Then they entered the city on foot, with black flags raised aloft.

Then they entered the city on foot, with black flags raised aloft. Zaynab [a.s.] went straight to the grave of the Holy Prophet [s.a.w.] where she prayed and told him of the massacre of his beloved grandson. Zaynab [a.s.] had returned altered, her hair white, and her back bent. Although upon her return she had been reunited with her husband, she did not live long after the tortuous trials she had to bear.

The exact date and place of her death is not clear but it is probable that she died in the year 62 A.H. some six months after her return. Previous…