Ali said: “I have kept my daughters for the sons of Ja‘far.

Ali said: “I have kept my daughters for the sons of Ja‘far.” Umar said: “Marry her to me, O Abul Hasan, for by Allah, there is no man on the face of the earth who seeks to achieve through her good companionship that which I seek to achieve.” Ali said: “I have done so.” Then Umar came to the Muhajirun (lit. migrants) between the grave (of Rasul-Allah) and the pulpit.

They — Ali, Uthman, Zubayr, Talhah and Abd ar-Rahman — used to sit there, and whenever a matter used to arrive from the frontiers, Umar would come to them there and consult with them.

He came to them and said: “Congratulate me.” They congratulated him, and asked: “With whom are we congratulating you, O Amirul Mu‘meneen?” He replied: “With the daughter of Ali ibn Abi Talib.[^3] Then he told them the story and said that he had heard the Prophet (S) say: كل سبب ونسب منقطع يوم القيامة إلا سببي ونسبي “Every means will be cut off and every lineage severed on the Day of Judgment except my lineage.”[^4] I was a companion of the Prophet and I also loved this relationship to be maintained.

The third narration Waki‘ ibn Jarrah narrates from Husham ibn Sa‘ad, he from Ataa Khurasani that he said: “Umar paid forty thousand [dirhams] as dowry [marriage gift] to Umm Kulthum!” The fourth narration Muhammad ibn Umar Waqidi and others have said, “Umar asked Ali for the hand of his daughter, Umm Kulthum, in marriage. Ali replied that she had not yet attained the age (of puberty).” Umar replied: “By Allah, this is not true. You do not want her to marry me.

If she is underage, send her to me.” Thus, Ali called Umm Kulthum, they prepared her and made her up.

Then he asked for a piece of cloth which he folded and handed over to Umm Kulthum telling her to take the garment to Amirul Mu‘meneen and tell him: “My father has sent me to you instructing me to convey you his greetings and said that if you liked the garment, take it or else, return it!” When Umm Kulthum went to Umar, the latter said: “May Allah bless you and your father, I like it.” Umm Kulthum returned to his father and said: “He did not unfold the garment, but just looked at me!” Then Ali married her to Umar and she bore him a child named Zaid.

The fifth narration Waki‘i ibn Jarrah narrates from Ismail ibn Abi Khalid, he from Aamir Sha‘bi that both Zaid ibn Umar and Umm Kulthum, the daughter of Ali, died. Ibn Umar offered funeral prayer consisting of four takbirs (Allahu Akbar).