Some sources say upon seeing them, Ali came out but was put in chains by Umar and his companions.[citation needed] Fatimah, in support of her husband, started a commotion and threatened to "uncover her hair", at which Abu Bakr relented and withdrew.[36] Ali is reported to have repeatedly said that had there been forty men with him he would have resisted.[35] When Abu Bakr's selection to the caliphate was presented as a fait accompli, Ali withheld his oaths of allegiance until after the death of Fatimah[citation needed].