Aishah informed him that Fatimah, daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, sent word to Abu Bakr al-Siddiq asking him for her inheritance from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from what Allah had bestowed upon him in Medina, in Fadak, and what remained of the one-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 may only eat from this wealth.' By Allah, I will not change anything regarding the Messenger of Allah's ﷺ charity from the state it was in during his lifetime, and I will manage it exactly as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ managed it."So Abu Bakr refused to give Fatimah anything, and Fatimah became upset with him over this. She withdrew from him and did not speak to him until she died. She lived for six months after the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When she died, her husband Ali bin Abu Talib buried her at night without informing Abu Bakr of her death, then Ali performed the funeral prayer over her.During Fatimah's lifetime, Ali had a standing among the people, but when she died, Ali noticed that the people's faces had changed toward him. He therefore sought reconciliation with Abu Bakr and to give him the pledge of allegiance, for he had not pledged allegiance 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 bin Khattab.Umar said to Abu Bakr, "By Allah, you shall not go in to them alone."Abu Bakr replied, "What could they possibly do to me? By Allah, I shall go to them."So Abu Bakr entered upon them, and Ali bin Abu Talib pronounced the testimony of faith and then said, "Abu Bakr, we have indeed recognized your virtue and what Allah has granted you, and we have not begrudged you any good that Allah has driven your way. But you acted independently of us in this matter, and we considered that we had a right to it because of our kinship to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."He kept speaking to Abu Bakr until Abu Bakr's eyes overflowed with tears.When Abu Bakr spoke, he said, "By the One in whose hand my soul is, the kinship of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is dearer to me to maintain than my own kinship. As for the dispute that arose between me and you over these properties, I did not fall short of what is right concerning them, and I did not leave any practice that I had seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do regarding them without doing it myself."Ali said to Abu Bakr, "I will pledge allegiance to you this evening."After Abu Bakr prayed the noon prayer, he ascended the pulpit, pronounced the testimony of faith, mentioned Ali's situation and his delay in giving the pledge along with the excuse he had offered, and then sought forgiveness.Then Ali bin Abu Talib pronounced the testimony of faith, exalted Abu Bakr's right, and said that what had moved him to act as he did was not envy of Abu Bakr nor denial of the merit Allah had granted him, "but we considered that we had a share in this matter, and he acted independently of us in it, so we felt aggrieved within ourselves."The Muslims were pleased by this and said, "You have done what is right." The Muslims drew close to Ali again once he had returned to the proper course.
حدثني محمد بن رافع أخبرنا حجين حدثنا ليث عن عقيل عن ابن شهاب عن عروة بن الزبير
أخبرته أن فاطمة بنت رسول الله ﷺ أرسلت إلى أبي بكر الصديق 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 لا نورث ما تركنا صدقة إنما يأكل آل محمد ﷺ في هذا المال وإني والله لا أغير شيئا من صدقة رسول الله ﷺ عن حالها التي كانت عليها في عهد رسول الله ﷺ ولأعملن فيها بما عمل به رسول الله ﷺ فأبى أبو بكر أن يدفع إلى فاطمة شيئا فوجدت فاطمة على أبي بكر في ذلك قال فهجرته فلم تكلمه حتى توفيت وعاشت بعد رسول الله ﷺ ستة أشهر فلما توفيت دفنها زوجها علي بن أبي طالب ليلا ولم يؤذن بها أبا بكر وصلى عليها علي وكان لعلي من الناس وجهة حياة فاطمة فلما توفيت استنكر علي وجوه الناس فالتمس مصالحة أبي بكر ومبايعته ولم يكن بايع تلك الأشهر فأرسل إلى أبي بكر أن ائتنا ولا يأتنا معك أحد كراهية محضر عمر بن الخطاب فقال عمر لأبي بكر والله لا تدخل عليهم وحدك فقال أبو بكر وما عساهم أن يفعلوا بي إني والله لآتينهم فدخل عليهم أبو بكر فتشهد علي بن أبي طالب ثم قال إنا قد عرفنا يا أبا بكر فضيلتك وما أعطاك الله ولم ننفس عليك خيرا ساقه الله إليك ولكنك استبددت علينا بالأمر وكنا نحن نرى لنا حقا لقرابتنا من رسول الله ﷺ فلم يزل يكلم أبا بكر حتى فاضت عينا أبي بكر فلما تكلم أبو بكر قال والذي نفسي بيده لقرابة رسول الله ﷺ أحب إلي أن أصل من قرابتي وأما الذي شجر بيني وبينكم من هذه الأموال فإني لم آل فيها عن الحق ولم أترك أمرا رأيت رسول الله ﷺ يصنعه فيها إلا صنعته فقال علي لأبي بكر موعدك العشية للبيعة فلما صلى أبو بكر صلاة الظهر رقي على المنبر فتشهد وذكر شأن علي وتخلفه عن البيعة وعذره بالذي اعتذر إليه ثم استغفر وتشهد علي بن أبي طالب فعظم حق أبي بكر وأنه لم يحمله على الذي صنع نفاسة على أبي بكر ولا إنكارا للذي فضله الله به ولكنا كنا نرى لنا في الأمر نصيبا فاستبد علينا به فوجدنا في أنفسنا فسر بذلك المسلمون وقالوا أصبت فكان المسلمون إلى علي قريبا حين راجع الأمر المعروف