Zainab bint Alī (Arabic: زینب بنت علي) (b. 5 (or 6) / 626 (or 627) - d. 62/682) the daughter of Imam Ali (a) and the Lady Fatima al-Zahra (a), and Abd Allah b. Ja far s wife. She and her two sons accompanied Imam al-Husayn (a) on the Event of Ashura where her two sons were martyred and she was taken as captive to Kufa and then to Damascus. Her sermons in Kufa and Damascus (in front of Yazid) are very famous. Due to her many sufferings, she was called Umm al-Masa ib (mother of calamities). She passed away in 62/682.
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