If you do not get me married (to her -asws )...

If you do not get me married (to her -asws ), I will snatch away the quenching (of the pilgrims) and (control of) Zamzam (stop the Hajj)!’ So, Al-Abbas came to Ali -asws and spoke to him -asws . But he -asws refused upon it. Al-Abbas insisted (on behalf of Umar showing there existed enormous support for Umar and continuation of Hajj!!).

فَلَمَّا رَأَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع- مَشَقَّةَ كَلَامِ الرَّجُلِ عَلَى الْعَبَّاسِ وَ أَنَّهُ سَيَفْعَلُ بِالسِّقَايَةِ مَا قَالَ أَرْسَلَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع إِلَى جِنِّيَّةٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ نَجْرَانَ يَهُودِيَّةٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا سَحِيفَةُ بِنْتُ جُرَيْرِيَةَ- فَأَمَرَهَا فَتَمَثَّلَتْ فِي مِثَالِ أُمِّ كُلْثُومٍ- وَ حُجِبَتِ الْأَبْصَارُ عَنْ أُمِّ كُلْثُومٍ وَ بَعَثَ بِهَا إِلَى الرَّجُلِ When Amir Al-Momineen -asws saw the discomfort of the talk of the man (Umar) upon Al-Abbas, and he will be doing with the quenching (stopping water to Hajjis) what he had said, Amir Al-Momineen -asws sent a message to a Jinnie (devil) from the people (devils) of Najran, a Jewess (faith devil) called Saheyfa Bint Juweyria.

He -asws ordered her and she (transformed to human) resemble in a semblance (image) of Umm Kulsoom -asws , and (so) the sights (people) were veiled from Umm Kulsoom -asws (they could not see her in Amir ul-Momineen -asws ’s home) and he -asws sent her (Jewess devil) to the man (Umar).

فَلَمْ تَزَلْ عِنْدَهُ حَتَّى إِنَّهُ اسْتَرَابَ بِهَا يَوْماً فَقَالَ مَا فِي الْأَرْضِ أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ أَسْحَرُ مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ- ثُمَّ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُظْهِرَ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّاسِ فَقُتِلَ وَ حَوَتِ الْمِيرَاثَ وَ انْصَرَفَتْ إِلَى نَجْرَانَ وَ أَظْهَرَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع أُمَّ كُلْثُومٍ‏. She (the Jewess devil) did not cease to be with him (Umar) until he fell into suspicion with her one day.

He (Umar) said, ‘There is no one in the earth of more sorcery than the Clan of Hashim ‑as !’ Then he wanted to reveal that to the people, but he was killed, and the inheritance perished, and she (Jewess devil) left to go to Najran, and Amir Al-Momineen -asws revealed Umm Kulsoom -asws (to the people)’’. [5] [1] بَابُ تَزْوِيجِ‏ أُمِ‏ كُلْثُومٍ‏, , H. 1, 346, الكافي (ط – الإسلامية)، ج‏5، ص: [2] بَابُ تَزْوِيجِ‏ أُمِ‏ كُلْثُومٍ‏, , H.

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