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The Generations · The Family of the Prophet ﷺ

زينب بنت علي

Zaynab bint ʿAlī

raḍiyallāhu ʿanhā — may Allah be pleased with her

5 – 62 AH / 626 – 682

her portrait is written, not drawn

Her portrait is her record: no image survives, and none is needed.

stationAhl al-Bayt
born5 AH
returned62 AH
day keptOne

Her Daysأَيَّامُهَا

Urs of Zaynab bint Ali15 Rajab

Days of the Islamic calendar kept in her memory — each opens in the prayer book.