Laylā bint Abī Murrah ibn ʿUrwah ibn Masʿūd al-Thaqafī (), also known as Umm Laylā (), was a wife of

Husayn ibn Ali Husayn ibn Ali (; 11 January 626 – 10 October 680 Common Era, CE) was a social, political and religious leader in early medieval Arabia. The grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and an Alids, Alid (the son of Ali ibn Abu Talib ibn Abd a ...

and the mother of Ali al-Akbar and Fatima al-Sughra. She was the niece of

Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan Mu'awiya I (–April 680) was the founder and first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate, ruling from 661 until his death. He became caliph less than thirty years after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and immediately after the four Rashid ...

. Her grandfather

Urwah ibn Mas'ud Urwa or Urwah is a feminine Muslim name of Arabic origin meaning "strong support." People * Urwa ibn al-Ward (555–607), pre-Islamic poet * Urwah ibn Mas'ud, semi-legendary chieftain of Taif * Urwah ibn Zubayr (died 713), tabi'i Muslim historia ...

was considered by

Muhammad Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. Muhammad in Islam, According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the tawhid, monotheistic teachings of A ...

as one of the four chiefs of Islam.Shaykh Abbas Qummi. ''Nafasul Mahmoom.'' p.269.

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