The root cause of all this lacunae is Umar, the father of Abdullah.

The root cause of all this lacunae is Umar, the father of Abdullah. Yazeed was aware of all this, that is why he could give such a fitting reply to Abdullah Ibn Umar. The fact is that if Umar had not been there and if he had not been such a severe opponent of the Prophet’s family, the history of Islam would have been quite different. The writer has written a great deal in this regard and it is not worth repeating here. [^1]: Tarikhul Khulafa, Pg. 195 [^2]: Hayatul Haiwan, Vol.

1 [^3]: Qastalani, Vol. 10, Pg. 162. [^4]: Pg. 87 [^5]: Pg. 102 [^6]: Hayatul Haiwan [^7]: Pg. 33 [^8]: Pg. 8 [^9]: Ref. Tarikhul Khulafa, Pg. 308. [^10]: Pg. 462 Previous…