Information for "SahihMuslim-017-001-18414"

It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ breathed his last and Abu Bakr was appointed as his successor Caliph ; those amongst the Arabs who wanted to become apostates became apostates. Umar Bin AlKhattab said to Abu Bakr: Why would you fight against the people; when the Messenger of Allah declared: I have been directed to fight against people so long as they do not say: There is no god but Allah; and he who professed it was granted full protection of his property and life on my behalf except for a right? His other affairs rest with Allah. Upon this Abu Bakr said: By Allah; I would definitely fight against him who severed prayer from Zakat; for it is the obligation upon the rich. By Allah; I would fight against them even to secure the cord used for hobbling the feet of a camel which they used to give to the Messenger of Allah as zakat but now they have withheld it. Umar Bin AlKhattab remarked: By Allah; I found nothing but the fact that Allah had opened the heart of Abu Bakr for perceiving the justification of fighting against those who refused to pay Zakat and I fully recognized that the stand of Abu Bakr was right.