English translation
3094. It was narrated from 'Ubaidullâh bin 'Abdullâh bin 'Utbah bin Mas'ûd that Abû Hurairah said: "When the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ died and Abû Bakr (was appointed Khalifah) after him, and some of the 'Arabs disbelieved, 'Umar, may Allâh be pleased with him, said: 'O Abû Bakr, how can you fight the people when the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: I have been commanded to fight the people until they say Lâ ilâha illallâh (there is none worthy of worship except Allâh). Whoever says Lâ ilâha illallâh, his life and his property are safe from me, except for its right, and his reckoning will be with Allâh?'" Abû Bakr, may Allâh be pleased with him, said: "I will surely fight those who separate prayer and Zakâh, for Zakâh is what is due on wealth. By Allâh, if they withhold from me a small she-goat that they used to give to the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ I will fight them for withholding it.' ('Umar said) 'By Allâh, when I realized that Allâh, the Mighty and Sublime, had opened the chest of Abû Bakr to fighting, then I knew that it was the truth.'" The wording is that of Ahmad. (Sahîh)
