Fatema Sughra

Fatema Sughra bint Husain was the eight-year old daughter of the early Islamic Imam Husayn ibn Ali. It is believed that this daughter was ill and left behind at Medina when he took part in the battle of Karbala (680).^[1][2] Her mother was Umm Ishaq bint Talhah.^[3]

There are two other daughter of Imam Husayn who were with him at Karbala: Sakinah bint Husayn and Sukayna bint Husayn.

Notes

1. ; The Light, Volumes 12-13; Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania, 1978 - Islam; " ... said that Imam Husain (a.s.) had another daughter named Fatema, we have to point out that she was Fatema Sughra ...".
2. The Immortal Poetry & Mir Anis: With the Versified Translation of a Marsia of Mir Anis; Syed Ghulam Abbas, Mir Babbar Ali Anis,Majlis-e-Milli, Pakistan, 1983 - Elegiac poetry - 368 pages; ; “Umme Salma loved Husain very much. At the time of Huasin's departure from Madina, she was left there due to her old age and also to look after Fatima Sughra, the ailing daughter of Husain. Na'ni, Umme Salma. 6. AU, Son of Abu Ta'lib ...”
3. ; Islamic shi'ite encyclopaedia, Ḥasan Amīn, s.n., 1973 - Religion; “... Fatima; i^u her mother was Umm Ishaq bint Talhah ibn 'Abdullah.”