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Who was Umm Kulthum the wife of Umar?

Fact 1

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* Sunni Historical evidence shows that the marriage of Umm
Kulthum and Umar

took place in the year 17 Hijri when Umm Kulthum was 5
or 4 years of age.

This would put her date of birth to 12 or 13 Hijri.

Sunni references :

- History of Abul Fida, vol I p 171

- al Farooq by Shibli Numani, vol II p 539

* Historical evidences show that Hazrat Fatima ( May Allah
bless her )

passed away 6 month after the demise of his father,
and thus her date of

death was in the year 11 Hijri, and that Umm Kulthum
were born in the

year 9 Hijri.

Sunni reference: Sahih al-Bukhari, Arabic-English Version,
Tardition 5.

546

Shia reference: Anwarul Hussania, v3, p39

Then how is it possible for Umm Kulthum to be born after the
death of

Hazrat Fatima (as) if the Sunnis claim that she was married
to Omar in the

year 17 Hijri at an age of 4 or 5 years, that would put the
date of birth

as 12 or 13 Hijri, which is long after the death of her
mother?!

Fact 2

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* Sunni historical evidence shows that Umm Kulthum (the wife
of Umar) died

before 50 Hijri, since Imam Hasan (as), Abdullah ibn
Umar and Sa'ad bin

Abi Waqs offered the funeral prayers.

Also
it is worthy to note that Imam

Hasan (as) was martyred in the year 50 Hijri.

Sunni references:

- Al Istiab by Ibn Abdul Barr Volume 2 page 795

- Tareekhe Khamees vol II p 318

- History of al-Tabri vol 12 p 15

But then other references show that Hazrat Umm Kulthum (
Blessings on her,

the daughter of Imam Ali and Fatima Az Zahra ) were present
in Kerballa

during the year 61 Hijri.

Long after the incident
of Kerballa Hazrat Zaineb

binte Ali ( blessings on her ) died, then it was that Hazrat
Abdullah bin

Jafer Tayyar were married to Hazrat Umm Kulthum binte Ali (
blessings on

her ).

There is no contradiction to the fact that before Umm Kulthum
binte Ali (

blessings on her ), Hazrat Zaineb ( blessings on her ) were
married to

Abdullah bin Jafer ( blessings on him ).

Also it is
true that till the year

61 Hijri ( incident of Kerballa ) Hazrat Zaineb were alive,
and that Umm

Kulthum binte Ali were married after the year 61 Hijri to
Hazrat Abdullah

bin Jafer.

But where does the contradiction lie ? With respect to the
first

references, the lady married to Omar by the name Umm Kulthum
died in the

year before 50 Hijri, as Imam Hasan ( as ) had offered her
funeral prayers.

This leaves us to believe that the Umm Kulthum married to
Omar were infact

some other lady and NOT the daughter of Imam Ali (as).

Sunni references :

- Roza tul Ihbab Volume 3 page 585

- Al Bidayah wa al-Nihayah

- Tareekhe Khamees Volume 3 page 318

Fact 3

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* The Sunni scholar Ibn Qutaybah in his book " al Maarif
" mentioned that

all the daughters of Imam Ali(as) were married to the
sons of Aqeel and

Abbas with a few exceptions, but he did NOT
mention the claim that Umm

Kulthum (May Allah bless her) were married to Omar.

The
exceptions were

for Ummul Hasan binte Saeed and Fatima.

Sunni reference: al-Maarif, Ibn Qutaybah, p 80

For those who claim that such marriage happened; kindly
answer the

following questions

- What was the age for Omar at the
time of the marriage ?

- When Omar died what was the age of
Umm Kulthum ?

- Could you briefly state the names
of the wives of Omar?

- Could you assert to the
truthfulness of the character of the

person who narrated this
story ? ( I am talking about Zubair

bin Bakar ) ?

- Do you know how many children were
born of Umm Kulthum

with the marriage to
Omar ?

Who was this Umm Kulthum then ?

It would be appropriate to mention the other wives of Omar at
this

juncture, not only during his pagan days but also after
embracing Islam.

His first wife was Zainab sister of
Uthman b.

