I have a question about Umamah bint Zainab (ra). Did she have any children from Ali ibn Abi Talib (ra) and did she marry anyone else after Ali's (ra) martyrdom and have children from that man? I've heard that she later married one of the sons of Harith ibn Abd al-Muttalib (ra). Some Sunni and Shia sources say that the lineage from the Prophet (pbuh) is only through Fatima al-Zahra.

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Ibn Hajar mentioned in his book Al-Isaabah quoting some scholars that Umaamah bint Abi Al-‘Aas neither had children from ‘Ali nor from Al-Mugheerah ibn Nawfal ibn Al-Haarith ibn ‘Abdul Muttalib who married her after the death of ‘Ali . However, he (Ibn Hajar ) quoted some other scholars as saying that she had a son from Al-Mugheerah who named him Yahya and he used to be nicknamed by him (i.e. he used to be called Abu Yahya).

As regards the details on what is meant by Ahlul Bayt (i.e. the family of the Prophet ), please refer to Fatwa 87526.

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