At the moment Imam Ali Zayn al-Abideen (PBUH) and Lady Zaynab (s.

At the moment Imam Ali Zayn al-Abideen (PBUH) and Lady Zaynab (s.a) discovered that the people of Damascus did not know anything about the real Islam and the high status of (PBUH), they delivered sermons to inform people about the tyranny of Umayyad dynasty and enlighten them about the truth [5] . According to historical and narrative sources, , peace be upon them resided in two locations in Damascus. First: a roofless ruins, in which the story of Lady Ruqayya took place.

The captives were there for two days; however, after the sermons of Imam Ali Zayn al-Abideen (PBUH) and Lady Zaynab (s.a), the public opinion changed about (PBUH) and Yazid had to move them to a house near his palace [6] . It is suggested by some hadiths that the captives of Karbala were in terrible conditions in the Ruins. They were bothered by the sunshine, and as a result, their face skins were peeled. They recited elegies and cried for Imam Husain (PBUH) there.

According to some hadiths, Yazid had appointed guards on the Ruins who did not know Arabic. There is a disagreement over how long the Captives of Karbala stayed in the Ruins. According to some sources, they were confined in the ruins until their face skins were peeled. According to some authors, they stayed in the Ruins of al-Sham for about one week. According to some sources, one of Imam Husain’s young daughters died in the Ruins of Damascus. On these sources, she had longed for her father.

Yazid commanded that Imam Husain’s head be taken to her. She held her father’s head in her arms and cried until she died. Some later sources referred to the girl as Ruqayya. The famous shrine attributed to Ruqayya is built in this place. According to some historical sources, Sukayna had a dream on the fourth day of their stay in Damascus.

According to Ibn Nama al-Hilli, she dreamt of the (peace be upon him and his family), prophets Adam, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus visiting Imam Husain in Karbala, while the Prophet (PBUHH) had grabbed his beard with his hand, sometimes falling on the ground and then standing up. Lady Fatima (PBUH), Eve, Asiya, Maryam, and Khadija were also there, while Fatima Zahra had put her hand on her head, sometimes falling on the ground and then standing up.

In the dream, Sukayna approached Lady Zahra and started to cry. Fatima Zahra told her, “Dear Sukayna! Stop crying. Your moans are burning and breaking my heart. This cloth has your father’s blood on it. I will not put it aside until I meet God”.