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Abu Bakr's Family Versus Fatima's Progeny
The early injustices done by Abu Bakr against Lady Fatima Zahra (A),
paved the way for his offspring to do the same against the Prophet's
progeny. Sayyid Safdar Hussain, in his valuable book The Early
History of Islam p.242, summarized the wrongdoings committed by the
Bakrs (the descendants of Abu Bakr) against Fatima (A) and her
descendants in several points. He wrote: "History shows that Abu Bakr
himself and his whole family (excepting Asma and her son
Muhammad) were hostile to the Prophet's family, in utter disregard to
what the Quran ordained or what the Prophet had said relating to the
respect and love for his family. The following is the list of those whose
hostility was distinctively marked:
1.Abu Bakr, on his accession to the Caliphate, sent Umar to Fatima's
house to compel Ali, by force, to come in and do fealty to him. Umar
threatened to burn the house down upon Fatima, and brought Ali
under escort to Abu Bakr where he was so humiliated and insulted that
he cried bitterly at the tomb of the Prophet complaining against the
treatment he had received. Subsequently, Fatima was so much
grieved by Abu Bakr that as long as she survived her father, she never
spoke a word to Abu Bakr and on her deathbed she forbade his joining
2.Abu Bakr's daughter, Aisha, revolted against Ali, the Caliph, and at
the head of thirty thousand soldiers, she fought the battle of Jamal; but
she was discomfited with heavy loss. 3. Abu Bakr's son-in-law, Zubair Ibn Al Awwam, the husband of Asma,
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the eldest daughter of Abu Bakr, was the Commander of Aisha's
armies; during the heat of the battle, he withdrew and took the road
towards Mecca, but was slain only at a short distance from the field of
4.Abu Bakr's grandson, Abdullah, the son of Zubair by Asma, was the
commander of Aisha's infantry. He was the adopted son of Aisha. After
the battle, he was pulled out from under a heap of the slain lying in the
5.Abu Bakr's cousin, Talha, and the husband of Abu Bakr's daughter
Umme Kulthum, was a Commander of Aisha's Troops. In the heat of
the battle, Marwan (the Secretary and the evil genius of Caliph
Othman), an officer in the same forces, seeing Talha busily engaged,
said to his slave: `It was but the other day that Talha was busily
instigating the murderers of Othman and now he busily seeks to
revenge his blood.
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