Hadith 185

llah-saww had advanced him regarding the Salat, and sat with him-saww among the shrubs on the day of (battle of) Badr to consult him, and take his opinion, and he was his-saww companion in the cave, and married his daughter Ayesha (to him-saww) who has been named as ‘Mother of the Momineen’. The clan of Hashim-as distinguishing rage and were supported by Al-Zubeyr and his famous sword, and he said, ‘Do not pledge allegiance except to Ali-asws, or no neck will remain standing by this sword of mine’. I said, ‘O Zubeyr! Calm your shouting from the Clan of Hashim-as, your mother is Safiyya daughter of Abdul Muttalib-asws’. He said, ‘By Allah-azwj! That is the extravagant nobility and the pride of the proud, O Ibn Khantama, O ibn Suhak! Be quiet, may there be no mother for you! ’ He (Abu Bakr) said a word, and forty men from the ones who were present at Saqeefa of the clan of Saeeda leapt upon Al-Zubeyr. By Allah-azwj! We were not able upon taking his sword from his hand until we made him fall to the ground, and he could not see any helper for him against us. I leapt towards Abu Bakr and shook his hand and made a pact of the allegiance, and Usman Bin Affan and the rest of the ones present followed me, apart from Al-Zubeyr, and we said to him, ‘Pledge allegiance or we will kill you! ’ Then the people refrained from him. I said to him, ‘Respite him, for he is not angered except for the chivalry for the Clan of Hashim-as’. And I grabbed the hand of Abu Bakr and made him stand – and he was trembling, and his mind was mixed-up, and I dragged him to the pulpit of Muhammad-saww with a dragging. He said to me, ‘O Abu Hafs! I fear the reaction of Ali-asws’. I said to him, ‘Ali-asws is too pre-occupied from you’, and Abu Ubeyda Bin Al-Jarrah assisted me upon that. He extended his hand towards the pulpit, and I was pushing him from behind him like pushing of the log, slowly. He stood upon him, and there was frenzy, so I said to him, ‘The address! ’ He held firmly upon it and was surprised, and looked down and closed his eyes. I licked my anger upon my palm and said to him, ‘Say whatever come to your mind’. But he could not come with anything good nor reasonable. I wanted to push him away from the pulpit and stand in his place, but I disliked belying of the people to me what I had already said regarding him. And the generality of them had asked me, ‘How did you say from his merit what you said what was not heard from Rasool-Allah-saww regarding Abu Bakr? ’ I said to them, ‘I say what I had heard of his merits upon the tongue of Rasool-Allah-saww what, if I would have loved to have a poem in his chest, there would be a story for me’. I said, ‘Speak, or else descend! ’
By Allah-azwj! It has appeared in my face and he knew, if he were to descend, I would be promoted, and I said what did not guide to his words. He said wi