Umm Kulthum bt. al-Imam Ali (a): Difference between revisions

'''Umm Kulthūm Kubrā bt. ʿAlī b. Abī Tālib b. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib''' (Arabic: {{iarabic|اُمّ کلثوم کبری بنت علي بن ابيطالب بن عبدالمطلب}}) is the fourth child of [[Imam 'Ali (a)]] and [[Lady Fatima (a)]], after [[Imam al-Hasan (a)]], [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]] and [[Zaynab al-Kubra]]. According to historical sources, she married to [['Umar b. Khattab]], the second [[Caliph]]. Some scholars believe that she attended in the [[Event of Karbala]] and her sermons have been quoted in [[Maqtal books]] (narrative accounts of the Event of Karbala). The ambiguity surrounding her character and denial or approval of some events happening to her is mostly because there were three or four women with the same name and [[kunya]] in the family of Imam 'Ali (a); Umm Kulthum Kubra who was the daughter of Lady Fatima (a), Umm Kulthum Wusta who was the wife of [[Muslim b. 'Aqil]], Umm Kulthum Sughra (Nafisa), and Zaynab Sughra whose Kunya was Umm Kulthum.

According to the history, Umm Kulthum first married [['Umar b. Khattab]]. After his death, she married 'Uwn b. Ja'far b. Abi Talib, her cousin. When he passed away, she married his brother, Muhammad. After Muhammad's death, she married another brother of them, 'Abd al-Allah. [[Mas'udi]] believes that she had no children. Some others mention Zayd and Ruqayya as her children whose father was 'Umar. [[Ibn 'Inaba]] counts Hamida as the daughter of [[Muslim b. 'Aqil]] whose mother was Umm Kulthum, the daughter of [['Ali b. Abi Talib (a)]]. [[Sayyid Muhsin al-Amin]] says, "It means that Muslim b. 'Aqil married his cousin, Umm Kulthum. But there is no evidence that he married Umm Kulthum Kubra, so he might has married Umm Kulthum Wusta."

{{Main|The marriage of Umm Kulthum with 'Umar b. al-Khattab}}