Zaynab bint Ali

Zaynab bint Ali (3 August 626 ‒ 29 March 682) wwas the daughter of the Ali ibn Abi Tālib and Fātimah bint Muhammad an sister of Husayn ibn Ali and Hasan ibn Ali. She was the grand-daughter of Prophet Muhammad. When her brother, Husayn, fought against Yazīd ibn Mu‘āwiya in 680 CE, Zaynab accompanied him. She played an important role in protecting her nephew, Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin, and because of this, she became known as the Heroine of Karbala.

Regarding the Advent of Karbalā

 * I will lose a brother. Would that death had deprived me of life today! My mother Fatimah is dead, and my father Ali Ibn Abi Tālib, and my brother Hasan ibn Ali. O! You are the successor of those who have passed away and the guardian of those who remain!
 * History of the Prophets and Kings, Vol. 19, p. 118
 * By my father and mother, O Abū 'Abdallāh (i.e., Husayn ibn Ali)! You have exposed yourself to death. May God accept my life for yours!
 * History of the Prophets and Kings, Vol. 19, p. 118
 * O my grief! Your life will be violently wrenched from you and that is more wounding to my heart and harsher to my soul.
 * History of the Prophets and Kings, Vol. 19, p. 118

Sermon in the court of Yazid

 * By God! You are a liar! By God! You are too lowly born! Such a thing is not for you, nor for him. No, by God! God would only let you do that if you left our faith and professed belief in another religion. You, your father and your grand-father have been guided by the religion of God, the religion of my father, the religion of my brother and my grand-father. You, a commander who has authority, are vilifying unjustly and oppress with your authority.
 * Addressed to Yazīd ibn Mu‘āwiya, quoted in History of the Prophets and Kings, Vol. 19, p. 171