Mazun.

His second wife

was Qariba, daughter of Ibn Umait ul
Makzami, and sister of the Holy

Prophet's ( saw ) wife Umm Salma (
May Allah be pleased with her ).

She was divorced in 6 A.

H after
the conclusion of the Truce of

Hudaibiya.

His third wife
was Malaika, daughter of Jarul al Khuzai,

who was also called Umm Kulthum,
also she did not embrace Islam and

was divorced in 6 A.

H.

On arrival at Medinah he married
Jamila, daughter of Asim b.

Thabit

who was high placed Ansari and had
fought at Badr.

Jamila first name

was Asia which the Holy Prophet (
saw ) changed to Jamila on her

conversion to Islam.

Omar
divorcd her also for some unknown reason.

Omar also had other wives namely,
Umm Hakim, daughter of al Harith b.

Hisham al Makhzumi, Fukhia Yamania
and Atika, daughter of Zaid b.

Amr

b.

Nafil.

Sunni reference : Al Faruq - Volume II by Shibli Numani
English Translation

Pages 340 --> 343 Chapter XIX ( His Family )

It is worthy to note that the author, Shibli Numani has
easily ignored the

daughter of the first Caliph, Abu Bakr.

This would
explain that truly Umm

Kulthum who was married to Omar was not the daughter of Imam
Ali, as the

correct historical references show, but the daughter of Abu
Bakr.

It is also worthy to mention the footnotes that have been
included when

Shibli Numani claims about the marriage of Umm Kulthum binte
Ali ( May

Allah be well pleased with her ) in the above chapter.

Here
I quote it word

by word

.

.

.

There was
another Umm Kulthum who had been his wife but

Historians make a clear distinction
between the two .

.

.

Now as a student of History I would like to pose the
following questions:

- Who is this other Umm Kulthum that
has been mentioned

in the historical
references ?

- Is she the same Umm Kulthum that
was divorced ( Malaika

the third wife ) in 6 A.

H
?

- We also know that there were ' two
' Umm Kulthum's as

Shibli Numani writes
above, correct ?

- Or is she the same Umm Kulthum
that is the daughter of

Abu Bakr ? If yes then
why doesn't the author point out

so ? What is the clear
distinction then ?

Here is the answer by from the historical documents:

After the death of Abu Bakr a daughter was born to him that
was named Umm

Kulthum.

Please refer to the following Sunni
references to confirm this

fact.

Sunni references:

- History of al-Tabari Volume 3 page
50, Printed in Egypt

- Tareekhe Kamil Volume 3 page 121,
Printed in Egypt

- Tareekhe Khamees Volume 2 page
267, Printed in Egypt

- Al-Isaba, by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani,
Volume 3 page 27

Please also do bear in mind that Abu Bakr died in the year 13
A.

H as

mentioned in the following Sunni book of reference

- History of the Caliphs by Jalal
al-Din al-Suyuti, page 551

Translated into English
by Major H.

S.

Barrett

This would imply that the original claim made by the first
references I

gave for the age of Umm Kulthum at the time of marriage of 4
or 5 years

would stand correct.

Since for Umm Kulthum binte
Abu Bakr to be born in 13

A.

H and married in 17 A.

H would give her an age of 4
years.

Since Aisha was the elder sister of Umm Kulthum binte Abu
Bakr, for this

reason Omar had sent for Umm Kulthum hand's to Aisha, and
Aisha had

accepted this.

Please refer to the following Sunni
references

- Tareekhe Khamees Volume 2 page
267, Printed in Egypt

- Tareekhe Kamil Volume 3 page 21,
Printed in Egypt

- Al Istiab by Ibn Abdul Barr Volume
2 page 795

Printed in Hyderabad Deccan

This leaves us no doubt to believe that Umm Kulthum who was
the daughter of

Abu Bakr was married to Omar and not Umm Kulthum the daugher
of Imam Ali

(AS) !!!

[ Apart from what I have disclosed above, there are many more
discrepancies

for the claim that Umm Kulthum ( May Allah be well pleased
with her ) were

married to Omar.

I have not included them for the
sake of brevity.

]