Was Abu Bakr not generous enough to leave Fadak to Fatima and to restore
it to her so that he should not open the door of mischief on the Ummah as Umar
returned it to the heirs of Prophet? And Uthman left it to Marwan and Muawiyah
divided it between Marwan, Amr bin Uthman and Yazid bin Muawiyah. And
other rulers in history did as they like with regard to Fadak as if it was their
personal property.
Regarding this quality of Abu Bakr, ask him about Fatima, who was most
truthful (Siddiqa), when she came out to protest and while she was lamenting
called out aloud:
“O my father, O Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.). After you what all I had to
bear at the hands of the son of Khattab and the son of Abu Qahafa.”1
Consider this quality on the day when Fatima came out in her chador
accompanied with numerous servants and maids from her house, while her
garment was dragging on the ground and her style of walking was like that of the
Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.), till she came to Abu Bakr, who was present among
Muhajireen, Ansar and others. A curtain was placed for her. At that time she
lamented, which made those people weep.2
And ask her regarding this quality on the day she said to Abu Bakr: By God,
I will pray against you in every prayer. And ask her regarding this on the day she
passed away while she was infuriated at Abu Bakr. And she was one that Allah,
the Mighty and Sublime had declared her to be pure through the verse of
purification and in an authentic tradition from her father, it is mentioned that:
“Fatima is a part of me, whoever infuriates her, has infuriated me and
whoever distresses her, has distressed me.”
And he said: “Fatima is my heart and soul between my two sides; then
whoever distressed her, has distressed me.”
And he said: “Indeed, Almighty Allah is infuriated due to the anger of
Fatima and He is pleased at the pleasure of Fatima.”
And ask Ameerul Momineen (a.s.), who is the greatest truthful one,
regarding this quality of Abu Bakr on the day they dragged him with a rope
around his neck like a wild camel, for allegiance, whose evil had surrounded
Islam.3
Which distressed their Salmans, drove away its Miqdads, banished its Abu
Zars, burst the stomach of its Ammars, interpolated Quran, distorted laws,
changed positions and ranks, made Khums lawful for freed slaves, imposed sons
of accursed on honors and lives, mixed lawful with unlawful, deemed faith and Islam to be light, destroyed the Kaaba,4
and on the day of Harra,5 attacked Darul Hijra (Medina) and brought out daughters of Muhajireen and Ansar as
punishment and raped them.
They permitted the killing of members of Ahle Bayt (a.s.), cut off their
progeny, destroy their foundation, take his ladies as prisoners, eliminate his
companions, demolish his pulpit, conceal his religion, and erase his remembrance
and name.
إِنَّا لِلهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ
“Surely we are Allah’s and to Him we shall surely return.”6
Ask Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) regarding this quality of Abu Bakr on the day
he was lamenting at the grave of his cousin, the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) and
saying:
“Son of my mother! surely the people reckoned me weak and had well-nigh slain me…”7
And other reasonings, which prove that Abu Bakr was the most gentle person of the Ummah!