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Salam Bibi Fatima Zahra (sa)
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Padh Rahi Hain Fatima Zahra (sa) Yeh Nauha Ya Ali (as)
Shab Ki Tanhai Main Meri Lash Uthana Ya Ali (as)

Poet: Janab Mahshar Abbas Mustafabad Nagpur Jalalpur Ambedkar Nagar 224149 Uttar Pradesh India

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Attack on her house
Main article: Umar at Fatimah's house
After the gathering at Saqifa where Abu Bakr was elected Caliph, Umar (who had been among Abu Bakr's advocates) and his supporters were allegedly sent to Fatimah's house where Fatimah, Ali and some of their allies were gathered.[62] Several scholars, such as Al-Tabari and Ibn Qutaybah, narrate that Umar threatened to burn the building down if Ali refused to acknowledge Abu Bakr's authority, with Al-Tabari adding that Umar's men beat Ali's friend Zubayr ibn al-Awam.[63][64][65][66] According to the Al-Imama wa al-Siyasa (mistakenly attributed to Ibn Qutaybah),[67] when Umar was informed that Fatimah was inside the house, he responded that her presence made no difference to him.[68][69]

While the historian Al-Baladhuri states that the altercation never became violent and ended with Ali's compliance,[70] and Tabari makes no mention of Fatimah's involvement,[63] some traditions add that Umar and his supporters forcibly entered the house, resulting in Fatimah's miscarriage of her unborn son Muhsin.[71] Twelver Shia sources state that this occurred when Umar forced the front door open, crushing Fatimah behind it and breaking her ribs.[72] However, the Mu'tazilite theologian Ibrahim al-Nazzam narrates that, "Umar hit Fatimah (sa) on the stomach such that the child in her womb died."[73] Alternatively, Ibn Rustam Al-Tabari states that it was a client of Umar's named Qunfudh who caused the miscarriage, having struck her with the sheath of his sword.[74] Other traditions add that Qunfudh had her whipped[75] or had struck her face.[76] The Kitab Sulaym ibn Qays (attributed to Sulaym ibn Qays, but possibly a much later creation)[77] concludes the incident with Ali being dragged out of the house with a rope tied around his neck.[78]

The events that took place in the house have been the subject of dispute between various accounts, with the versions including violence primarily having Shia origins.[72] Several early historical sources narrate that Fatimah's child Muhsin had died in early childhood rather than being miscarried. Al-Baladhuri, along with Al-Ya'qubi and Al-Masudi all list Muhsin among the children of Fatimah, but without any mention of a miscarriage. Similarly, the Shia theologian Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid, when writing his Kitab al-Irshad, makes no mention of violence in relation to Muhsin's death. The earliest known reference of the miscarriage during the altercation only appears in the 10th century, in Ibn Qulawayh Al-Qummi's Kamil al-Ziyarat.[79]

Other sources also add that Fatimah and Abu Bakr ultimately reconciled.[80] Ali is also believed to have later willingly offered his oath of allegiance to Abu Bakr and gave a praise-filled oration during the latter's funeral.[81] Professor Coeli Fitzpatrick surmises that the story of the altercation reflects the political agendas of the period and should therefore be treated with caution.[71]