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Last week i went for ziarat in cairo, visiting the shrines of sayida zainab, sayida sukaina, sayida nafisa, and sayidna hussain sayida zainab from outside. there is a likelihood that this could be her actual burial place, as she lived in egypt the last period of her life. In wikipedia they say: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaynab_bint_Ali#Zaynab_and_History_of_her_last_days Allahu Aalam anyway, here is the mosque from outside: and the shrine: then i went to visit the shrine of sayida sukaina, who is the little daughter of imam hussain, that passed away in a dungeon in damascus. i am quite sure that she is not buried in egypt, as there is plenty of evidence pointing that she is buried in damascus. in the 19th century they even moved her body due to water damage, and supposedly found it unaltered. but still i enjoyed going and ironically there were kids running around that shrine there was even a cool cat chilling there then we moved on to sayida nefisa mosque. now this lady is the really the most legendary ahl bayt rep in egypt. during her years there, she has really created a big fan base. this is where shaikh mohamed hassan shihata had his funeral prayer 3 days ago. sayida nafisa at- tahra is daughter of al-Hasan al-Anwar, the son of Zaid al-Ablaj, son of al-Imam al-Hasan (as). she is known to have performed more than a hundred documented miracles, and she is widely loved. sunis actually go to her shrine to seek healing and intercession from her. especially sufi like her. there is an article written by sunis that writes quite a lot about her: http://www.sunnah.org/history/Scholars/nafisa_at_tahira.htm anyway, here are some pics: i didn't take pics at the hussain ras al sharif mosque and shrine (this time), because it was a tad bit too intense, walhamdulilah. by the way, if anybody has info about sayida nafisa, please share it. thanks. (wasalam)