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The incident of the attack on the house of Lady Fāṭima (a) refers to the going of 'Umar b. Khattab and his companions in front of the house of Lady Fatima (a) to call Imam Ali (a) and other people in the house to pledge allegiance to Abu Bakr. Shi'a and Sunni sources have reported that in this incident, which took place after the demise of the Prophet (s) (28 Safar 11/25 May 632), 'Umar b. Khattab threatened to set the house on fire if the people of the house did not exit the house.

In the book of Sulaym b. Qays, Ithbat al-wasiyya and Tafsir al-'Ayyashi, among the first Shia sources, it is mentioned that in this incident, which led to the breaking and burning of the door of the house, the unborn child of Fatima (a), Muhsin (a), was aborted, and it later led to the martyrdom of Lady Fatima (a). Sunni sources deny burning the door and injuring Lady Fatima (a), and accused its narrators of being "Rafidi" [lit. “dissenter”].

Abu Bakr’s need for Imam Ali's (a) allegiance to strengthen the position of his caliphate and Ali's (a) refusal to give allegiance has been considered one of the causes of this incident. According to Muhammad Hadi Yusufi Gharawi, a researcher in Islamic history, this incident occurred about fifty days after the demise of the Prophet (s).

According to the book of Sulaym b. Qays, and the book al-Imama wa al-siyasa, in the meeting with Abu Bakr and 'Umar, Lady Fatima (a) recited the hadith of Bid'a and took God as Witness that they annoyed and angered her. According to Sunni sources, Abu Bakr was quoted as saying in the last moments of his life that he wished he had not ordered the entrance to the house of Fatima (a)......

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