Sulaym b. Qays relates that, “One year ‘Umar b. al-Khattab took away half of the rights of his workers as indemnity due to a shortfall in the budget but left the entire stipend of Qunfudh.”
Sulaym says that, “I went to the masjid of the Prophet and saw that a group of people were seated in a corner of the masjid and all of them were from among the Bani Hashim except for Salman, Abu Dharr, al-Miqdad, Muhammad b. Abu Bakr, ‘Umar b. Abi Salamah and Qays b. Sa’ad b. ‘Ubadah. ‘
Abbas (the uncle of Prophet) told Imam ‘Ali, “Why did ‘Umar not take away the property of Qunfudh like he took away the property of others?”
Imam ‘Ali looked around, and with tears rolling down his eyes, he replied, “He did this to thank him (Qunfudh) for the whip that he struck Fatimah with and (know that) when she died, the marks (of the attack) were visible on her arm similar to (those which) a bracelet (leave).”
House of Sorrows Translation of Baytul AhzanShaikh Abbas Al – Qummi