Layla bint Abi Murrah al-Thaqafi

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,[1] and Fatema Sughra. Her grandfather Urwah ibn Mas'ud was considered by Muhammad as one of the four chiefs of Islam.[2]

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References

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

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