The Sayyidah Ruqayyah Mosque Arabic مسجد السيدة رقية is located in Damascus Syria and contains the grave of Sukayna bint Husayn also known as Ruqayyah the young daughter of Al Husayn ibn Alī According to Shia Islamic narrations that are commemorated every year on the occasion of Ashura after enduring the Battle of Karbala and the torturous journey to Damascus