The desperate arguments brought forth by Answering-Ansar are a testament of their weak position. The marriage of Umm Kulthoom bint Ali to Umar bin Khattab is recorded in four separate narrations in the most reliable Shia book of Hadith, Al-Kafi. The narrators of these Hadith, according to the Shia website Al-Islam.org, are all reliable. Not only this, but the Shia narrations of this marriage can be found in many different authoratative Shia books, and fourteen different Shia sources were given. Additionally, all of the Shia traditionists and classical Shia scholars up until the fifth century AH upheld this marriage.
The fact that the marriage took place destroys the Shia paradigm, which revolves around the supposed persecution of the Ahlel Bayt by Umar bin Khattab and the Sahabah. Ali ibn Abi Talib was a good friend of Umar’s, so much so that he would give his daughter to him. The Shia version of history is bogus, and a figment of the Shia imagination. The Shia fool themselves into thinking that Umar hated the Ahlel Bayt much like they fool themselves into thinking that the Sunnis of today also hate the Ahlel Bayt (when in fact we love the Ahlel Bayt).
I would like to thank Brother Mohammed Belhoul for his help in writing this article. I would also like to sincerely apologize to any Shia out there who was offended by my tone of voice or anything offensive which I may have said. I tried very hard to remain dispassionate and analytic in my rebuttal, but sometimes Answering-Ansar made it difficult with some of their more inflammatory remarks. In the end, the purpose of this debate is not to bash the other side over the head nor to be victorious in a cage-match to the death, but rather for each person to reach closer to the truth. It is my hope that the Shia readers can look inside their hearts and realize that the marriage of Umar bin Khattab and Umm Kulthoom bint Ali is very difficult to deny. Like so many other events in early Islamic history, it is impossible to reconcile the Shia paradigm with the facts.
Article Written By: Ibn al-Hashimi, www.ahlelbayt.com
