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Layla bint Abi Murrah al-Thaqafi

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Layla bint Abi Murrah
Arabic: لَيْلَىٰ بِنْت أَبِي مُرَّة
Bornc. 7th century
Other namesUmm Layla
SpouseHusayn ibn Ali
Children
Parents
  • Abu Murrah ibn Urwah al-Thaqafi (father)
  • Maymunah bint Abi Sufyan (mother)
RelativesUrwah ibn Mas'ud (paternal-grandfather)

Umm Habiba (maternal-aunt) Abu Sufyan ibn Harb (maternal-grandfather)

Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan (maternal-uncle)

Laylā bint Abī Murrah ibn ʿUrwah ibn Masʿūd al-Thaqafī (Arabic: لَيْلَىٰ بِنْت أَبِي مُرَّة ٱبْن عُرْوَة ٱبْن مَسْعُود ٱلثَّقَفِيّ), also known as Umm Laylā (Arabic: أُمّ لَيْلَىٰ), was a wife of Husayn ibn Ali and the mother of Ali al-Akbar[1] and Fatima al-Sughra. She was the niece of Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan. Her grandfather Urwah ibn Mas'ud was considered by Muhammad as one of the four chiefs of Islam.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Ibn Katheer. The Short Story of Al-Husain bin 'Ali, (May Allah be Pleased with him). Darussalam Publishers. pp. 16–. GGKEY:KJAFKJADS2F.
  2. ^ Shaykh Abbas Qummi. Nafasul Mahmoom. p.269.