according to the historian ibn sa'd (d. 845), abd al-aziz had children from three wives and two slave women. he married umm asim layla bint asim, a granddaughter of caliph umar (), while they were both residing in damascus in . abd al-aziz highly valued this marital link with the family of the former caliph and spent 400 gold dinars for the wedding. while ibn sa'd counts four sons from umm asim—asim, umar ii, abu bakr and muhammad—al-baladhuri and ibn abd al-hakam count two: abu bakr asim and umar ii. from another wife, umm abd allah bint abd allah, a granddaughter of amr ibn al-as, abd al-aziz had his sons suhayl and sahl and daughters sahla and umm al-hakam. from a third wife, layla bint suhayl, he had his daughter umm al-banin. abd al-aziz was also married to hafsa, a daughter of asma bint abd al-rahman ibn al-harith of the prominent qurayshite clan of banu makhzum.