Layla bint Abi Murrah al-Thaqafi
Wife of Husayn ibn Ali
- Abu Murrah ibn Urwah al-Thaqafi (father)
- Maymunah bint Abi Sufyan (mother)
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]
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