Umm al-Banin

Fatima bint Huzam
Fatima bint Huzam
فَاطِمَة بِنْت حُزَام‎
Resting place	Al-Baqi Cemetery, Medina, Saudi Arabia
Known for	Wife of Ali ibn Abi Talib ; Mother of Abbas ibn Ali
Title	أُمّ ٱلْبَنِين (lit. 'mother of the sons')
Spouse	Ali
Children	Abbas ibn Ali; Abd Allah ibn Ali; Ja'far ibn Ali; Uthman ibn Ali;
Parent	Huzam (father);
Family	List Banu Kilab (by birth); Banu Hashim (by marriage);

Fāṭima bint Ḥuzām (Arabic: فَاطِمَة بِنْت حُزَام), better known as ʾUmm al-Banīn (Arabic: أُمّ ٱلْبَنِين, lit. 'mother of the sons'), was a wife of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the fourth Rashidun caliph (r. 656–661) and the first Shia Imam. She belonged to the Banu Kilab,^[1] a tribe within the Qays confederation. Umm al-Banin married Ali sometime after the death in 632 CE of his first wife Fatima, daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.^[1] She bore Ali four sons who were all killed in the Battle of Karbala (680 CE).^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c Blukbashi & Yusofi-Oshkuri 2020.

[FOOTNOTEBlukbashiYusofi-Oshkuri2020-1] Blukbashi & Yusofi-Oshkuri 2020.

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