Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin (Arabic: عَلِيّ ٱبْن ٱلْحُسَيْن زَيْن ٱلْعَابِدِين), also known as al-Sajjad (Arabic: ٱلسَّجَّاد, "The Consistently Prostrating") or simply Zayn al-Abidin (Arabic: زَيْن ٱلْعَابِدِين, "Adornment of the Worshippers"), (c. 4 January 659 – c. 20 October 713) was the fourth Imam in Shiʻi Islam after his father Husayn ibn Ali, his uncle Hasan ibn Ali, and his grandfather, Ali. He was born, according to some sources, from Shahrbanu. Ali was just one of three boys called Ali, in his family. The two others were killed in The Battle of Karbala, one of them just an infant. Zayn al-Abidin survived the Battle, since he was ill, and did not participate in the battle. Later on he was sent to Kufa along with surviving women and children. In Kufa, he was about to be killed by Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, who disdained him by saying that God killed his family. Ali ibn Husayn, condemned ibn Ziad, by quoting a verse of Quran, which s otherwise. Ali, then was sent to Damascus, where he had a Sermon at Yazid I's palace, in presence of people who Yazid expected to take his side. In this sermon, Ali introduced himself and his family as Ahl al-Bayt of the prophet of Islam who were killed by Muslims!.
"Imam Zain al-Abidin desecrated grave(Raoza) at Al-Baqi' in Saudi Arabia".
The aftermath of Karbala After tragedy of Karbala, Zayn al-Abidin led an Isolated life in Medina, confining himself to a limited circle of his followers, who referred to him for religious questions.[23] He took aloof from political activities, dedicated his time to prayer, which earned him the honorifics Zayn al-Abidin and al-Sajjad.[19][20] According to William C. Chittick, Zany al-Abidin spent his time in worship and learning, was an authority on law and Hadith, however was most known for his virtue of character and piety.[29] .