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In one of the most authoritative historical texts, Ibn Shabbah's Tarikh al-Medina Vol. 1, pg. 124, Report # 554 the following is recorded:
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي النُّمَيْرِيُّ بْنُ حسان قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِزَيْدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ: وَأَنَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُهَجِّنَ أَمْرَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ: إِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ انْتَزَعَ مِنْ فَاطِمَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا فَدَكَ. فَقَالَ: إِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ كَانَ رَجُلًا رَحِيمًا، وَكَانَ يَكْرَهُ أَنْ يُغَيِّرَ شَيْئًا تَرَكَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَأَتَتْهُ فَاطِمَةُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا فَقَالَتْ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَعْطَانِي فَدَكَ فَقَالَ لَهَا: هَلْ لَكِ عَلَى هَذَا بَيِّنَةٌ؟ فَجَاءَتْ بِعَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَشَهِدَ لَهَا، ثُمَّ جَاءَتْ بِأُمِّ أَيْمَنَ فَقَالَتْ: أَلَيْسَ تَشْهَدُ أَنِّي مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى، قَالَ أَبُو أَحْمَدَ: يَعْنِي أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ ذَاكَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالَتْ: فَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَعْطَاهَا فَدَكَ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: فَبِرَجُلٍ وَامْرَأَةٍ تَسْتَحِقِّينَهَا، أَوْ تَسْتَحِقِّينَ، بِهَا الْقَضِيَّةَ؟ قَالَ زَيْدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ: وَايْمُ اللَّهِ، لَوْ رَجَعَ الْأَمْرُ إِلَيَّ لَقَضَيْتُ فِيهَا بِقَضَاءِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ
Muhammad b. Abdullah b. al-Zubayr from Fudhayl b. Marzuq from al-Numayri b. Hissan who said: I said to Zayd b. Ali and I wanted to know the truth about Abu Bakr, so I said: Abu Bakr took away Fadak, from Fatima (sa). He said: Abu Bakr was a merciful man and he disliked to change the way the Prophet (saw) used to do things, then Fatima (sa) came to him and said: "The Messenger of Allah (saw) gave me the Fadak." So he said: "Do you have witnesses for this?" So she brought Ali (as) and he bore witness for her. Then she brought Umm Ayman and she said: "Don’t you bear witness that I am of the people of Paradise?" Abu Bakr said: "Yes." Abu Ahmad said: It means that she said it to Abi Bakr and Umar. The she (i.e. Umm Ayman) said: "So I bear witness that the Prophet (saw) gave her the Fadak.” Abu Bakr said: "With the testimony of a man and woman you cannot win this." Zayd said: "By Allah (swt)! If the judgment returned to me I would have judged the same way Abu Bakr did."