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Some Shi'a and Sunni sources narrated that during the Succession to Muhammad, after the general bay'ah, Abu Bakr sent a group of people headed by Khalid ibn Walid and Umar at Fatimah's house. Shi'a portray this event as a military Coup d'état, while Sunni are prone to view it in a totally different maner.

Contents 1 Previous events 2 Event 2.1 The door 2.2 Arrests 2.3 Talk with Abu Bakr 3 List 4 Views 4.1 Shi'a view 4.2 Non-Muslim view 5 References 6 External links

According to the Shi'a view, Umar ibn al-Khattab was not only one of Abu Bakr's most zealous supporters, but also his co-conspirator and in some cases his superior. Umar led a party of armed men against Ali's house in Medina and called for Ali and his men to come out and swear allegiance to Abu Bakr, who they had decided would take power in the the meeting at Saqifah. Umar and Khalid ibn Walid threatened to burn the house down if they did not submit.

Umar ibn al-Khattab and his men broke down the door. According to one narration of the Peshawar Nights debate, Abi'l-Hasan Ali Bin Husain Mas'udi was cited to have written that Fatima Zahra, who was pregnant at the time, was standing behind the door and she was pressed severely enough that she miscarried a son whom the Shi'a call Al Muhsin^[1]. She cried out:

The Peshawar debate claim is that at this point Zubayr ibn al-Awwam went out, but was disarmed, and Ali was arrested ^[1]. They were both brought to Abu Bakr, but since situation critical due to the Fatimah event, they did not put a death ultimatum on Ali's homage. Ali held out and did not pay homage until or after Fatima's death ^[3]

Sa'id Akhtar Rizvi, a 21st century Shi'a twelver Islamic scholar writes:

Ibn Qutaybah, 9th century Islamic scholar writes:

Among the people enumerated to have been included in the siege, the following are included:

Among those in the besieged house are the following included:

Fatima Zahra wanted to defend the first Imam (Ali ibn Abi Talib) and by most accounts her words and her actions succeeded in protecting Ali from Umar and his men. When she faced Umar ibn al-Khattab and his soldiers, she set an example to all Shi'a (since she faced them as a Shi’a of Ali, not as the wife of Ali), and this action is a significant part of what has defined her role as a Shi'a and as a Muslim woman. ^[7].

Edward Gibbon, a 18th century non-Muslim Islamic scholar wrote:

1. ^ ^{a b} Peshawar Nights [1] on Al-Islam.org
2. ^ Jafri 1979 p 52, citing Baladhuri,1 pp585 f; Ya'qubi II, p126; al-Tabari I p1818; Abu Bakral Jawhari in his Sharh Nahj al-Balagha II p47,50,56f. Iqd IV p259f. al-Imama Wa's-Siyasa, I, pp 12-13
3. ^ Jafri 1979 p53 citing Yaqubi II 126 Baladhuri I 586, al-Tabari I 1825 Iqdd IV 260 and Hadith II 22; he points out that this is the most common and oldest written tradition, but that there are a few more recent variations on this.
4. ^ ^{a b} Imamate: The Vicegerency of the Prophet al-islam.org [2]
5. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} Fatima the Gracious by Abu Muhammad Ordoni, chapter "Attacking the House of Fatimah (AS)"
6. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} A Shi'i-Sunni dialogue on Al-Islam.org [3]
7. ^ Ali Shariati. Fatemeh is Fatemeh. Tahrike Tarsile Quran' 1982 ISBN 0-940368-09-9 Excerpts online accessed 11 July 2006.
8. ^ The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire , section Reign of Abubeker; A.D. 632, June 7.

• http://www.almujtaba.com/books/tragedy/part7/2.html
• Sahih Bukhari 8:82:817