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Hadith Scan
From Abū Basīr (3), Jad‘ān ibn Naṣr narrated: Abū ‘Abdillāh Muhammad ibn Mas‘adah (4) told us: Muhammad ibn Ḥumwayh ibn Ismā‘īl al-Arbanū’ī narrated from Abū ‘Abdillāh al-Zubaynī (5), from ‘Umar ibn Adhīnah, who said:
It was said to Abū ‘Abdillāh (peace be upon him): “People argue against us and say: ‘Amīr al-Mu’minīn (peace be upon him) married so-and-so’s daughter, Umm Kulthūm.’”
He was silent for a moment, then sat and said:
“Do you accept that ‘Alī (peace be upon him) married someone’s daughter!?”
He continued:
“Those who claim this are misguided and do not follow the right path.”
He clapped his hands and said:
“Glory be to Allah! Was it not possible for Amīr al-Mu’minīn (peace be upon him) to prevent such a thing from happening and save her? They have lied; what they said never occurred.
Indeed, so-and-so proposed to ‘Alī only for the daughter Umm Kulthūm, but ‘Alī refused, and he said to al-‘Abbās:
‘By Allah, if we do not marry a jinn, you will not receive water from us or from Zamzam.’”
Al-‘Abbās approached ‘Alī (peace be upon him) to speak to him, but he refused. Al-‘Abbās insisted.
When Amīr al-Mu’minīn (peace be upon him) saw that it would be troublesome to speak with the man through al-‘Abbās, and that he would act according to what he said about the water, he sent a female jinn from Najrān, a Jewish woman named Suḥayqah bint Jarīriyyah. He commanded her, and she appeared in the likeness of Umm Kulthūm, covering the real Umm Kulthūm from view, and was sent to the man.
She remained with him until one day he grew suspicious and said:
“There is no family on earth more enchanting than Banu Hāshim.”
Then he wanted to show this to the people, so he killed her (the jinn impersonator) and kept the inheritance, then returned to Najrān. Amīr al-Mu’minīn (peace be upon him) then revealed the real Umm Kulthūm.