page_title: Holiest sites in Shia Islam
section_title: Other tombs for the family of imams
hierarchical_section_title: Holiest sites in Shia Islam / Holy sites accepted by all Shia Muslims / Other tombs for the family of imams
caption_attribution_description: العربية: صورة لمسجد الكوفه المعظم مع الصحن الجديد لمرقدي مسلم بن عقيل وهاني بن عروةرضوان الله عليهما
context_page_description: In addition to the three mosques accepted by all Muslims as holy sites, Shi'ite Muslims consider sites associated with Muhammad, his family members and descendants, to be holy. After Mecca and Medina, Najaf, Karbala and Jerusalem are the most revered by Shias.
context_section_description: There are many tombs of the various descendants of the Imams (often called Imamzadeh). Some of them include:
  Great Mosque of Kufa in Kufa, Iraq - contains the tombs of Muslim ibn Aqeel, Khadijah bint Ali, Hani ibn Urwa, and Al-Mukhtar. The mosque also contains many important sites relating to the prophets and Ali, including the place where he was fatally struck on the head while in Sujud
  Mount Uhud near Medina, Saudi Arabia - bears the grave of Hamza ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib the uncle of Muhammad, along with the graves of all the other Muslims who fell at the Battle of Uhud.
  The tomb of Zayd ibn Ali in Kufa, Iraq
  Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Zayd - a descendant of Ali ibn al-Hussain (grandson of Zayd ibn Ali) in Mashhad, Iran.
  Awlād Muslim Mosque in Musayyib, Iraq - entombs the remains of the sons of Muslim ibn Aqeel.
caption: Great Mosque of Kufa
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