
This text discusses about Umm Kulthum‘s marriage to Umar ibn Al-Khattab, presenting the narrations from the most famous books authored by Sunni scholars, carefully examining the chains of the narrations, their significations, the narrators and their goals.
- A Critical Assessment of Umm Kulthum’s Marriage to Umar
- Prelude
- Introduction
- A Critical Assessment of Umm Kulthum’s Marriage to Umar
- Section 1: The Narrators and Their Narrations
- 1. Ibn Sa’ad’s Narrations in Al-Tabaqat Al-Kubra
- 2. Dulabi’s Narrations in Al-Durriyat Al-Tahira
- 3. Hakim Nishaburi’s Narration in Al-Mustadrak
- 4. Bayhaqi’s Narrations in Al-Sunan Al-Kubra
- 5. Khatib Baghdadi’s Narrations in Tarikh Baghdad
- 6. Ibn Abd Al-Barr’s Narrations in Al-Isti’ab
- 7. Ibn Athir’s Narrations in Usd Al-Ghabah
- 8. Ibn Hajar’s Narrations in Al-Isabah
- Section 2: A Study of the Chains of Transmission of the Narrations
- The Focal Point in this Regard
- Ahmad ibn Abdul Jabbar as Seen by Biographers
- Yunus ibn Bukair as Seen by Biographers
- Amr ibn Dinar as Seen by Biographers
- Sufyan ibn Uyainah as Seen by Biographers
- Waki’ bin Jarrah as Seen by Biographers
- Ibn Juraij as Seen by Biographers
- Ibn Abi Malikah as Seen by Biographers
- Husham ibn Sa’ad as Seen by Biographers
- Ibn Wahab as Seen by Biographers
- Musa ibn Ali Lakhmi as Seen by Biographers
- Ali ibn Rabah Lakhmi as Seen by Biographers
- Uqbah ibn Amir Juhani as Seen by Biographers
- Ata Khurasani as Seen by Biographers
- Muhammad ibn Umar Waqidi as Seen by Biographers
- Abdul Rahman ibn Zaid as Seen by Biographers
- Zaid ibn Aslam as Seen by Biographers
- Zubair ibn Bakkar as Seen by Biographers
- A Study of the Chains of Transmission of Narrations about Umm Kulthum’s Marriage to Umar
- A Study of the Authenticity of the Narrations Concerning Umm Kulthum’s Death
- Section 3: The Text of the Narrations and their Significations
- Section 4: Umar’s Marriage to Umm Kulthum in Shiite Narrations
- Summary of the Book
- Bibliography