Sakinah bint Husayn (Arabic: سكينة بنت الحسين; 669-736) was the daughter of the early Islamic leader Husayn ibn Ali. It is believed that there were two daughters of Husayn who were with him at the battle of Karbala known by similar names This Sakinah who was 11 years old that time was one of them and another was Sukayna (4 years old) who is also known as Rukaiya.Sakinah was also called Fatima al-Kubra (The eldest Fatima).
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