Sunni and Isma'ili Shia tradition place Zaynab's tomb in the mosque of the same name in Cairo, Egypt.

[3] The shrine has been managed by Mourtada's family (Arabic: آلُ مُرْتَضَى, romanized: Āl Murtaḍā) since the fourteenth century.

[4] Given their financial investment, the ideological direction of the shrine and the prayer hall follow Ayatollah Khamanei.

His shrine is found within the compound of Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque and is regularly visited by many Iranian pilgrims.

On 27 July 2023, a motorcycle detonated near a taxi at Kou Sudan Street near Sayyida Zaynab's Shrine, killing at-least six people and injuring another 23.

[11] To maintain security, the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah guarded the site until they were withdrawn before the fall of Damascus in December 2024.