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When the supporters of the caliphate attacked the house of Ali (a), Fatima (a) took a stand in defending her husband. She tried to prevent the attackers from forcibly taking him to give his oath of allegiance to Abu Bakr.<ref>Ibn Qutayba al-Dīnawarī, ''al-Imāma wa l-sīyāsa'', vol. 1, p. 29-30.</ref> According to the report of the [[Sunni]] scholar, Ibn Abd Rabbih, after Abu Bakr became aware of his opponents' refuge in the house of Fatima (a), he gave the orders for it to be attacked and for their gathering to be broken up; if they resisted then they should be fought against.<ref>Ibn ʿAbd Rabbih, ''al-ʿIqd al-farīd'', vol. 5, p. 13.</ref> Umar, together with a group of people went to the house of Fatima and demanded that the opponents of the caliphate come out; they warned that if this order was not followed, they would set the house on fire. Umar together with the other attackers aggressively entered the house. At this moment Fatima (a) threatened the attackers that if they did not leave her home, she would complain to Allah (swt);<ref>Yaʿqūbī, ''Tārīkh al-Yaʿqūbī'', vol. 2, p. 105.</ref> as a result, they left her house and took all the opponents except Imam Ali (a) and the [[Banu Hashim]] (descendants of Hashim) to the [[Al-Masjid al-Nabawi|masjid]] to give their oath of allegiance.<ref>Ibn Abī l-Ḥadīd, ''Sharḥ Nahj al-balagha'', vol. 2, p. 21.</ref> | When the supporters of the caliphate attacked the house of Ali (a), Fatima (a) took a stand in defending her husband. She tried to prevent the attackers from forcibly taking him to give his oath of allegiance to Abu Bakr.<ref>Ibn Qutayba al-Dīnawarī, ''al-Imāma wa l-sīyāsa'', vol. 1, p. 29-30.</ref> According to the report of the [[Sunni]] scholar, Ibn Abd Rabbih, after Abu Bakr became aware of his opponents' refuge in the house of Fatima (a), he gave the orders for it to be attacked and for their gathering to be broken up; if they resisted then they should be fought against.<ref>Ibn ʿAbd Rabbih, ''al-ʿIqd al-farīd'', vol. 5, p. 13.</ref> Umar, together with a group of people went to the house of Fatima and demanded that the opponents of the caliphate come out; they warned that if this order was not followed, they would set the house on fire. Umar together with the other attackers aggressively entered the house. At this moment Fatima (a) threatened the attackers that if they did not leave her home, she would complain to Allah (swt);<ref>Yaʿqūbī, ''Tārīkh al-Yaʿqūbī'', vol. 2, p. 105.</ref> as a result, they left her house and took all the opponents except Imam Ali (a) and the [[Banu Hashim]] (descendants of Hashim) to the [[Al-Masjid al-Nabawi|masjid]] to give their oath of allegiance.<ref>Ibn Abī l-Ḥadīd, ''Sharḥ Nahj al-balagha'', vol. 2, p. 21.</ref> | ||
However, after taking the oath of allegiance from the other opponents, the attackers returned to the house of Fatima (a) to get the oath of allegiance from Imam Ali (a) and the other members of Banu Hashim. They set the door on fire when they attacked for a second time. Fatima (a) found herself behind the door and because of the fire, the force and the | However, after taking the oath of allegiance from the other opponents, the attackers returned to the house of Fatima (a) to get the oath of allegiance from Imam Ali (a) and the other members of Banu Hashim. They set the door on fire when they attacked for a second time. Fatima (a) found herself behind the door and because of the fire, the force and the attacks of [[Umar]] and his cohorts, she was injured against the door and miscarried her child [[al-Muhsin]].<ref>Ṣadūq, ''Maʿānī l-akhbār'', p. 206. Ṭabarī, ''Dalāʾil al-imāma'', p. 134.</ref> It has been reported in some sources that Qunfuz squashed Fatima (a) between the door and the wall, which resulted in her rib being broken.<ref>Hilālī, ''Asrār-i Āl-i Muḥammad'', p. 231.</ref> This incident caused Fatima (a) to become very ill and bedridden.<ref>Ṭabarī, ''Dalāʾil al-imāma'', p. 134.</ref> | ||
===Fatima's Anger towards Abu Bakr and Umar=== | ===Fatima's Anger towards Abu Bakr and Umar=== | ||