What is the authenticity of the report that Umm Kulthum, the daughter of 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with them both), exposed her legs when she wanted to get married?
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The questioner : Shaykh, regarding the hadith of 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that you mentioned in the authentic hadiths about Umm Kulthum exposing her leg, and what is the outcome, Shaykh...?
The Shaykh : Exposing what?
The questioner : Exposing the legs of Umm Kulthum, the daughter of 'Ali, when he wanted to marry her.
The Shaykh : Where is this mentioned?
The questioner : It is in *Al-Sahihah*.
The Shaykh : Which *Al-Sahihah*?
The questioner : In *Al-Silsilah al-Sahihah* that is yours, in the first or the second volume.
The Shaykh : No problem, but we mentioned this in some of our writings. I do not know if this was published or not. Perhaps 'Ali remembers it better than I do. In this, we relied on al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani. Then, when the book of the compiler 'Abd al-Razzaq al-San'ani was published, it became clear to me that there is a break in the chain of narration of the hadith. I was certain that this story is not authentic, and I criticized al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani for not noticing that there is a break and a mistake in one of its narrators, where he thought it was so-and-so, but it is not him. In conclusion, this could have been done twenty years ago when it was printed long ago, but do you remember where we discussed it?
Al-Halabi : In the third volume of *Al-Da'if*, our Shaykh. Yes, that is right.
The Shaykh : So, did we clarify this fact?
Al-Halabi : You clarified it and answered that it was printed in such-and-such a book, so let it be struck out in *Al-Silsilah al-Sahihah*, and you mentioned there an important detail.
The Shaykh : Exposing what?
The questioner : Exposing the legs of Umm Kulthum, the daughter of 'Ali, when he wanted to marry her.
The Shaykh : Where is this mentioned?
The questioner : It is in *Al-Sahihah*.
The Shaykh : Which *Al-Sahihah*?
The questioner : In *Al-Silsilah al-Sahihah* that is yours, in the first or the second volume.
The Shaykh : No problem, but we mentioned this in some of our writings. I do not know if this was published or not. Perhaps 'Ali remembers it better than I do. In this, we relied on al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani. Then, when the book of the compiler 'Abd al-Razzaq al-San'ani was published, it became clear to me that there is a break in the chain of narration of the hadith. I was certain that this story is not authentic, and I criticized al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani for not noticing that there is a break and a mistake in one of its narrators, where he thought it was so-and-so, but it is not him. In conclusion, this could have been done twenty years ago when it was printed long ago, but do you remember where we discussed it?
Al-Halabi : In the third volume of *Al-Da'if*, our Shaykh. Yes, that is right.
The Shaykh : So, did we clarify this fact?
Al-Halabi : You clarified it and answered that it was printed in such-and-such a book, so let it be struck out in *Al-Silsilah al-Sahihah*, and you mentioned there an important detail.
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