Layla bint Abi Murrah al-Thaqafi

Laylā bint Abī Murrah ibn ʿUrwah ibn Masʿūd al-Thaqafī (), also known as Umm Laylā (), was a wife of Husayn ibn Ali and the mother of Ali al-Akbar 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.

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