Ashura’ Encyclopedia

R - Al-Rabab

The daughter of Imr'e' Al-Qays Ibn Oday, and wife of Imam Husayn. She was the mother of Sakeeneh and Ali Al-Asgher (Abdullah). After the massacre in Karbala, she came back with the women and held a ma'atem for a whole year in Madinah. She always cried for her brother and never sat in a shaded place until she died after a year of Imam Husayn's martyrdom.