A Critical Assessment of Umm Kulthum's Marriage to Umar
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Islamic Truths Center A Series of Theological Studies A Critical Assessment of Umm Kulthum’s Marriage to Umar Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Hussaini Milani Translated by Jawid Akbari A Critical Assessment of Umm Kulthum’s Marriage to Umar a Contents Contents ................................................................................................. a Prelude ................................................................................................... 1 Introduction ........................................................................................... 3 A Critical Assessment of Umm Kulthum‘s Marriage to Umar ............... 4 Section I .................................................................................................... 6 The Narrations and Their Narrators ......................................................... 6 The Narrators and Their Narrations ...................................................... 7 1. Ibn Sa‘ad‘s Narrations in Al-Tabaqat Al-Kubra .......................... 7 2. Dulabi‘s Narrations in Al-Durriyat Al-Tahira ........................... 10 3. Hākim Nishaburi‘s Narration in Al-Mustadrak. ........................ 15 4. Bayhaqi‘s Narrations in Al-Sunan Al-Kubra ............................. 16 5. Khatib Baghdadi‘s Narrations in Tarikh Baghdad ..................... 18 6. Ibn Abd Al-Barr‘s Narrations in Al-Isti‘ab: .............................. 19 7. Ibn Athir‘s Narrations in Usd Al-Ghabah .................................. 21 8. Ibn Hajar‘s Narrations in Al-Isabah ........................................... 24 Section II ................................................................................................ 28 A Study of the Chains of Transmission of the Narrations ..................... 28 A Study of the Chains of Transmission of the Narrations .................. 29 The Focal Point in this Regard ............................................................ 30 Ahmad ibn Abdul Jabbar as Seen by Biographers ......................... 33 Yunus ibn Bukair as Seen by Biographers ..................................... 33 Amr ibn Dinar as Seen by Biographers .......................................... 34 Sufyan ibn Uyainah as Seen by Biographers ................................. 35 Waki‘ bin Jarrah as Seen by Biographers ...................................... 37 Ibn Juraij as Seen by Biographers .................................................. 37 A Critical Assessment of Umm Kulthum’s Marriage to Umar b Ibn Abi Malikah as Seen by Biographers ...................................... 38 Husham ibn Sa‘ad as Seen by Biographers .................................... 39 Ibn Wahab as Seen by Biographers ............................................... 40 Musa ibn Ali Lakhmi as Seen by Biographers .............................. 41 Ali ibn Rabāh Lakhmi as Seen by Biographers ............................. 41 Uqbah ibn Āmir Juhani as Seen by Biographers ........................... 42 Atā Khurasani as Seen by Biographers .......................................... 43 Muhammad ibn Umar Waqidi as Seen by Biographers ................. 43 Abdul Rahman ibn Zaid as Seen by Biographers .......................... 44 Zaid ibn Aslam as Seen by Biographers ........................................ 46 Zubair ibn Bakkar as Seen by Biographers .................................... 46 A Study of the Chains of Transmission of Narrations about Umm Kulthum‘s Marriage to Umar ................................................................... 47 A Study of the Authenticity of the Narrations Concerning Umm Kulthum‘s Death ...................................................................................... 48 A Look at the Biography of ‗Amir Shu‘abi ................................... 48 A Look at the Biography of Ammar ibn Abi Ammar .................... 49 A Look at the Biography of Nāfi‘ .................................................. 49 A Look at the Biography of Abdullah Al-Bahi .............................. 49 Section III ............................................................................................... 51 The Text of the Narrations and their Significations ............................... 51 The Text of the Narrations and their Significations ............................ 52 The first dimension:........................................................................ 52 The second dimension: ................................................................... 56 Third dimension: ............................................................................ 57 The Fourth dimension: ................................................................... 58 The fifth dimension: ....................................................................... 60 The sixth dimension: ...................................................................... 61 A Critical Assessment of Umm Kulthum’s Marriage to Umar c The seventh dimension: .................................................................. 61 The eighth dimension: .................................................................... 62 The ninth dimension: ...................................................................... 63 The tenth dimension: ...................................................................... 64 Summary ............................................................................................. 66 One Question .................................................................................. 69 Answer ............................................................................................ 69 Section IV ............................................................................................... 73 Umar‘s Marriage to Umm Kulthum in Shiite Narrations ...................... 73 Umar‘s Marriage to Umm Kulthum in Shiite Narrations ................... 74 The first tradition: ........................................................................... 74 The second tradition: ...................................................................... 75 The third tradition:.......................................................................... 75 Final word concerning the marriage of Umm Kulthum ...................... 77 Summary of the Book ......................................................................... 79 Bibliography ........................................................................................ 81 A Critical Assessment of Umm Kulthum’s Marriage to Umar 1 Prelude With the prophetic mission of Prophet Muhammad (S), the seal of the prophets, the last and the most perfect divine religion was conveyed to humanity and prophethood came to an end. The religion of Islam emerged in Mecca but after twenty three years of arduous efforts made by the Messenger of Allah (S) and a handful of his loyal companions it spread all over the Arabian Peninsula. The continuation of this divine mission was an important undertaking that was entrusted publicly on Dhul Hijja, the eighteenth, by Glorious Allah, to Ali (A.S.), the Commander of the Faithful and the first personality after the Holy Prophet (S) in the world of Islam. With the proclamation of Hazrat Ali‘s guardianship and succession on this day, divine blessings were completed and the religion of Islam was perfected and announced as the only religion chosen by Allah. That was how unbelievers and pagans despaired of destroying Islam. Soon after the demise of the Messenger of Allah (S)], some of the companions of the Holy Prophet (S), based on their pre-hatched conspiracies, deviated from the course of guidance and leadership. They closed the gate of the city of knowledge putting Muslims in perplexity. From the very beginning of their rule, they placed the truths of Islam – that were like shinning sun – behind the dark clouds of doubt and skepticism by way of putting a ban on recording prophetic narrations, spreading fabricated narrations, casting doubts and embarking on hypocritical and deceptive tactics. Obviously, in spite of all conspiracies hatched by the enemies of Islam, the truths of Islam and noble sayings of the Messenger of Allah (S) were promulgated by the Commander of the Faithful, Ali (A.S), his successors and a few of his devout companions and those truths continued to flow and manifest themselves in one way or the other in the course of history. By explaining the truths, they did away with doubts, specious arguments, and wicked beliefs inculcated by the enemies of Islam, and made the truth clear to all. A Critical Assessment of Umm Kulthum’s Marriage to Umar 2 In this respect, great scholars and men of knowledge such as Sheikh Mufid, Sayyid Murtadha, Khaja Nasir, Allamah Hilli, Qadhi Nurullah, Mir Hamid Hussain, Sayyid Sharafuddin, Allamah Amini etc. having been glittering like shining stars, since they are the ones who defended Islamic truths, explained the realities of the school of Ahl Al-Bayt (A.S.) and dealt with spurious arguments using their tongues and pens. In our era, one of the outstanding scholars and researchers who has, with his eloquent pen and expressive writing, explained the truths of the religion of Islam and astutely defended the imamate and wilayah (guardianship) of the Commander of the Faithful, Ali (A.S.) is Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Husaini Milani, a great researcher. The Islamic Truths Center is proud to take up the task of reviving the fruitful and precious works of that great researcher by reviewing, translating and publishing them in a bid to make them available to students, scientific figures and those who are in search of Islamic truths. The