Fatima binte Hizam

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Fatima bintr Hizam al-Kilabiyya, commonly known as Ummul Banin ("mother of several sons"), married Ali ibn Abi Talib (the first Shia Imam and fourth Caliph) after the death of his first wife Fatima bint Muhammad.

Umm Banin and Ali had four sons, of which the eldest was Abbas ibn Ali (the commander of Husayn's forces at the Battle of Karbala). Also Usman ibn Ali who was martyred at the battle.

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