Shia hate Umar. Reason:Umar set fire to the house of Fatema Zehra (s.a.)

This issue has been a matter of debate since times immemorial and it is this issue which in fact explains why the Shias bear enmity toward some sahabas that the Sunnis deem to be their heroes.

The Event of burning of House of Janabe Fatema Zehra(s.a):

The Sunnis first of all have the approach of straight away denying the event, and when cornered say that the sources are not authentic and hence unreliable. Let us take the bull straight by its horns, and quote few references from authentic sunni sources.

First Reference: al Imama wa al Siyasa, pages 18-30, Dhikr Bayya Abu Bakr, by Abu Muhammad Abdullah bin Muslim bin Qutaybah

"When news reached Abu Bakr that the people had gathered in the house of 'Ali and were refusing to give bayya, he sent Hadhrath Umar in their direction. Umar called out to Akraan who was in the house of 'Ali, but he refused to come out. Umar then said: 'I swear by He who controls the life of Umar, if you people do not come out of the house I shall set fire to it, and everyone inside shall perish.

 The people said 'Abu'l Hafs (Umar), Fatima (daughter of Rasulullah (s)) is also in this house'. Umar replied, 'I do not care about this, people should leave the house of 'Ali and give bayya'. 'Ali replied I have sworn that I shall not set foot outside my home until I have completed compiling the Qur'an.'

Sayyida Fatima arrived at the door and said: 'I have no association with those individuals that acted in such a manner as to abandon the funeral of Rasulullah (s) (ie Abu Bakr, Umar and co), and on this matter (leadership) they decided themselves (ie stole the khilafat), they did not even so much as consult us. They also took that which was rightfully ours (Fadak).
Umar then left and he began to dispute with Abu Bakr, 'Do not leave (in peace) those that are refusing to give bayya'. Abu Bakr then sent his servant Qunfaaz to summon 'Ali. Qunfaaz reached 'Ali and said 'The Khalifa of Rasulullah (s) is summoning you'. 'Ali replied (mocking this new title of Abu Bakr) 'You have gone against the words of Rasulullah (s)'. Qunfaaz relayed these words to Abu Bakr, upon hearing this he (Abu Bakr) spent a considerable amount of time weeping. Despite his sending his Servant, 'Ali still did not come.

Then Hadhrath Umar accompanied by a group, arrived at the house of Fatima and began to bang on the door. When Fatima heard their voices she proclaimed loudly:
'O people, after Rasulullah (s), the son of Khattab..'

When the people heard Fatima's voice and her anguish they left in grief weeping, fearing that their hearts would be torn apart… Only Umar and some others remained, the rest returned to their homes. They removed 'Ali from his home by force and brought him before Abu Bakr, and said 'Give him bayya'. Umar said:'By Allah, who alone is worthy of worship, I shall otherwise strike off your neck'.
'Ali replied:
'Would you kill a Slave of Allah (swt) and the brother of the Prophet?'
Umar replied:
'I accept that to you are a Slave of Allah, but not that you are the brother of the Prophet (ie he accuses Ali (as) of lying)'.
Abu Bakr remained silent, and Umar said:
'Why are you not demanding the bayya from him?'
Abu Bakr replied 'As long as Fatima is by his side, I shall not pressure him'.
Then 'Ali went to the grave of Rasulullah, embraced it crying aloud 'Your Ummah now considers me to be weak and they wish to murder me'. Meanwhile Umar said to Abu Bakr 'Accompany me to see Fatima as we have incurred her anger'.

They both wanted to see Fatima and so they approached 'Ali, who took them to see her. He ['Ali] sat them down but Sayyida Fatima turned her face away from them. They both conveyed salaam to Fatima but she did not reply. Hadhrath Abu Bakr then said 'Beloved daughter of Rasulullah (s) I love you more than my own daughters, and I cannot tolerate the fact that I remained alive on the day that your father had died. I know your exalted rank and status, but I did not uphold your claim for possessions as Rasulullah had stated 'Our property will not be inherited, whatever we (i.e. prophets) leave is Sadaqa (to be used for charity)'.

Fatima said 'If I remind the two of you about a hadith that you are aware of, will you then act in accordance with it?'
The two said 'Yes, do tell us'.
She said 'I want you to swear by Allah if you can testify to hearing this hadith:
"Fatima's happiness is my happiness and her anger is my anger. Whoever has maintained friendship with Fatima had maintained friendship with me, whoever upsets her, upsets me".
Both confirmed hearing this hadith from Rasulullah(s). Sayyida Fatima then said: I testify before Allah (swt) and his Angels that you (Abu Bakr and Umar) have upset me, you did not keep me happy and I shall complain to Rasulullah (s) about this when I see him.

Abu Bakr then said 'I seek protection from Allah's anger and your (the Prophet (saws)'s) anger'. At that moment tears filled Abu Bakr's eyes and Sayyida Fatima said:
'I shall curse you in every prayer.'

Abu Bakr left the house hysterical and screamed at the crowd of people that had gathered outside:
'You people have it (so) easy and go to your beds in peace with your wives at night, whilst you have engulfed me in a terrible crisis (of conscience). I do not need your bayya, revoke the bayya that has been given to me.'
The people said 'Khalifa of Rasulullah (s) the Khilafat cannot work without you at the helm'.

