Fatimah, the daughter of the Prophet ﷺ, sent word to Abu Bakr asking him for her inheritance from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from what Allah had granted him as fay in Madinah and Fadak, and what remained of the fifth of Khaybar.Abu Bakr replied, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'We are not inherited from. Whatever we leave behind is charity. The family of Muhammad ﷺ eats only from this wealth.' By Allah, I will not change anything of the Messenger of Allah's ﷺ charity from the state it was in during his lifetime, and I will administer it as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did."Abu Bakr refused to give Fatimah any part of it. Fatimah became displeased with Abu Bakr over this and avoided him, not speaking to him until she died. She lived for six months after the Prophet ﷺ. When she died, her husband Ali buried her at night without informing Abu Bakr, then Ali performed the funeral prayer over her.During Fatimah's life, Ali enjoyed a certain standing among the people, but when she died, he sensed a change in their attitude toward him. So he sought reconciliation with Abu Bakr and to give him the pledge of allegiance, having not yet pledged during those months.He sent word to Abu Bakr saying, "Come to us, but let no one come with you," disliking the presence of Umar.Umar said, "By Allah, you will not go to them alone."Abu Bakr said, "What could they possibly do to me? By Allah, I will go to them."So Abu Bakr went to them. Ali gave the testimony of faith and then said, "We acknowledge your virtue and what Allah has given you. We have not begrudged you any good that Allah has driven your way. But you acted unilaterally in this matter, and we felt that we had a share in it through our kinship to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."Abu Bakr's eyes filled with tears. When he spoke, he said, "By the One in whose hand my soul is, the kinship of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is dearer to me than my own kin to maintain. As for the disagreement that arose between me and you regarding this wealth, I have not fallen short of doing what is right concerning it, and I have not abandoned any practice that I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do with it without doing the same."Ali said to Abu Bakr, "Your appointment with me for the pledge will be this afternoon."When Abu Bakr finished the noon prayer, he ascended the pulpit, gave the testimony of faith, and mentioned Ali's situation, his delay in giving the pledge, and the reason he had offered. Then he asked Allah's forgiveness.Ali then gave the testimony of faith and acknowledged the great right of Abu Bakr. He stated that what had moved him to act as he did was not envy of Abu Bakr nor denial of the virtue Allah had bestowed upon him, "but we believed that we had a share in this matter, and he acted unilaterally regarding us, so we felt aggrieved within ourselves."The Muslims were pleased by this and said, "You have done right." The Muslims drew close to Ali again when he returned to the proper course.
أن فاطمة بنت النبي ﷺ أرسلت إلى أبي بكر تسأله ميراثها من رسول الله ﷺ مما أفاء الله عليه بالمدينة وفدك، وما بقي من خمس خيبر، فقال أبو بكر: إن رسول الله ﷺ قال: لانورت، ما تركنا صدقة، إنما يأكل آل محمد ﷺ من هذا المال وإني والله لا أغير شيئا من صدقة رسول الله ﷺ عن حالها التي كان عليها في عهد رسول الله ﷺ ولأعملن فيها بما عمل به رسول الله ﷺ فأبى أبو بكرأن يدفع إلى فاطمة منها شيئا فوجدت فاطمة على أبي بكر في ذلك فهجرته، فلم تكلمه حتى توفيت، وعاشت بعد النبي ﷺ ستة أشهر، فلماتوفيت، دفنها زوجها علي ليلا، ولم يؤذن بها أبا بكر وصلى عليها، وكان لعلي من الناس وجه حياة فاطمة، فلما توفيت استنكر علي وجوه الناس، فالتمس مصالحة أبي بكر ومبايعته، ولم يكن يبايع تلك الأشهر، فأرسل إلى أبي بكر أن انتنا، ولا يأتنا أحد معك، كراهية لمحضر عمر. فقال عمر: لا والله لا تدخل عليهم وحدك. فقال أبو بكر: وما عسيتهم أن يفعلوا بي؟ والله لآتينهم. فدخل عليهم أبو بكر، فتشهد علي فقال: إنا قد عرفنا فضلك، وما أعطاك الله، ولم ننفس عليك خيرا ساقه الله إليك، ولكنك استبددت علينا بالأمر، وكنا نرى لقرابتنا من رسول الله ﷺ نصيبا. حتى فاضت عينا أبي بكر، فلما تكلم أبو بكر قال: والذي نفسي بيده لقرابة رسول الله ﷺ أحب إلي أن أصل من قرابني، وأما الذي شجر بيني وبينكم من هذه الأموال، فلم آل فيهاعن الخير، ولم أترك أمرا رأيت رسول الله ﷺ يصنعه فيها إلا صنعته. فقال علي لأبي بكر: موعدك العدية للبيعة. فلما صلى أبو بكر الظهر رقي على المنبر، فتشهد وذكر شأن علي، وتخلفه عن البيعة، وعذره بالذي اعتذر إليه، ثم استغفر، وتشهد علي فعظم حق أبي بكر، وحدث أنه لم يحمله على الذي صنع نفاسة على أبي بكر، ولا إنكارا للذي فضله الله به، ولكنا نرى لنا في هذا الأمر نصيبا، فاستبد علينا، فوجدنا في أنفسنا، فسر بذلك المسلمون وقالوا: أصبت. وكان المسلمون إلى علي قريبا، حين راجع الأمر المعروف.
Bukhari narrated it in Maghazi (4240, 4241) and Muslim in Jihad and Expeditions (1759:52), both through the route of Layth, from Aqeel, from Ibn Shihab, from Urwa, from Ayesha, who said, and she mentioned it.There is also a narration on this topic from a man among the companions of the Prophet ﷺ who narrated to him, saying, "When we conquered Khaybar, they brought out their spoils of goods and captives, and the people began trading their spoils among themselves. Then a man came, just after the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had finished praying, and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I have made a profit today the like of which no one among the people of this valley has made.' He said, 'Woe to you, what did you profit?' He said, 'I kept buying and selling until I made a profit of three hundred ounces of silver.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Shall I tell you of a man who made a better profit?' He said, 'What is it, O Messenger of Allah?' He said, 'Two rakahs after the prayer.'"Abu Dawud narrated it (2758), and Bayhaqi narrated it through his route (6/332), from Rabi bin Nafi, who said, Muawiya, meaning Ibn Salam, narrated to us, from Zayd, meaning Ibn Salam, that he heard Abu Salam say, Ubaydullah bin Salman narrated to me that a man among the companions of the Prophet ﷺ narrated to him, and he mentioned it.In its chain is Ubaydullah bin Salman, from whom no one narrated except Abu Salam Aswad, and no one declared him trustworthy, so he is unknown, and Ibn Hajar likewise said the same in Taqrib.