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Although Sunni sources agree on this marriage, the source for her young age is the Sunni text ''Tarikh al-Khamis'', a work by Husayn Diyar Bakari. Both the text and the author are relatively obscure, and are not viewed as having particular authority within Sunni Islam. | Although Sunni sources agree on this marriage, the source for her young age is the Sunni text ''Tarikh al-Khamis'', a work by Husayn Diyar Bakari. Both the text and the author are relatively obscure, and are not viewed as having particular authority within Sunni Islam. | ||
Shia sources generally agree that the marriage occurred, | Shia sources generally agree that the marriage occurred, and view it as forced upon Ali and his daughter. Umar ibn al-Khattab is unanimously viewed very negatively in Shia literature, and is considered a usurper and false caliph. | ||
==Umar's Marriage to Umm Kulthum== | ==Umar's Marriage to Umm Kulthum== |
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