Saddam rubbed from list of Prophet Mohammad (p) descendants

By: Hamoud Kufi

BAGHDAD, Iraq: The name of Iraq’s former dictator Saddam Hussein has been scrubbed from the list of descendants of the Seal of Prophets, Prophet Mohammad (peace of Allah be on him & his pure progeny), three days after his capture by US forces.

Al-Sherif Najeh Mohammad Hassan Al-Faham Al-Aaraji, the head of the union of Ashraf, which guards the genealogical tree, told this adding that the union has the backing of religious dignitaries from all Muslim traditions, including the Hawza seminary in the holy city of Najaf.

“Saddam had forced the origin experts to falsify his genealogical tree so that it went back to the Prophet (peace of Allah be on him & his pure progeny),” he said.

“We will inform all the experts, and particularly those who yielded to Saddam and agreed to falsify his genealogical tree. But the real trusted experts are very few in number and all refused.”

The Union head showed AFP a photo of Saddam's tree including a large book of origins which go back to the Imam Hassan and Imam Hussein (peace of Allah be on them), sons of Imam Ali bin Abi Taleb (peace of Allah be on him) and Sayedah Fatima Zahraa (peace of Allah be on her), beloved daughter of the Prophet (peace of Allah be on him & his pure progeny).

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