the strength of conquest, but the strength to be merciful when mercy costs you everything. To be just when injustice would be easier. To remember that true victory isn't dominion over others, but mastery over your own heart.
The leaves rustle in the Damascus breeze, and the light shifts through branches, dappling the tomb in moving patterns—shadows and illumination dancing together. Visitors leave with something they didn't expect to find: not inspiration for battle, but for peace. The reminder that the greatest warriors are those who know when not to fight. That real power is knowing when to sheathe the sword and extend the hand. That some lights shine brightest not through force, but through grace.
On the slopes of Mount Qasioun in Damascus, where the city’s noise dissolves into wind and sky, rests Shaykh Abdullah al-Faiz al-Daghestani — a master of the Naqshbandi path and one of the final bearers of its deepest, quietest secrets. His resting place is modest, tucked away in a small chamber where the air feels unusually still, as if the very mountain itself pauses out of respect.
Visitors from all over the world stand before his tomb and sense a different kind of presence — not dramatic, not heavy, but a refined stillness that feels almost alive. This was the man who, in his day, carried the Naqshbandi order. He preserved a chain of spiritual discipline stretching back centuries, and who taught that the greatest journeys happen not in the world, but within the heart. His eyes, they say, carried a calm that could steady a storm.
People leave his mausoleum healed, and experiencing the lights of generations of spiritual training.
The Resting Place of Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi
Born in Murcia in 1165 and later welcomed by Damascus as his final home, Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi stands as one of the greatest spiritual masters in Islamic history — a beacon of divine wisdom, inner knowledge, and illuminated consciousness. Known as Shaykh al-Akbar (the Greatest Master), his life was marked by profound spiritual unveiling, deep devotion, and a rare understanding of the inner realities of existence.
From a young age, Ibn Arabi was gifted with an extraordinary spiritual sensitivity. His heart was drawn not merely to outward knowledge, but to the hidden meanings behind creation. He travelled across Andalusia, North Africa, Makkah, the Levant, and beyond — studying the Qur’an, Hadith, jurisprudence, and the spiritual sciences, while encountering saints, sages, and scholars who shaped his luminous path.
His journey culminated in a station of deep divine insight, where he articulated some of the most influential works on Islamic spirituality, including Futūhāt al-Makkiyya and Fusūs al-Hikam. His teachings illuminate the unity of existence, the refinement of the soul, and the path of recognising God in every breath, moment, and movement.
During his blessed life, Ibn Arabi’s presence radiated serenity, clarity, and divine nearness — harmonising hearts and awakening seekers to the inner realities of love, humility, and remembrance. It is said that simply being in his presence uplifted the soul, dissolving confusion and unveiling deeper understanding.
Today, his resting place in Damascus remains a sanctuary of immense spiritual light (nur). Those who visit often feel a deep sense of stillness, expansion, and purification — as though the heart is gently realigned with its true purpose.
Read more about Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi here.
Khalid Waleed is a master of bioenergetic medicine and a bioenergy field visionary. He is the founder of Nur Healing, an international destination for healing and wellness education. 'Nur Healing: An Introduction to Islamic Energy Healing' is his first book.
Through years of advanced study and research in energy healing and Islamic Spirituality, he developed Nur Healing. This transformative modality has now enabled thousands of people all around the world to overcome pain, disease, fatigue, anxiety and depression.
Bridging ancient Islamic and Prophetic practices with bioenergetic medicine, Nur Healing: An Introduction to Islamic Energy Healing will help you release emotional and spiritual blockages and bring you closer to your true essential self.
