Layla bint Abi Murrah al-Thaqafi

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Gender
Female
Birth1 January 700
Family
Spouse:Husayn ibn Ali
Children:Ali al-Akbar ibn Husayn Sakinah (Fatima al-Kubra) bint Husayn Fatima al-Sughra bint al-Husayn
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Biography

Layla bint Abi Murrah bin ‘Urwah bin Mas‘ud al-Thaqafi (or Umm Layla) (Arabic: ليلى بنت أبي مرة بن عروة بن مسعود الثقفي‎‎) was a wife of Hussein ibn Ali and the mother of Ali al-Akbar, and Fatema Sughra. Her grandfather Urwah ibn Mas'ud was considered by Muhammad as one of the four chiefs of Islam.

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