Rubab bint Imra al-Qais

Rubāb bint Imra’ al-Qays (Arabic: رُبَاب بِنْت ٱمْرِئ ٱلْقَيْس), or Umm Rubāb (Arabic: أُمّ رُبَاب) was a wife of Husayn ibn Ali. She was a daughter of Imra al-Qais, a chief of Banu Kalb, who came to Medina when Umar 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, Sakinah, and a son, Abd Allah, (or according to recent Shia sources, Ali al-Asghar) from her. Husayn's konya, Abu Abd Allah, is probably refers to this son.^[1]

As a result of their deep affection, Husayn, composed poetry about her.^[2] After Husayn's death she spent a year in grief at his grave and refused to remarry.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b Madelung 2004.
^ Jum’ah, Ahmad. Nsa’ mn ‘asr at-tabi’en (نساء من عصر التابعين). pp. 84–86.

Madelung, Wilferd (2004). "Ḥosayn b. ʿAli i. Life and Significance in Shiʿism". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. XII. New York: Bibliotheca Persica Press. pp. 493–498.

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[FOOTNOTEMadelung2004-1] Madelung 2004.

[2] Jum’ah, Ahmad. Nsa’ mn ‘asr at-tabi’en (نساء من عصر التابعين). pp. 84–86.

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