After several years...
After several years, Zaynab faced the
greatest disaster of history when Imam Hussain along with the
prominent Hashemite men were massacred at Karbala by the
Umayyad’s. After massacring the men, Zaynab and the women were
taken to Syria, but she did not panic nor did she give into the enemy. From Syria she was sent to Medina and then exiled to Egypt to live the
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Zaynab's tomb is well-known in Egypt today and is visited by believers
from all over the world. (There is disagreement about the location of
Zaynab's tomb; it is believed by most to be located in Syria.)
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