Hadith 57

were grumbling angrily’. When Abu Bakr returned to his house, he sent a message to Umar saying, ‘Woe be unto you, O Ibn Al-Khattab! Did you not see Ali-asws and what happened with us? By Allah-azwj! If he-asws were to sit in a seat, he-asws would spoil this command upon us, and we will not be welcome with anything for as long as we live! ’
Umar said, ‘There is no one for him-asws except Khalid Bin Al-Waleed’. So, they sent for him. Abu Bakr said to him, ‘We want to load upon with a great matter’. He said, ‘Load upon me whatever you like, and even if it was killing Ali-asws’. He said, ‘It is the killing of Ali-asws. Be by his-asws side, so when I greet (Salaam to finish Salat), then strike off his-asws neck’. Asma Bint Umays-ra, and she is mother of Muhammad Bint Abu Bakr, sent for her maid and said, ‘Go to (Syeda) Fatima-asws and convey the greeting to her-asws. When you enter from the door, then say: The chiefs have issued an order for you to be killed, therefore get out (from the city). I am from the (sincere) advisers to you [28: 20]’. So, if you make her-asws understand, or else repeat it to her once again’. She went and entered, and said, ‘My mistress is saying, ‘O daughter-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww! How are you-asws? ’ Then she recited this Verse: The chiefs have issued an order for you to be killed, [28: 20]. When she wanted to exit, she-ra recited it. Amir Al-Momineen-asws said to her: ‘Convey the greetings to her-ra and say to her-ra that Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic will be a Barrier between them and what they are intending, if Allah-azwj so Desires’. Khalid Bin Al-Waleed paused by his-asws side. When he (Abu Bakr) intended to greet (Salaam), he did not greet, and (instead) said, ‘O Khalid! Do not do what I had instructed you! The greetings be upon you all! ’
Amir Al-Momineen-asws said: ‘What is this which he instructed you with, then forbid you before he greeted? ’ He said, ‘He had instructed me with striking off your-asws neck, and rather he had instructed me (to do so) after the greeting’. He-asws said: ‘And would you have done it? ’ He said, ‘Yes, by Allah-azwj! If he had not forbidden me, I would have done so’’. He (Abu Abdullah-asws) said: Amir Al-Momineen-asws said, grabbing the generality of the clothes of Khalid, then hit the wall with him and said to Umar: ‘O Ibn Al Suhaak! By Allah-azwj Had there not been a pact from Rasool-Allah-azwj, and a preceding Book from Allah [8: 68], and you would come to know who is with weaker helpers and fewer number [72: 24]’’. [55]