ادعت في فدك وشهدت لها أم أيمن وعلي فكتبته 2 ، فأخذ عمر الكتاب من فاطمة فمزقه وقال : هذا فيئ المسلمين ، وقال : أوس بن الحدثنان وعائشة وحفصة يشهدون على رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله بأنه قال : إنا معاشر الأنبياء لا نورث ما تركناه صدقة ، فإن عليا عليه السلام زوجها يجر إلى نفسه ، وأم أيمن فهي امرأة صالحة ، لو كان معها غيرها لنظرنا فيه : [ احتجاج علي عليه السلام مع أبي بكر في أمر فدك ] فخرجت فاطمة صلوات الله عليها من عندهما باكية حزينة ، فلما كان بعد ذلك [ هذا ] جاء علي عليه السلام إلى أبي بكر وهو في المسجد وحوله المهاجرون والأنصار فقال : يا أبا بكر لم منعت فاطمة ميراثها من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وقد ملكته في حياة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله ؟

has made a claim concerning Fadak, and Umm Ayman and 'Ali have testified for her, so I wrote it. [2] So 'Umar took the document from Fatima and tore it up and said: This is the spoil of the Muslims. And he said: Aws b. al-Hadathan and 'A'isha and Hafsa testify of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and his Family, that he said: We, the company of prophets, are not inherited from; what we leave is alms. And 'Ali, peace be upon him, is her husband, drawing it to himself; and Umm Ayman, she is a righteous woman — had there been another with her, we would have looked into it. [The argument of 'Ali, peace be upon him, with Abu Bakr concerning Fadak] So Fatima, the blessings of God be upon her, went out from the two of them weeping and grieved. Then, after that, 'Ali, peace be upon him, came to Abu Bakr, and he was in the mosque with the Emigrants and the Ansar around him, and said: O Abu Bakr, why have you barred Fatima from her inheritance from the Messenger of God, may God bless him and his Family, when she possessed it in the lifetime of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and his Family?

فقال أبو بكر : هذا فئ للمسلمين ، فإن أقامت شهودا أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله جعله لها ، وإلا فلا حق لها فيه ، فقال : أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام : يا أبا بكر تحكم فينا بخلاف حكم الله في المسلمين ؟

Abu Bakr said: This is spoil for the Muslims; if she establishes witnesses that the Messenger of God, may God bless him and his Family, assigned it to her, well; and if not, she has no right in it. The Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him, said: O Abu Bakr, do you judge among us contrary to the judgement of God among the Muslims?

قال : لا ، قال : فإن كان في يد المسلمين شئ يملكونه ثم ادعيت أنا فيه ، من تسئل البينة ؟

He said: No. He said: Then if there is in the hands of the Muslims a thing which they possess, and then I make a claim concerning it — of whom do you ask the proof?

قال : إياك كنت أسئل البينة ، قال : فما بال فاطمة عليها السلام سئلتها البينة على ما في يدها وقد ملكته في حياة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وبعده ولم تسئل المسلمين البينة على ما ادعوها شهودا كما سئلتني على ما ادعيت عليهم ، فسكت أبو بكر ، فقال عمر : يا علي دعنا من كلامك فإنا لا نقوي على حجتك ، فإن أتيت بشهود عدول وإلا فهو فئ للمسلمين لا حق لك ولا لفاطمة فيه .

He said: Of you I would ask the proof. He said: Then how is it with Fatima, peace be upon her, that you asked her the proof for what is in her hands, when she possessed it in the lifetime of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and his Family, and after him; and you did not ask the Muslims proof for what they claimed against her, as witnesses, as you asked me for what I claimed against them? So Abu Bakr fell silent. And 'Umar said: O 'Ali, spare us your speech, for we have no strength against your argument. If you bring upright witnesses, well; and if not, it is spoil for the Muslims, and you have no right in it, nor has Fatima.

فقال أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام يا أبا بكر تقرء كتاب الله ؟

So the Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him, said: O Abu Bakr, do you read the Book of God?

قال : نعم ، قال : أخبرني عن قول الله عز وجل : * ( إنما يريد الله ليذهب عنكم الرجس أهل البيت

He said: Yes. He said: Then tell me concerning the words of God, mighty and exalted: “God only wishes to put away all uncleanness from you, O People of the House,