Description: Zainab al Kubra, peace be upon her, is the daughter of the Caliph Ali Bin Abi Taleb, may God bless him, and the grand daughter of the prophet Muhammad,peace and greetings of God may be settled on him, from his daughter Fatima al Zahraa and sister of Hasan and al Husein. Her shrine in "al Ghouta" of Damascus is one of the most important Moslem shrines in the world and a wonder of Islamic architecture, visited by hundreds of visitors every day. Historians say that Mr. Mousa Murtadha, grand father of the custodians of the Shrine of Zainab al Kubra constructed the mausoleum from rows of stones, bricks and wood. In 1870 the ceiling crashed down to be renewed with bricks supported by a wooden skeleton by Mr. Salim Murtadha, who gave the custody of the shrine to his son, and then to the oldest of his successors. Now a committee headed jointly by Dr. Hani Murtadha and Eng. Mohammad Ridha Murtadha is sponsoring the site.