Annabi Zakariya (AS) shine farkon kuma mafi girma mataimaki ga Almasihu

Bayan haihuwar Almasihu, dattawa da yawa na Bani Isra’ila sun yi zargin ƙarya ga Maryamu (AS), amma Zakariya ya tabbatar da Maryamu kuma ana iya cewa ita ce mutum na farko da ya goyi bayan Almasihu

Sayyidina Zakariyya (AS) daya ne daga cikin annabawan Bani Isra'ila. Shi ne shugaban sufaye kuma bayin Kudus kuma ya gayyaci mutane zuwa ga addinin Annabi Musa (AS).

Akwai sabanin ra’ayi a cikin zuriyar Sayyidina Zakariyya; Wasu suna ganin shi dan wasu zuriyar Lawi ne dan Annabi Yaqub (AS), wasu kuma suna jingina shi ga Annabi Musa (AS) da zuriya biyar. Wasu kuma sun ce ya kai ga Sayyidina Sulaiman (a.s) ta hanyar masu shiga tsakani goma sha biyar (ta wajen mahaifiyarsa).

Barkhia, mahaifin Hazrat Zakariyya, yana ɗaya daga cikin dattawan Yahudawa da suka zauna a Falasdinu. Ana kiran sana’ar Zakariyya kafinta. Matarsa ​​ita ce "Elizabeth" kanwar Sayyida Maryam (AS).

Daga cikin 'ya'yan Isra'ila, akwai manyan ƴan'uwa mata guda 2 da manya; Daya suna Hanna, ɗayan kuwa Eshaya (Elizabeth). Zakariyya (a.s.) ya yi wa Ishiya shawara, sai Imrana wanda ya kasance daya daga cikin manya-manyan sufaye na Bani Isra’ila ya yi wa Hanna aure, daga karshe Zakariyya (a.s) da Imran Bajnag suka zama juna. Bayan rasuwar Imran ne aka haifi ‘yarsa Maryam (AS) kuma Zakariyya ya dauki nauyin Maryam.

Zakariya da Alisabatu ba su haifi 'ya'ya ba, amma a lokacin tsufa da kuma bayan Zakariya ya roƙi Allah, sun haifi ɗa, wanda Allah ya sa masa suna Yahaya.

Zakariyya ya kasance daya daga cikin masoya da magoya bayan Maryama (AS) bayan haifuwan Annabi Isa (AS). A lokacin da sufaye yahudawa suka yi wa Maryam (AS) kazafi, Zakariyya ya yi watsi da duk zage-zagen kuma ya tabbatar da cewa Maryam ta tsarkaka. Sai dai wasu sun yi yunkurin kashe Zakariyya.

Zakariyya da yasan manufarsu, ya gudu ya 6oye cikin wata bishiya. ’Yan kungiyar da ke tare da Daniel Zakariyya sun sami maboyar Zakariyya suka sare bishiyar da gatari suka yanka suka yanka gunduwa-gunduwa. Don haka aka kashe Zakariyya.

An ambaci sunan Zakariyya sau 7 a cikin Alqur'ani kuma a cikin surorin Maryam, Aal Imran, Enam, da Annabawa. Kiristoci kamar Musulmai, sun yi imani da annabcin Zakariyya, amma Yahudawa sun musanta Annabcinsa. A cikin Linjilar Luka, an gabatar da Zakariya a matsayin firist Bayahude adali kuma mai aiwatar da dokokin Allah.

An ambaci rayuwar Sayyidina Zakariyya a matsayin shekaru 115. Ana kiran wurin da aka binne Sayyid Zakariyya Bait al-Maqdis. Duk da cewa wani kabari a Aleppo, Syria an danganta shi da Zakariyya.