Holy Places

HOLY SHRAINES IN SYRIA

D A M A S C U S

• Tomb of Lady Zaynab, peace be upon her
• Daughter of Imam Ali [a] and Sayyida Fatima al-Zahra [a]
• Bab Saghir (also called "Goristan-e-Ghariban")
• This is a street with cemeteries on either side of the road
• Tomb of Lady Ruqayya [a]: daughter of Imam Husayn [a]
• Tomb of Lady Umm Kulthum [a]: sister of Imam Husayn [a]
• Tomb of the Prophet's [s] wives (ummahatul mu'minin): Umm Salma and Umm Habiba
• Tomb of Lady Fidha, the maid of Sayyida Fatima (the Prophet's daughter), [a]
• Tomb of Hujr Ibn Adi [r], companion of Imam Ali [a]
• Tomb of Kamaid bin Aswad al-Kindi [r], companion of Imam Ali [a]
• Tomb of Abdullah b. Ja'far al-Tayyar [a], husband and cousin of Lady Zaynab [a]
• Tomb of Obay ibn Ka'b [r]: husband of Halima [r], nursing mother of the Prophet [s]
• Tomb of Bilal al-Habashi, the Muazzin of the Holy Prophet [s]
• Tomb of Abdullah bin Umm Maktoum - Muazzin
• Tomb of Abdullah b. Imam Zaynul Abideen [a]
• Tomb of Abdullah b. Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq [a]
• Tomb of Fatima Sughra bint Imam Husayn [a]
• Maqam Ra's Shuhada. The burial place of the heads of the martyrs of Karbala. Also called "ganj-e-sarha-e-shuhada-e-Karbala"

Prison

This place can be reached by walking through Souk Hamidiyya (i.e. the Hamidiyya bazaar)

• Mausoleum of Sakina [a]: daughter of Imam Husayn [a]
• Prison of Ahlul Bayt [a]
• Pulpit (minbar) of Imam Zaynul Abideen [a]
• Niche (mihrab) where Imam Zaynul Abideen [a] used to say his prayers
• Place where Imam Zaynul Abideen [a] prayed when he went to take the head of Imam Husayn [a]

Ummayyad Mosque (Jaami al-Amawi)

This is a walking distance from the Prison:

• The Pulpit from which Imam Zaynul Abidin [a] delivered a sermon before Yazid
• Grave of Prophet Yahya (John the Baptist) [a] son of Prophet Zakariya [a]
• Maqam Ra'sul Husayn [a]. Place where the head of Imam Husayn [a] is said to have been buried
• Place where the head of Imam Husayn [a] was kept in Yazid's treasury

Salera (Hill)

• Cave of Ashab al-Kahf
• Koh-e-Raqim
• Masjid Sulayman
• Small Masjid
• Footprint of Imam Ali, peace be upon him
• Sermon (khutba) writtten by Imam Ali [a] on stone with his finger

Another Hill (dangerous to ascend)

• Place where Qabil killed his brother Habil (sons of Adam [a])
• The "two eyes" from which water drops like tears
• Fingerprint of the Archangel Jibrail [a]
• Forty (arbain) Mosallas: place where 40 prophets are buried

Historic sites

• House of Hinda - the pious wife of Yazid
• 1300 year old door in the bazaar of Damascus
• Well of Prophet Hud [a] and a stone pot for wudu

A L E P P O

• Place where Imam Hussain (a.s) head was kept
• Roza of Hazrat Peyghumbar Zakariya (a.s)