Second Reference: • Tareekh Abul Fida Urdu translation by Maulana Karrem'ud Deen al Hanafi pages 177-179, by Abu al-Fida 'Imad al-Din Isma'il b. 'Umar

 Then Abu Bakr sent Umar bin Khattab with the objective that those 'people gathered in the house of Fatima and Ali come out, and that if anyone objects to coming out then you should fight them'. Hadrath Umar approached with fire in his hands to set the house ablaze. At this point Hadhrath Fatima approached and said 'Where are you going, Ibn Khattab? Do you wish to set my home on fire? Umar said 'Give bayya to 'Abu Bakr and enter into that which the majority of the Ummah has agreed to."

Third Reference:   al-Aqdul Fareed by Ibn Abd Rabbah al-Malik,

"Those that were opposed to the bayya of Abu Bakr were 'Ali, Abbas, Zubayr and Sa'd bin Ubada, amongst whom 'Ali and Abbas were sitting in the house of Fatima. At that time Abu Bakr sent Umar with the order 'that you remove those gathered in the house of Fatima, and if they refuse to come out then kill them'. Umar brought fire to the door and Fatima said 'Ibn Khattab have you arrived in order to set my home on fire?'. Umar replied 'I have come with the intention that you people give bayya to Abu Bakr as others have done".

There are many reference which could be quoted from authentic sunni books but to keep it short we quote only the above three.

Conclusion:

1. Abubakr sent Umar to the house of Hazrat Ali (a.s.) to secure their bayyah, and to kill them if they refused.

2.Umar was very angry at that moment

3.He was so angry that he threatened to burn down the House of Hazrat Ali (a.s.) with all its inhabitants if the people failed to come out.

4. Umar was carrying fire in his hands.

5.Umar didn’t care that the daughter of the Prophet (s.a.w.w.) was in the house and he intended to burn her alive.

6. Abubakr , Umar and party had not attended the funeral of the Holy Prophet (s.a.)

7. They had usurped the khilafat.

8. They had usurped the right of the daughter of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.w.).

9. Umar persuaded Abubakr  to take further action. And sent his slave Qunfuz  to call Hazrat Ali (a.s.)

10.Abubakr and party had gone against the orders of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.w.)

11.When taunted by Hazrat Ali (a.s.) about his new acquired title Abubakr began to cry knowing that he was wrong.

12.Umar once again went to the House of Hazrat Ali (a.s.) and banged on the door, telling the people to come out and threatened them once again.

13.Umar and party dragged Hazrat Ali (as) forcibly to the presence of Abubakr  and forcibly tried to extract allegiance from him.

14.  Abubakr and Umar threatened to kill Hazrat Ali (as).

15.  Abubakr ,Umar and party accused Hazrat Ali (as) of lying.

16.  Hazrat Ali (as) complained about their behavior to the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.w.)

17.  Abubakr and Umar  went to seek pardon of Janabe Fatema (s.a.) as they had angered her.

18.  They conveyed their salams to which the daughter of the Prophet (s.a.w.w.) did not reply. (It should be noted that  in Islam giving an answer of salam is compulsory except answering a disbeliever.)

19.  Abubakr and Umar had upset the daughter of the Holy Prophet and she was not happy with them.

20.  The daughter of the Prophet (s.a.w.w.) used to curse Abubakr and Umar in every prayers.

21.  Abubakr became hysterical on hearing the curse of the daughter of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.w.) and revoked his allegiance.

The daughter of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.w.) suffered a miscarriage due to the actions of Umar .

Reference 1: Sharh Kushaiji page 407

Abubakr sent Umar when Hazrat Ali (as) had refused to give bayya to Abubakr. Umar went with fire and this caused the daughter of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.w.)  distress as a result of which she suffered a miscarriage.

Reference 2: Abdul Kareem Shahrastani in abubakar(la) Milal wa Nihal volume  page 77

 Umar struck the stomach of the daughter of Holy Prophet (s.a.w.w.) that resulted in her losing the child in her womb.Umar had threatened to set fire to the house, including those inside, this included Hazrat Ali (as), the daughter of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.w.), Hasan, Husayn and others.

Reference3: Hanafi scholar Muhaddith Shah Abdul Haqq Dehlavi in Murujj  Nubuwwa Chapter 4 writes.

Allah (s.w.t.) gave the daughter of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.w.)  following five children, Hasan, Husayn, Zainab, Umme Kulthum and Mohsin, who was martyred following the Ummah’s oppression , this illness and pain led to the death of the daughter of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.w.).

Analysis:
I request the readers to honestly tell that did the HouseHold of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.w.) deserve such type of treatment, as meted out to them by Umar , Abubakr and party. Was the daughter of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.w.) happy with their treatment. Would the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.w.) be happy at what was done with his progeny immediately after his demise.

Final Conclusion

The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.w.) and his progeny were the best of Allah (s.w.t.)’s creation and Umar and Abubakr who opposed them, misbehaved with them and even threatened to burn them alive were the worst of the creation.

Now have you got the answer to why Shias hate Abu Bakr and Umar and those companions of Holy Prophet(s.a.w) who misbehaved with his progeny.

Important Note: Shias love and respect all companions of Holy Prophet(s.a.w) except those who mistreated and killed the progeny of Holy Prophet(s.a.w).