ZIYARAT OF UMMUL BANEEN (A) - MOTHER OF H. ABBAS (A)

The name of Ummul Baneen is Fatemah, the daughter of Hezaam. She was an extremely righteous, valiant, religious, accomplished and sincere lady. After the martyrdom of H. Fatemah Zahra (s.a.), she became the wife of H. Ali (a). She gave birth to four sons Abbas, Abdullah, Jafar and Usmaan. All of them fought on the side of I. Husain (a) and achieved martyrdom. Ummul Baneen used to mourn on her four sons and other martyrs of Kerbala. She also composed 'Marsiyas' )Poems of sorrow( in their honour and thus she was the one who has kept the memory of Kerbala alive.

اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَیْكِ یَا زَوْجَۃَ وَلِیِّ اللّٰهِ اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَیْكِ یَا زَوْجَۃَ اَمِیْرِ الْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَیْكِ یَا اُمَّ الْبَنِیْنَ اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَیْكِ یَا اُمَّ الْعَبَّاسِ ابْنِ اَمِیْرِ الْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ عَلِیِّ بْنِ اَبِیْ طَالِبٍ رَضِیَ اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْكِ وَ جَعَلَ الْجَنَّۃَ مَنْزِلَكِ وَ مَاْوٰیكِ وَ رَحْمَۃُ اللّٰهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهٗ۔