The Prophet (s.

The Prophet (s.a.w.a.) used to appreciate for his loyal wife her situation in her life and after her death. From this great grandmother, Lady Zaynab (a.s.) inherited the highest moral standards and perseverance on principles. Copying her grandmother, she supported her brother Imam al-Husain (a.s.) in his revolution and supplied his great uprising with elements of eternity.

Lady Zaynab(a.s.)’sfather is Imam Ali Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.) (commander of the faithful Believers): chief of the Prophet’s successors, leader of the pious ones and head of the worshippers. Ali (a.s.) was the representative, successor and heir of (s.a.w.a.). His merits are innumerable and his situations for sake of Allah (s.w.t.) are incomparable.

He was the most knowledgeable, the most self-possessed, the most magnanimous, the most generous, the most ascetic, the most courageous, the most reputable, the best worshipper, the most loyal, the most faithful and the most pious among Muslims. Historians have recorded unanimously that Lady Zaynab (a.s.) was imitating her father in behavior, knowledge and conduct. She too, adopted positively all of her father’s goals and situations for sake of supplying Islam with elements of continuity.

Hence, she, along with her brother Imam al-Husain (a.s.), could thwart the Umayyad infidels’ plots aimed at wiping out Islam and replacing it with the pre-Islamic customs. Lady Zaynab(a.s.)’smother was Lady Fatemah al-Zahra (a.s.) the Veracious (a.s.) who was a copy of her father in adoration of Allah (s.w.t.), piety, self-discipline, knowledge, virtue, clemency, veneration and the other features of perfection.

Her father named her as the Chiefs of the Women of the World.[^38] From this cause her father addressed his best words of laudation and respect to his daughter who was the ideal woman on this earth. This was the mother, educator and instructor of Lady Zaynab (a.s.) who was nourished on all features of human perfection, Let us also refer briefly to the grandfather and grandmother of Lady Zaynab (a.s.) from the paternal side.

Abu Talib, Father of Imam Ali (a.s.) was the protector of Islam as he defended (s.a.w.a.) so bravely and suffered in this course unbearable troubles. Only under the guardianship of Abu Talib (a.s.) could (s.a.w.a.) propagate for his divine mission and spread his principles fearlessly. With the demise of his protector, the Prophet (s.a.w.a.) expressed his great loss and grief. He therefore called that year as ‘year of grief’.