Sayyida Zaynab Mosque, Syria

Sayyida Zaynab Mosque
Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلسَّيِّدَة زَيْنَب
The mausoleum of Zaynab bint Ali
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Branch/tradition	Twelver Shi'ism
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Mosque
Status	Active
Location
Location	Sayyidah Zaynab, Rif Dimashq Governorate
Country	Syria
Location of the mosque in Syria
Geographic coordinates	33°26′40″N 36°20′27″E / 33.44444°N 36.34083°E / 33.44444; 36.34083
Architecture
Architect(s)	Rida Mourtada
Type	Mosque architecture
Completed	1990
Dome(s)	1

The Sayyida Zaynab Mosque (Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلسَّيِّدَة زَيْنَب, romanized: Masjid as-Sayyidah Zaynab) is a mosque located in Sayyidah Zaynab near the capital city of Damascus, Syria. Twelver Shia tradition considers the mosque to contain the grave of Zaynab bint Ali, the daughter of Ali and Fatima, and granddaughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

Isma'ili Shia tradition place Zaynab's tomb in the mosque of the same name in Cairo, Egypt. The tomb became a centre of Twelver religious studies in Syria and a destination of mass pilgrimage by Twelver Shia Muslims from across the Muslim world, beginning in the 1980s. The zenith of visitation normally occurs in the summer. The present-day mosque that hosts the tomb was built in 1990.^[1]