- Bab Saghir
Bāb Saghīr ( _ar. باب صغير), also called "Goristan-e-Ghariban", is a street in
Damascus ,Syria , with cemeteries on either side of the road. The cemeteries include those of the following:* Tomb of Umm Kulthum, daughter of
Ali andFatimah
* Tomb of Bilal al-Habashi, the Mu'adh-dhin ofMuhammad
* Tomb of Sakina, daughter of the Third Shī`a Imām,Husayn ibn Ali (not the same as the daughter that is buried inSayyidah Ruqayya Mosque )
* Tomb ofFidha , the maid ofFatima (Muhammad 's daughter)
* Tomb of Abdullah, son of the Fourth Shī`a Imām, Ali Zaynul 'Aabideen
* Tomb of Maymuunah, daughter of the Second Shī`a Imām, Hasan al-Mujtaba
* Tomb of Asma, wife of Ja'far at-Tayyaar
* Tomb of Hameedah, daughter ofMuslim ibn Aqeel
* Tomb ofKamaid bin Aswad al-Kindi , companion ofAli
* Tomb ofObay ibn Ka'b , husband of Halima, nursing mother ofMuhammad
* Tomb ofAbdullah bin Umm Maktoum , Mu'adh-dhinThe following tombs are also found within this cemetery, however these are fake graves created for the purpose of ziyarah (the real graves of these figures are found in Jannatul Baqee', Madinah,
Saudi Arabia ):* Tomb of
Muhammad 's wives:Umm Salama Hind bint Abi Umayya andRamlah bint Abi-Sufyan (aka Umm Habeebah)
* Tomb of Abdullah, son of Ja'far at-Tayyaar, husband and cousin of Lady Zaynab
* Tomb of Abdullah, son of the Sixth Shī`a Imām, Ja'far as-Sadiq
* Tomb of Fatima Sughra, daughter ofHusayn ibn Ali As well within this cemetery:
* "Maqam Ra's Shuhada", the former burial place of the heads of the Martyrs of Karbala (also called "ganj-e-sarha-e-shuhada-e-Karbala")
* The well from which the Fourth Shī`a Imām, Ali Zaynul 'Aabideen used to perform wudhuee also
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Jannatul Baqee
*Jannatul Mualla
*Holiest sites in Islam
*Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque
*Sayyidah Ruqayya Mosque External links
* [http://www.al-islam.org/ziyarat/syria.htm Ziyarets in Syria]
Umm Kulthum bint Ali (A.S.)
Bilal al-Habashi, the first Mu'adh-dhin
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Imam Zaynul 'Aabideen (A.S.)
Imam Hasan (A.S.); Asma, wife of Ja'far at-Tayyaar; and Hameedah, daughter of Muslim ibn Aqeel
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