Ali said that he had taken oath that he would not come out...

Ali said that he had taken oath that he would not come out of his house until he had collated the QUR'AN. FATIMA came to the door of her house and stood there, and said, "I have nothing to do with the people who are guilty of committing such offences. You left the dead body of the Prophet, and decided this matter of the caliphate without any reference to us, and you usurped our right". UMAR came back to ABU BAKR, and asked him to extort the BAI'A from Ali by any means, however harsh.

Upon this ABU BAKR sent his slave QUNFUDH returned and repeated the reply to ABU BAKR, who wept for some time. UMAR again asked him not to leave Ali. ABU BAKR again sent QUNFUDH to tell him that AMIR AL-MU'MININ wanted him to come and make the BAI'A. He went and said the same thing to Ali. Ali raised his voice and said, "God is good. This man claims what is not his". QUNFUDH came back and repeated the reply of Ali to ABU BAKR, who began to weep.

For a second time UMAR rose up, and taking a number of people with him went to the house of FATIMA and knocked on the door. Hearing his voice. FATIMA raised her voice and made a complaint to the soul of her dead father thus: "O father, O Prophet of God, O what evils and afflictions we have met at the hands of UMAR and ABU BAKR after you". When this party heard the voice of the daughter of the Prophet and saw her weeping, most of them returned weeping.

But UMAR with a few men remained there, and forcibly took Ali out from the house, brought him to ABU BAKR, and asked him to make the BAI'A to him. But Ali refused to make the BAI'A. Upon this, those people said, "By God we will slay you". Ali replied, "Will you slay a man who worships God and is the cousin and brother of your Prophet"? UMAR then turned to ABU BAKR, and angrily said, "Why do you not order him to make the BAI'A to you"?

ABU BAKR replied, "I will not say anything so long as FATIMA is by his side". Ali came back without making the BAI'A to ABU BAKR. HABIB-AS-SAYYAR had narrated these conversations more fully thus: When Ali was brought to ABU BAKE and asked to make his BAI'A, Ali said, "You obtained the submission of the ANSAR, and got them to accept the headship of ABU BAKR solely on account of your relationship with the Prophet. Now I claim my right on account of that very relationship.

Tell me who is nearer to the Prophet, I or ABU BAKR. Fear God, and do not be unjust". UMAR replied, "We will not leave you unless and until you make the BAI'A".