Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 39827 — Reports on the caliphate of Abu Bakr

Zayd bin Aslam narrates from his father that when the pledge of allegiance was given to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) after the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) began to come and go to the house of Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her), the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), consulting her and turning to her in their matter (of the caliphate). When this reached Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), he set out until he entered upon Sayyidah Fatimah and said: "O daughter of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! By Allah! No one in all creation is dearer to us than your father, and after your father no one is dearer to us than you. By Allah! (But) if these people gather with you (again), this (love) will not prevent me from ordering the people that the house be burned over all those (present in the house)." The narrator says: When Sayyiduna Umar had gone out, these men came to Lady Fatimah. Sayyidah Fatimah said: "You know that Sayyiduna Umar came to me. He has sworn by Allah that if you people gather again, he will certainly burn you in the house. By Allah! Sayyiduna Umar will surely carry out what he has said. So go back in a good state, and consider your own opinion. Do not come back to me." So the people went back from there, and they did not return (to Fatimah) until they had pledged allegiance to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr.