A 30 minute average drive to the city center brings us to one of the most heart breaking shrines in the world - the place where the young daughter of Imam al-Husayn(as) lies as she died in the grips of the most horrible oppression in human history.
The haram is located amongst the narrow streets of Damascus. As you enter the main gates, you come to a small courtyard welcoming the pilgrims prior to the main entrance. A few steps later, and you walk into a beautiful shrine decorated with a stunning gold color, surrounded with iron bars that secure the small grave.
It doesn't take much for your mind to jump about 1380 years back, when you hear of the atrocities committed to the blessed family of the Prophet (s). Here, in front of me, lay the grave of this little girl, who with her own strength and dignity, spread the message of Kerbala through the terrible conditions they faced in the cold dungeons of the illiterate regime at that time. I could only look through the iron pocjets at the holy grave and wonder what the beloved Lady of Mourners, Lady Zainab (as), and her brother, 'Ali ibne Husayn (as) felt as she left this world while resting her head on the grandson of the Prophet, her father, the Lord of Martyrs, Husayn ibne 'Ali (as).
Our salaams to Lady Rukayyah (as), for the message she gave remains alive with a passion in the hearts of those who truly grieve and strive to follow their lives the way it was meant to be.
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