Layla bint Abi Murrah al-Thaqafi

Laylā 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 Husayn ibn ‘Alī and the mother of ‘Alī al-Akbar. Her grandfather ‘Urwah bin Mas‘ud was considered by Muhammad as one of the four chiefs of Islām [Shaykh Abbas Qummi. "Nafasul Mahmoom." p.269.] .

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