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

[[Al-Shaykh al-Mufid]] has mentioned the names of Imam Ali's (a) children and introduced her as Zaynab Sughra whose kunya was Umm Kulthum.<ref>Mufīd, ''al-Irshād'', vol. 1, p. 354.</ref> This Kunya was given to her by the Prophet (s) because of her similarity to her aunt, [[Umm Kulthum bt. Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah (s)|Umm Kulthum]] (the Prophet's (s) daughter).<ref>Qummī, ''al-Kinā wa l-alqāb'', vol. 1, p. 228.</ref> In many [[Shi'a]] and [[Sunni]] sources, she is called Umm Kulthum Kubra.

According to the history, Umm Kulthum first married [['Umar b. al-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.<ref>Ibn Saʿd, ''al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā'', vol. 8, p. 462.</ref> [[Mas'udi]] believes that she had no children.<ref>Masʿūdī, ''Murūj al-dhahab'', vol. 1, p. 299.</ref> Some others mention Zayd and Ruqayya as her children whose father was 'Umar.<ref>Bilādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', p. 190; Ibn ʿAsāker, ''Tārīkh madīna-yi Dimashq'', vol. 19, p. 482.</ref> [[Ibn 'Inaba]] counts Hamida as the daughter of [[Muslim b. 'Aqil]] whose mother was Umm Kulthum, the daughter of [['Ali b. Abi Talib (a)]].<ref>Ibn ʿInaba, ''Umdat al-ṭālib'', p. 32.</ref> [[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."<ref>Amīn, ''Aʿyān al-Shīʿa'', vol. 3, p. 484.</ref>

# [[Ibn 'Abd al-Barr]] believes that she passed away at the time of [[Imam al-Hasan (a)]].

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

It is said that Umm Kulthum and her son, Zayd, passed away because of illness or being poisoned.

:::"It has been narrated that Umm Kulthum, Imam Husayn's (a) sister, passed away in [[Syria]]<ref>Tabari, Vol.2, P.371</ref>.

:::"About one parasang  to Syria, there is the tomb of Umm Kulthum, the daughter of [['Ali b. Abi Talib (a)]] and [[Lady Fatima (a)]]"<ref>Ibn Battuta, Vol.1, P.113</ref>.

:::"Umm Kulthum's tomb is in Rawiya ([[Damascus]])"<ref>Hamawi, Vol.3, P.20</ref>.

:::"The tomb which is in Rawiya (Damascus) is not Umm Kulthum's, the daughter of Lady Fatima (a) … she passed away in Medina and was buried in [[Baqi' cemetery]]"<ref>Ibn 'Asakir, Vol.2, P.309</ref>.

Also some others believe that this tomb belongs to Zaynab (a), the daughter of 'Ali (a) and Fatima (a), whose [[kunya]] was Umm Kulthum<ref>Al-Bitar, Vol.2, P.50</ref>.

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