Layla bint Abi Murrah al-Thaqafi explained

Layla bint Abi MurrahArabic: لَيْلَىٰ بِنْت أَبِي مُرَّة
Other Names:Umm Layla
Birth Date: 7th century
Spouse:Husayn ibn Ali
Children:
Father:Abu Murrah ibn Urwah al-Thaqafi
Mother:Maymunah bint Abi Sufyan
Relatives:Urwah 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|link=no), 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]

Notes and References

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