Umar told Abu Bakr, “Take me to Fatimah as we have angered her.” Both of them came to the house of Fatimah and asked permission to enter. Fatimah did not permit them to enter inside and thus they went to ‘Ali and told him to plead on their behalf for an audience with her. Imam ‘Ali took permission (with Fatimah) and they came to her, but she turned her back towards them and did not reply to their salutations.
Abu Bakr said, “O beloved of the Prophet of Allah! By Allah! The family of the Prophet is dearer to me than my own family, and I hold you dearer to myself than my daughter ‘Ayesha and I had wished that on the day of the death of the Prophet of Allah I would have died in his place and would not have survived him. Do you perceive that inspite of being aware of your excellence, I would keep you away from your rights and inheritance at this moment? I have heard your father the Prophet of Allah say that, ‘We prophets do not leave anything as inheritance, whatever is left behind is charity.’”
Fatimah replied, “Then if I narrate to you from my father, will you act according to it?” They replied in the affirmative and so Fatimah said, “I put you on oath of Allah, haven’t you heard the Prophet of Allah say, ‘The pleasure of Fatimah is my pleasure, and her discontent is my discontent. Then the one who loves Fatimah, my daughter, loves me. The one who pleases Fatimah, pleases me, and the one who angers Fatimah angers me.’”
They replied, “Yes indeed we have heard this from the Prophet.”
Fatimah continued, “I hold Allah and the angels witness, that you have angered me and displeased me and when I meet the Prophet of Allah I will complain to him regarding you!”
Abu Bakr replied, “I seek refuge of Allah from His anger and that of yours O Fatimah!” Then he wept so bitterly that it was as if he would have died. Fatimah said, “I swear by Allah, I will make prayers against you after every prayer.”
Abu Bakr came out of the house of Fatimah weeping and the people gathered around him. He addressed them saying, “Each one of you men lie in bed with your wives at night and embrace each other and live happily with your relatives, and leave me alone in this conflict. I do not need your allegiance – break the oath of allegiance that you have sworn at my hands.”
The people said, “O vicegerent of the Prophet! The caliphate is incomplete without you! You are more informed than us in the affairs. If you remove yourself from the caliphate, the religion will be destroyed!”
Abu Bakr said, “By Allah! Had I not feared that the rope of religion would be weakened, I would not have slept in a state with the oath of allegiance of even one Muslim upon myself, after having heard the words of Fatimah.”
House of Sorrows Translation of Baytul AhzanShaikh Abbas Al – Qummi