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Rubāb bint Imraʾ al-Qays ( ar, رُبَاب بِنْت ٱمْرِئ ٱلْقَيْس), or Umm Rubāb ( ar, أُمّ رُبَاب) was a wife of
Husayn ibn Ali Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, أبو عبد الله الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب; 10 January 626 – 10 October 680) was a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a son of Ali ibn Ab ...
. She was a daughter of Imra al-Qais, a chief of Banu Kalb, who came to Medina when
Umar ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb ( ar, عمر بن الخطاب, also spelled Omar, ) was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634 until his assassination in 644. He succeeded Abu Bakr () as the second caliph of the Rashidun Caliphat ...
was Caliph. Ali proposed this marriage, but since Husayn and Qais's daughter were too young at the time, the actual marriage took place later. Husayn had a daughter,
Ruqayya Ruqayya ( ar, رقيّة) is an Arabic female given name meaning "spell, enchantment, or incantation.” It is not to be confused with a separate Arabic term "Ruqia" from Arabic رقى (ruqia) meaning “to rise” or “ascend.” Ruqayya bint Mu ...
, and a son, Abd Allah, (or according to recent Shia sources, Ali al-Asghar) from her. Husayn's , Abu Abd Allah, is probably refers to this son. As a result of their deep affection, Husayn, composed poetry about her. After Husayn's death she spent a year in grief at his grave and refused to remarry.


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Imru' al-Qais Imruʾ al-Qais Junduh bin Hujr al-Kindi ( ar, ٱمْرُؤ ٱلْقَيْس جُنْدُح ٱبْن حُجْر ٱلْكِنْدِيّ, ALA-LC: ''ʾImruʾ al-Qays Junduḥ ibn Ḥujr al-Kindīy'') was an Arab king and poet in the 6th century, a ...
ibn Hujr al-
Kindi Kindi may refer to: *Al-Kindi (surname) *Kindi Department, department of Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso **Kindi, Kindi, its capital *Kindi, Andemtenga, a town in Andemtenga Department, Burkina Faso *Kindi (Tanzanian ward), Moshi Rural district, Kilimanj ...


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* Family of Muhammad Battle of Karbala 7th-century Arabs Wives of Shiite Imams Wives of Husayn ibn Ali {{MEast-bio-stub