Umar Reza Kahala is among the famous Arab contemporary Ahle
Sunnat scholars, writers, researchers and biographers (died 1408 A.H.).
He
writes in his Elamun Nisa quoting authorities that:
Abu Bakr sent Umar in pursuit of some who had refused to pay
allegiance to him – like Abbas, Zubair and Saad bin Ubadah – who had taken
refuge in the house of Fatima with Ali Ibne
Abi Talib (a); Umar came and told them to come out. They were in the house and
they refused to come out. Umar asked for firewood and said: By Allah, in whose
hands is my life, if you don’t come out to give allegiance, I will burn it down
along with its occupants. He was told: O Aba Hafas (agnomen of Umar), Fatima is present in this house. He replied: Even if Fatima is present there (I will burn it down).[1]
[1] Elamun
Nisa, Vol. 4, Pg. 114, Fifth edition, Beirut
– 1404 A.H. Section of letter ‘F’; Fatima
binte Muhammad (s).
