Bibi zainab in karbala hashim

Daughter of Ali and Fatima (626–682)

Zaynab bint Ali (Arabic: زَيْنَب بِنْت عَلِيّ, c. 626–682), was the eldest daughter of Fatima and Ali ibn Abi Talib.

The former was a daughter of the Islamic prophetMuhammad, and the latter was his cousin.

Bibi zainab in karbala hashim

Ali is also recognized as the fourth Rashidun caliph (r. 656–661) and the first Shia imam. Zaynab is best known for her role in the aftermath of the Battle of Karbala (680 CE), in which her brother Husayn and most of her male relatives were massacred by the forces of the Umayyad caliphYazid ibn Mua'awiya (r. 680–683).

Women and children in Husayn's camp were taken captive after the battle and marched to Kufa and then the Umayyad capital Damascus, where Zaynab gave impassioned speeches, condemning Yazid and spreading the news of Karbala. She was later freed and died shortly afterward in 682, but her burial site is uncertain.

The two shrines associated with Zaynab in Damascus and Cairo are destinations for