SYRIA - ZIARAAT & INFORMATION

 

PLACES TO VISIT

Damascus

Halab

Rakka
ZIARAAT FOR RECITATION

Ziyarat of Sayyeda Zaynab (sa)

Ziyarat of Sayyeda Ruqqaya (sa)

Ziyarat of Maqam-e-Ras-al-Husain (as) [the stone on which Imam Husain's head was kept]

Ziyarat of Hazrat Yahya bin Zakariya (as)

Ziyarat of Hazrat Sakina (sa)

Ziyarat of Umm-e-Kulthum (sa)

Ziyarat of Hazrat Fatima Sughra (as)

Ziyarat of Hazrat Fizza (as)

Ziyarat of Asma Binte Omais

Maimoona daughter of Imam Hasan (as)

Hameeda daughter of Muslim bin Aqeel

Hazrat Abdullah son of Imam Sajjad (as)

Hazrat Abdullah son of Imam Sadiq (as)

Ziyarat at Raas-ul-shuhuda (where the heads of Martyrs are buried)

Ziarat of Hazrat Bilal Habshi

Hazrat Sakina binte Imam Ali (as)

Hazrat Hujr Bin Adi

Hazrat Mohsin son of Imam Husain (as)

Prophet Zakariya

Hazrat Awais-ul-Qarani

Hazrat Ammar-e-Yasir
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Damascus

Pilgrimage sites

1

Tomb of Lady Zaynab, peace be upon her

Daughter of Imam Ali [a] and Sayyida Fatima al-Zahra [a]

2

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"

3

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]

4

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

5

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

6

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

1

House of Hinda - the pious wife of Yazid

2

1300 year old door in the bazaar of Damascus

3

Well of Prophet Hud [a] and a stone pot for wudu