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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Lady Zaynab (peace Be Upon Her) To The Heaven The horrible scenes that Lady Zaynab (a.s.) had to witness did not depart her for even a single moment; her eyes were always teary and her words were only wailing for her brother and the martyrs. She used to cry there names of her brothers, sons, and nephews, and then she would be unconscious. This state turned her into a soulless, feeble body waiting fordeath, which would be the only relief.

She was waiting for death so as to complain to her grandfather and parents about what she had seen. Thus, diseases began to attack her and she had to stay in bed for long time suffering agonies of diseases. Even in her last sparks of life, the scenes of Karbala and Damascus were present before her eyes. However, death attacked her while her tongue was glorifying the Almighty Lord Who will take revenge upon those who wronged her.

She departed this life on Sunday, the fifteenth of Rajab, 62 A.H at the age of fifty-seven.[^299] Her Burial Place Historians have had various opinions about the burial place of Lady Zaynab (a.s.); some have defined al-Baqi in Medina. This opinion is not acceptable, because if she was buried there she would have a special tomb just like the others who were buried there. It is probable that she, like her mother, asked to be buried at night so that none would know about the place of her grave.

A good group of historians have decided that she died in a small village in Damascus and was buried there. They recorded that she immigrated to Syria when Medina had befallen by a disastrous famine due to which Abdullah ibn Ja’far left for Syria. It seems that the story of this famine is baseless, since most of the historians and narrators have never referred to such an incident during that period.

Besides, Abdullah ibn Ja’far was so rich that he would not be influenced by such a famine, and that he was too generous to leave his people in such a famine and immigrate to the center of his enemies. At any rate, it is widespread that Lady Zaynab (a.s.) was buried in Damascus and there is now a handsome shrine pilgrimage by thousands of people every day, seeking the blessings and mercy of Almighty Allah, just like the Holy shrine of Imam al-Husain (a.s.).

Another good number of historians have recorded that Lady Zaynab (a.s.) was buried in Egypt.[^300] For all Egyptians, this is an unquestionable fact, and her handsome shrine there is one of the most significant signs Egypt.