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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, but view it as forced. Umar ibn al-Khattab is unanimously viewed very negatively in Shia literature, and is considered a usurper and false caliph.
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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