When Fatemah (s.a.) lay on her deathbed, she willed to Imam Ali (a.s.) that he should conceal the events of her life and not inform anyone about her illness, and Imam Ali (a.s.) followed her will. Ali (a.s.) looked after Fatemah (s.a.) alone and Asma bint Umays (wife of Abu Bakr) would help him in secret to look after her so that the will of Fatemah (to conceal her illness) may be fulfilled. The Prophet of Allah (s.a.w.s.) had informed about this illness as also regarding the oppression that would befall her. When the illness of Fatemah (s.a.) increased, Allah (s.w.t.) sent Sayyedah Maryam (s.a.) to look after her and accompany her. Abu Bakr and Umar came to know about the illness of Fatemah (s.a.) and they came to the door of the house on the pretext of visiting her. They asked permission to enter therein but Fatemah (s.a.) refused to do so. Umar met Imam Ali (a.s.) and told him, "Indeed Abu Bakr is an old man with a soft heart, he is the one who accompanied the Prophet (s.a.w.s.) in the cave and is among his (s.a.w.s.)'s companions. I came here many times with him and asked permission to enter, but Fatemah (s.a.) refused to do so. If you deem right, take permission for us from Fatemah (s.a.) so that we may come and visit her". Ali (a.s.) replied, "Alright I shall seek permission". Imam Ali (a.s.) then came to Fatemah (s.a.) and said, "O daughter of the Prophet of Allah (s.a.w.s.) ! You know that these two men requested to come to your presence many times and you refused them. They have requested me to ask you to permit them to visit you". Fatemah (s.a.) replied, "By Allah ! I shall notpermit them nor even utter a word with them until I meet my father the Prophet of Allah (s.a.w.s.), and I shall complain to him regarding how they dealt with me". Ali (a.s.) said, "I have assured them that I shall seek permission". Fatemah (s.a.) said, "If you have assured them, then the house is your house, while women should obey their husbands, I shall not disobey you in anything, then you may permit whomsoever you desire". Imam Ali (a.s.) came out and permitted Abu Bakr and Umar to enter therein. They came in and when their sight fell upon her, they saluted her, but Fatemah (s.a.) did not reply to them. She turned her face away from them and they came and faced her, but again she turned her face away from them and this was repeated several times. Then she (s.a.) told Ali (a.s.), "Veil my face" and she told the women present there, "Turn away my face", and when her face was turned away (from them), they again came facing her and requested her to be pleased with them and forgive their past mistakes. Fatemah (s.a.) said, "I tell you in the Name of Allah (s.w.t.), do you remember the day my father the Prophet of Allah (s.a.w.s.) had asked you to come to visit him at mid-night regarding what would come forth for Ali (a.s.)"? They replied in the affirmative. Fatemah (s.a.) continued, "I tell you in the Name of Allah (s.w.t.), did you not hear the Prophet (s.a.w.s.) say that Fatemah is from me and I am from her, the one who hurts her hurts me, and the one who hurts me hurts Allah (s.w.t.). And the one who hurts her after my death is the same as he hurt her when I am alive, and the one who hurts her during my life-time is the same as he hurt her after my death"? And they replied in the affirmative. Then she (s.a.) said, "Praise and thanks to Allah (s.w.t.)", then she directed towards Allah (s.w.t.) and said, "O Lord ! I hold you witness, and O those who are present here, you too may bear witness, that these two men have hurt me in my life and during the time of my death. I swear by Allah ! I shall never speak to them even to the extent of a word until I meet my Lord, and I shall complain to Allah (s.w.t.) regarding the oppressions that befell me at your hands”.
And according to another tradition, Fatemah (s.a.) lifted her hands towards the heavens and said, "O Lord ! These two men have hurt me, I complain in Your Audience and that of Your Prophet (s.a.w.s.) regarding them. By Allah ! I shall never be pleased with you until I meet my Father the Prophet of Allah (s.a.w.s.) and inform him regarding your actions, then He may judge between me and you". Hearing this, Abu Bakr cried, "Woe be to me ! Oh the punishment of Allah (s.w.t.) ! I wish my mother had not given birth to me"! Umar told him, "I wonder how men chose youas their guide ! You are an old and feeble man that turns restless upon the rage of a woman and rejoices at the pleasure of a woman, and what happens if one displeases a woman"? Then they arose and left. Then Fatemah (s.a.) told Imam Ali (a.s.), "Now did I fulfil your desire"? Imam Ali (a.s.) replied in the affirmative. Fatemah (s.a.) said, "Then now if I desire anything from you, will you do it"? And again he (a.s.) replied in the affirmative. Fatemah (s.a.) continued, "I request you in the name of Allah (s.w.t.), dosomething that these two men may not Pray upon me (after death) and not stand at my grave".[231]
[231] Ibn Kaseer Damishqi, a student of Ibn Taymiyah (the forerunner of Wahhabism) writes in his book Al Bidayah wal Nihayah Vol 5 Page 289 that, "If by denying the Prophet of Allah (s.a.w.s.)'s inheritance and the estate of Fadak, Fatemah (s.a.) became angry, one should point out that Fatemah (s.a.) was just an ordinary woman (Allah'srefuge), and she got angry in the same way that ordinary women do, after all she was not infallible". One can expect such bigotry from a student of Ibn Taymiyyah, whose only aim was to lower the prestige of Ahlulbait (a.s.). Had not Ibn Kaseer heard the numerous traditions of the Prophet (s.a.w.s.) in praise of Sayyedah Fatemah (s.a.) that are reported by numerous traditionists of the Ahlus Sunnah including the authors of Sihah Sittah, but their rancour towards the Holy Ahlulbait (a.s.) of the Prophet of Allah(s.a.w.s.) blinded their eyes to behold the truth. Allah (s.w.t.) says in the Qur'an, "Say (O Muhammad) O Allah ! Master of the Kingdom, You give the kingdom unto whomsoever You like and take away the kingdom from whomsoever You like, You exalt whomsoever You like and abandon whomsoever You like, in Your hands is all good, verily You are over all things Mighty" (Surah Ale Imran : 26)