English translation
7284, 7285. Narrated Abū Hurairah رضي الله عنه: When Allāh's Messenger ﷺ died and Abū Bakr was elected as a caliph after him, some of the Arabs reverted to disbelief, 'Umar said to Abū Bakr, "How dare you fight the people while Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, 'I have been ordered to fight the people till they say: Lā ilāha illallāh. And whoever says Lā ilāha illallāh, saves his wealth and his life from me unless he deserves a legal punishment justly, and his account will be with Allāh.'" 'Abū Bakr said, "By Allāh, I will fight him who discriminates between Zakāt and Salāt (prayers), for Zakāt is the compulsory right to be taken from the wealth. By Allāh, if they refuse to give me even a tying rope which they used to give to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ, I would fight them for withholding it." 'Umar said, "By Allāh! It was nothing, except I saw that Allāh had opened the chest of Abū Bakr to the fight, and I came to know for certain that, that (i.e., the decision to fight) was the truth."
Arabic text
7284 - حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، أَخْبَرَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: لَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَاسْتُخْلِفَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بَعْدَهُ، وَكَفَرَ مَنْ كَفَرَ مِنَ العَرَبِ، قَالَ عُمَرُ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ: كَيْفَ تُقَاتِلُ النَّاسَ؟ وَقَدْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُقَاتِلَ النَّاسَ حَتَّى يَقُولُوا: لاَ إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، فَمَنْ قَالَ: لاَ إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ عَصَمَ مِنِّي مَالَهُ وَنَفْسَهُ، إِلَّا بِحَقِّهِ وَحِسَابُهُ عَلَى اللَّهِ "، فَقَالَ: وَاللَّهِ لَأُقَاتِلَنَّ مَنْ فَرَّقَ بَيْنَ الصَّلاَةِ وَالزَّكَاةِ، فَإِنَّ الزَّكَاةَ حَقُّ المَالِ، وَاللَّهِ لَوْ مَنَعُونِي عِقَالًا كَانُوا يُؤَدُّونَهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَقَاتَلْتُهُمْ عَلَى مَنْعِهِ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: «فَوَاللَّهِ مَا هُوَ إِلَّا أَنْ رَأَيْتُ اللَّهَ قَدْ شَرَحَ صَدْرَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ لِلْقِتَالِ، فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ الحَقُّ»، قَالَ ابْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَنِ اللَّيْثِ عَنَاقًا وَهُوَ أَصَحُّ
