Lady Zainab (PBUH) is the message\nbearer of the martyrs in Karbala and the companion of Imam Hussain (PBUH) in\nthe important rising of Ashura. Lady Zainab (PBUH) was born to Amir al-Mu\u2019minin\n(PBUH) and Lady Fatimah (PBUH) in the fifth of Jamadi al-Ulaa, year 5 A.H. She\nwas the third child of the family i.e. she was born after Imam Hussain (PBUH).\nHer virtues were to such an extent that she was given titles by these meanings:\nthe wise woman of (the tribe of) Bani Hashim, the trustworthy, the\nknowledgeable, the virtuous, and the ideal. The name “Zainab” has\nbeen taken from the two root words \u201cZain\u201d and \u201cAb\u201d, which means \u2018the beauty of\nfather\u2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Imam Hussain (PBUH) would show great\nrespect for Lady Zainab (PBUH) when she would come to see him. Lady Zainab\n(PBUH) has narrated many sayings from her grandfather Prophet Muhammad\n(PBUH&HP), from her father Imam Ali (PBUH), and from her mother Lady\nFatimah (PBUH). Lady Zainab (PBUH) had a strong heart and eloquent language.\nShe was brave, ascetic, pious, modest and very courageous. When Imam Hussain (PBUH) denied paying\nallegiance to Yazid, he left the city of Medina to go to Mecca. Lady Zainab\n(PBUH) accompanied him with her two children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She devoted herself to the movement of\nImam Hussain (PBUH). She supervised the captives of the caravan after Ashura,\ntook care of Imam Ali ibn Hussain (PBUH) when he was ill, and revealed the true\nevil character of the Umayyad Dynasty through her sermons. After the event of\nAshura and during her stay in Damascus and Kufah as a captive, she delivered a\nnumber of sermons, which informed people of the true face of the Umayyad\nDynasty and which, also became the key to the remembrance of Ashura for future\ngenerations. Moreover, when she went back to Medina, she continued to reveal\nthe evil character of the Umayyad Dynasty by reminding people of the martyrs of\nKarbala. She was so patient that she became known as the \u201cThe Hero of Patience\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A part of the sermon Lady Zainab\n(PBUH) gave with utmost bravery in the gathering of Yazid in Syria is as\nfollows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat you\nconsider today as spoils of war will become ruins for you tomorrow and on that\nday you will find what you have sent from before. Allah does not oppress his\nservants. I express my complaint only to Allah and have trust in Him. You may\ntherefore do any treachery that you have, make all your attempts, and try all\nyou can. By Allah, you cannot remove us from the minds (of people), and you\ncannot fade our message. You will never reach our glory and can never wash the\nstain of this crime from your hands. Your decisions will not be stable, your\nperiod of ruling will be short, and your population will scatter. In that day,\na voice will shout: \u201cIndeed may the curse of Allah be upon the oppressors\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lady Zainab (PBUH) passed away around\nthe years 63-65 A.H. Her holy shrine, Zainabiya is located in the present\ncountry of Syria or to some others belief, in Egypt and nowadays many of the\nShiites visit it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Selection taken\nfrom the books \u201cThe Culture of Ashura\u201d by Jawad Muhaddithi; and \u201cStory of\nKarbala\u201d by Ali Nazari Munfarid)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On behalf of Roshd Website, we pay our\ncondolences to all lovers of Ahl al-Bait on the 15th of Rajab, the demise of\nthe great lady of Islam, and the model of patience: Lady Zainab (PBUH).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lady Zainab (PBUH) is the message bearer of the martyrs in Karbala and the companion of Imam Hussain (PBUH) in the important rising of Ashura. Lady Zainab (PBUH) was born to Amir al-Mu\u2019minin (PBUH) and Lady Fatimah (PBUH) in the fifth of Jamadi al-Ulaa, year 5 A.H. She was the third child of the family […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28423,28248],"tags":[24318,19465,19654,17991,18480,20244,24231,19511,18418,24317],"class_list":["post-4795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lady-zainab-pbuh","category-occasional-letters","tag-2004-08-31","tag-ashura","tag-child","tag-family","tag-important","tag-karbala","tag-lady-zainab","tag-message","tag-occasion-letters","tag-the-hero-of-patience"],"yoast_head":"\n