Grading of the chain of narrators of the historical report of Omar Ibn Khattab threatening Fatima a.s. to burn her house and investigating the trustworthiness of the author and the narrators. This will be a proof upon every Sunni who is bounded with the method of Ilm AlRijal:
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AlThahabi says about Abi Shayba: The great Hafith and Hujja(proof) Abu Bakr, Ahmed son of Hanbal reported from him and AlBukhari and Abu AlQasem AlBagawi and the people and a Jama’a(a group)have made him trustworthy. And then said. And then he said: Abu Bakr(Buraid Bin Abu Shaiba).Among those who jumped over the bridge and is of the highest level of trustworthiness. He passed away in the beginning of 235.(Mizan AlItidal 2:490#4549)
This is the author
As for the narrators, we will start with the first one:
(1)Muhammad son of Bishr:
Ibn Hajar AlAsqalani said:Muhammad son of Bishr son of AlFurafisa son of AlMikhtar AlHafith AlAbdi Abu Abdullah AlKufi, he is trustworthy by Ibn Ma’een. And Abu Dawood spoke of him and said he is the best memorizer from among those who were in Kufa. AlBukhari and Ibn Haban in their Thiqaat(trustowrthy ones/meaning trustworthy narrators): He dies in 203 A.H and then he mentioned the trustworthiness of the other ones of him.
Tahtheeb AlTahtheeb 9:73 # Biography/Tarjama#90
(2)Ubdayllah son of Umar:
Ibn Ma’een ssaid: Ubaydallah is among the trustworthy ones and AlNisai said: Thiqa/trustworthy.And Abu Zara’a and Abu Hatem said: Trustworthy/thiqa. And also other words of praising.
Tahtheeb AlTahtheeb 7:38-40 Biography/Tarjama #71
(3)Zaid son of Aslam AlAdawi:
Ibn Hajar AlAsqalani said: Zaid son of Aslam AlAdawi, Abu Usama….Trustworthy by Ahmed and Abu Zar’a and Abu Hatim and Muhammad son of Sa’ad and Ibn Kharash and Yaqoob son of Shayba: Thiqa/trustworthy, from the people of Fiqh/jurisprudence and knowledge and he was a scholar in Tafseer Quran and died 136 A.H.
Tahtheeb AlTahtheeb v.3 p.395-396 Tarjama/Biography 728
(4)Aslam AlAdawi: He is called Abu Zaid and was Habashi.
Alajali said: Mediniite, trustworthy from the great ones of the Taba’een. Abu Zar’a said: Thiqa. Abu Ubayd: He passed away 80 A.H. Tahtheeb AlTahtheeb 1: 266 Biography/Tarjama 501
On the authority of Muhammad son of Bishr(1) on the authority of Ubaydallah son of Umar(2), on the authority of Zaid son of Aslam(3) from his father Aslam(4):After the Prophet died and people pledged their allegiance to Abu Bakr, Ali and Zubayr used to approach Fatima, and consult her regarding their affairs.
When this news reached Umar bin al-Khattab, he went to approach Fatimaand said to her: “O daughter of the Messenger of Allah, I swear by Allah that there is no one more beloved to us than your father and there is no one more beloved to us after your father than you. And by Allah, that will not prevent me from ordering your house to be burnt on them if they gather
with you (at your house)”.Abu Bakr bin Shayba said: When Umar left, they (Ali and Zubayr) returned to her. She said to them “Umar had just come to me and said that if you were to return here, he will burn the house on you, and I swear by Allah that he will do exactly what he has said.” (Al-Musannaf — Kitabul Maghazi 8:572)
Translated by: Ansary Zolfigar and prepared by Sheikh Abd Al Saleema