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

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'''Umm Kulthūm Kubrā bt. ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib b. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib''' (Arabic: {{iarabic|اُمّ کُلثُوم کُبری بنت عَليّ بن اَبيطالِب بن عَبدالمُطَّلِب}}) 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. al-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.

Some [[Maqtal books]] (narrative accounts of the [[Event of Karbala]]) have reported the attendance of Umm Kulthum in the Event of Karbala. In these books, she has been frequently mentioned beside [[Lady Zaynab (a)|Zaynab (a)]] and her sufferings have been quoted. [[Muhammad Baqir Majlisi|Majlisi]] says, "After Imam's martyrdom, when the tents were burned, the earrings of Umm Kulthum, [[Imam al-Husayn (a)|Husayn]]'s (a) sister, were taken out forcibly". She was a narrator of the Event of [['Ashura]] and preached a sermon in the meeting held by [['Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad|Ibn Ziyad]] in [[Kufa]].  In his book, Ibn Tayfur has quoted a sermon from Umm Kulthum which was delivered in Kufa when the [[Ahl al-Bayt]] of the Prophet (s) were held captive. Also 'Allama Majlisi has quoted poems and speeches of Umm Kulthum in the meeting held by Ibn Ziyad.

On the contrary, some other sources indicate that Umm Kulthum who attended the Event of Karbala was not the daughter of [[Lady Fatima (a)]]. [[Sayyid Muhsin al-Amin]] says, "[[Imam 'Ali (a)]] had two daughters called Umm Kulthum, one of them was Umm Kulthum Kubra, the daughter of Lady Fatima (a), who passed away before the Event of Karbala, and the other one, whose mother was a handmaiden, attended the Event of Karbala and delivered a sermon in Kufa. She was the wife of [[Muslim b. 'Aqil]]".

# Ibn Tayfur believes that she passed away after [[61]]/680 and the [[Event of Karbala]].