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Spouse of Al-Husayn ibn Ali Rubāb bint Imraʾ al-Qays ( Arabic : رُبَاب بِنْت ٱمْرِئ ٱلْقَيْس ) was the first wife of Husayn ibn Ali , the third Shia Imam . After some years of remaining childless, she bore Husayn two children, named Sakina and Abd-Allah, also known as Ali al-Asghar . Rubab was present at Karbala in 680 CE and witnessed there the massacre of her husband and his supporters by the forces of the Umayyad caliph Yazid ( r. 680–683). Also killed there was Ali al-Asghar, who was at the time a young child, likely an infant. The women and children, among them Rubab, were marched to Kufa and then the capital Damascus , where they were paraded in the streets and then imprisoned. They were later released and returned to their hometown of Medina . Rubab refused to remarry after Husayn and died about a year later in Medina. Some elegies are ascribed to her in memory of Husayn.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Rubāb bint Imrā al-Qays bin ‘Adī bin Aws (or Umm Rubab ) ( ) was the wife of Husayn ibn ‘Alī that gave birth to ‘Alī al-Asghar (also known as: ‘Abdullāh), as well as Fātimah (also known as: Sukaynā or Ruqayyā). Her father was Imrā al-Qays bin ‘Adī and her mother was Hind al-Hanūd .
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Rubāb bint Imrā al-Qays bin ‘Adī bin Aws (or Umm Rubab ) ( ) was the wife of Husayn ibn ‘Alī that gave birth to ‘Alī al-Asghar (also known as: ‘Abdullāh), as well as Sakina bint Hussain . Her father was Imrā al-Qays bin ‘Adī.
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Rubāb bint Imra’ al-Qays ( ), or Umm Rubāb ( ) was a wife of Husayn ibn Ali , and the mother of Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn (also known as ‘Abdullāh) and Ruqayyah .Her father was Imra’ al-Qays ibn ‘Adī bin Aws ( ).
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Spouse of Al-Husayn ibn Ali Rubāb bint Imraʾ al-Qays ( ) was the first wife of Husayn ibn Ali , the third Shia Imam .After some years of remaining childless, she bore Husayn two children, named Sakina and Abd-Allah, also known as Ali al-Asghar .Rubab was present at Karbala in 680 CE and witnessed there the massacre of her husband and his supporters by the forces of the Umayyad caliph Yazid ( r. 680–683).Also killed there was Ali al-Asghar, who was at the time a young child, likely an infant.The women and children, among them Rubab, were marched to Kufa and then the capital Damascus , where they were paraded in the streets and then imprisoned.They were later released and returned to their hometown of Medina .Rubab refused to remarry after Husayn and died about a year later in Medina.Some elegies are ascribed to her in memory of Husayn.
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wife of husayn ibn ‘alī that gave birth to ‘alī al-asghar
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present at karbala in 680 ce and witnessed there the massacre of her husband and his supporters by the forces o
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