After being released from prison, Syeda Zainab (sa) asked her nephew, Imam Zain al-Abideen (as), son of Imam Hussain (as), to tell Yazid son of Muawiya to empty a house and return their belongings, with the heads of the martyred.

She stayed in the house for seven days, mourning for the martyred along with the rest of the imprisoned women, and the women of Damascus. She was the first one to offer condolence to the fourth Imam Zain al-Abideen (as) on the martyrdom of his father.

She then traveled to Karbala and mourned at the grave of Imam Hussain (as) and the Shuhada-e-Karbala (as) .

Syeda Zainab (sa) lived about one year after the torturous trials she had to bear. She withstood the impossible ordeal and carried out spreading the news everywhere, most successfully. It is claimed that she died in Syria, at the age of 57 in the year 62 A.H. Her holy shrine, Zainabiya is located in the present country of Syria or to some others belief, in Egypt and nowadays many of the Shiites visit it.