Sunan an-Nasa'i 3092

Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Mughira informed us; he said: Uthman ibn Said narrated to us, from Shuaib, from al-Zuhri, who said: Ubaydullah narrated to us. H. Kathir ibn Ubayd also reported to us; he said: Baqiyyah narrated to us, from Shuaib, who said: al-Zuhri narrated to me, from Ubaydullah ibn Abd Allah ibn Utbah ibn Masud, that Abu Hurayrah said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) died, Abu Bakr succeeded him, and some of the Arabs became disbelievers, Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said: Abu Bakr, how can you fight the people when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: I have been commanded to fight the people until they say, There is no god but Allah. Whoever says, There is no god but Allah, has thereby protected his property and life from me, except when a rightful claim applies; and his reckoning is with Allah. Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, said: I will surely fight whoever distinguishes between prayer and zakah, for zakah is a due right on wealth. By Allah, if they withhold even a young she-goat that they used to give to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), I will fight them for withholding it. Umar said: By Allah, it was only when I saw that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, had opened Abu Bakr’s heart to fighting that I recognized it as the truth. The wording is Ahmad’s.