Re: some questions regarding Abu Bakr thread
Peace Texan_Dude
JazakAllah Khair for the post for the sake of this thread I’ll post it here. I have ignored the rest of your post for the time being and inshaAllah we can come back to it later.
Volume 4, Book 53, Number 325:
Narrated 'Aisha:
(mother of the believers) After the death of Allah 's Apostle Fatima the daughter of Allah’s Apostle asked Abu Bakr As-Siddiq to give her, her share of inheritance from what Allah’s Apostle had left of the Fai (i.e. booty gained without fighting) which Allah had given him. Abu Bakr said to her, “Allah’s Apostle said, 'Our property will not be inherited, whatever we (i.e. prophets) leave is Sadaqa (to be used for charity).” Fatima, the daughter of Allah’s Apostle got angry and stopped speaking to Abu Bakr, and continued assuming that attitude till she died. Fatima remained alive for six months after the death of Allah’s Apostle.
She used to ask Abu Bakr for her share from the property of Allah’s Apostle which he left at Khaibar, and Fadak, and his property at Medina (devoted for charity). Abu Bakr refused to give her that property and said, **“I will not leave anything Allah’s Apostle used to do, because I am afraid that if I left something from the Prophet’s tradition, then I would go astray.” **(Later on) Umar gave the Prophet’s property (of Sadaqa) at Medina to 'Ali and 'Abbas, but he withheld the properties of Khaibar and Fadak in his custody and said, “These two properties are the Sadaqa which Allah’s Apostle used to use for his expenditures and urgent needs. Now their management is to be entrusted to the ruler.” (Az-Zuhrl said, “They have been managed in this way till today.”)
This hadith is narrated by Aisha (RA). Not all hadith are sayings of prophet Muhammad (SAW) Much of them are opinions of others. What do you think of her? It is her (RA) thinking that Fatimah (RA) became angry. However, the person against whom you lay blame to had no motive i.e. he did not benefit materially in any way for not giving up what was being asked for. He (RA) was denying that there was a share, and he did so based on the statement above in bold text. Now either you believe all of the hadith or you reject all of it. Why are you picking the parts you wish to believe to justify your position?
The essence of this hadith is not about people getting angry, rather it is about doing what the prophet (SAW) did. As a Sunnah he did not undertake an activity that he felt was out of normal procedures. He provided justification.
Also we can use another hadith where prophet Muhammad (SAW) advised “don’t get angry”, “don’t get angry” and another where it is said that anger comes from Shaitan. Why if you believe this hadith do you not make these conclusions instead.
Rather, I choose to look at the statement “she became angry” as an interpretation of Aisha (RA) not as a gospel truth, how do we know what Fatimah (RA) had in her heart?
This hadith may be authentic as far as it is muttawatir, but it is a gharib hadith in that it’s meanings are not clear to deduce things from because opinion is surrounding the fact in the narration of the quote of Abu Bakr (RA).
If you note the hadith you have quoted is not the same as the one I asked for either it is only similar to it but it is not that hadith. The hadith I had asked for that is on that abubakr site reference you have given is not in the Sahih collection of Al-Bukhari … is it?