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

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 ʿAsākir, ''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>