The Family and Social Role of Hazrateh Zeinab (s. a.)

This article examines the training role of Hazrateh Zeinab (s. a.) from a family and social perspective. In the first part which is related to the training role of Hazrateh Zeinab (s. a.) in the family, we probe into her interactions with her brothers and her children who had been influenced by the ideology of the Prophet (p. b. u. h.), Hazrateh Ali (a. s.), and Hazrateh Zahra (a. s.). She herself had grown up under the influence of the same ideology, had strongly resisted heaps of misfortunes and sorrows since her childhood, and had taught her community how to be free. Following her mother’s will, she well accompanied her brother, and even she had made her marriage contract with Abdollah ibne-Omar contingent upon going on journeys with his brother so that she could always accompany him. Affection toward the family is among the most outstanding aspects of Hazrateh Zeinab’s (s. a.) training role. She defended her brother, her nephew, and the followers of Imam Hussein (a. s.), who had moved to safeguard the religion and enjoin the right conduct, under the toughest conditions. In the second part, which deals with the training role of Hazrateh Zeinab (s. a.) in the society, first, we examine issues such as her knowledge, her attempt to hold meetings to interpret the Quran, her role as an authority in religious understanding and theories and hadith, and her faith, piety, and intimacy with the Quran; and then we discuss her training role in the society as a spiritual model. It is hoped that this little attempt of us pleases Aghileh bani-Hashem, the great lady of Islam, and the companion and follower of Imam Hussein (a. s.).