Biography of az-Zubayr ibn al-Awam
Ibn Khuwaylid ibn Asad ibn Abd al-Uzza ibn Qusayy, and his mother was Safiyya bint Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim ibn Abd Manaf ibn Qusayy.
He said: Waki ibn al-Jarrah informed us, he said: Hisham ibn Urwa informed us, on the authority of his brother Abd Allah ibn Urwa, on the authority of al-Furafisa al-Hanafi, in a hadith he related, that az-Zubayr ibn al-Awam used to bear the kunya Abu Abd Allah.
They said: az-Zubayr had eleven male children and nine females: Abd Allah, Urwa, al-Mundhir, Asim, and al-Muhajir who died young, and Khadija the elder, Umm al-Hasan, and Aisha, whose mother was Asma bint Abi Bakr as-Siddiq; and Khalid, Amr, Habiba, Sawda, and Hind, whose mother was Umm Khalid, who was Ama bint Khalid ibn Said ibn al-As ibn Umayya; and Musab, Hamza, and Ramla, whose mother was ar-Rabab bint Unayf ibn Ubayd ibn Misad ibn Kab ibn Ulaym ibn Janab from Kalb; and Ubayda and Jafar, whose mother was Zaynab, who was Umm Jafar bint Marthad ibn Amr ibn Abd Amr ibn Bishr ibn Amr ibn Marthad ibn Sad ibn Malik ibn Dubaya ibn Qays ibn Thalaba; and Zaynab, whose mother was Umm Kulthum bint Uqba ibn Abi Muayt; and Khadija the younger, whose mother was al-Hilal bint Qays ibn Nawfal ibn Jabir ibn Shajna ibn Usama ibn Malik ibn Nasr ibn Quayn from the Banu Asad.
He said: And I was informed, on the authority of Hisham ibn Urwa, on the authority of his father, who said: az-Zubayr ibn al-Awam said: Indeed Talha ibn Ubayd Allah at-Taymi names his sons by the names of the prophets, though he knows that there is no prophet after Muhammad, and I name my sons by the names of the martyrs, hoping that they may be granted martyrdom. So he named Abd Allah after Abd Allah ibn Jahsh, al-Mundhir after al-Mundhir ibn Amr, Urwa after Urwa ibn Masud, Hamza after Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib, Jafar after Jafar ibn Abi Talib, Musab after Musab ibn Umayr, Ubayda after Ubayda ibn al-Harith, Khalid after Khalid ibn Said, and Amr after Amr ibn Said ibn al-As, who was killed on the day of al-Yarmuk.
He said: Abu Usama Hammad ibn Usama informed us, he said: Hisham ibn Urwa related to me, on the authority of his father, who said: az-Zubayr, while still a boy at Mecca, fought a man, broke his hand, and struck him a severe blow. The man was carried past Safiyya as he was being borne along, and she said: What is the matter with him? They said: az-Zubayr fought him. So she said:
How did you find Zabr? Was he like curd or dates? Or rather an unyielding falcon? (1)
He said: Affan ibn Muslim informed us, he said: Hammad ibn Salama informed us, on the authority of Hisham ibn Urwa, on the authority of Urwa, that Safiyya used to beat az-Zubayr a severe beating while he was an orphan. It was said to her: You have killed him, you have torn out his heart, you have destroyed this boy. She said:
I only beat him so that he may be sharp, and rout the army, and bring back the spoils (2)
He said: And one day he broke the hand of a boy, and the boy was brought to Safiyya, and that was told to her, so Safiyya said:
How did you find Zabr? Was he like curd or dates? Or rather an unyielding falcon?
He said: Muhammad ibn Umar informed us, he said: Musab ibn Thabit informed me, he said: Abu al-Aswad Muhammad ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Nawfal related to me, he said: The conversion of az-Zubayr to Islam was after Abu Bakr; he was the fourth or fifth.
He said: And I was informed, on the authority of Hammad ibn Usama, on the authority of Hisham ibn Urwa, that az-Zubayr accepted Islam when he was sixteen years old, and he did not stay behind from any expedition that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, undertook.
They said: And az-Zubayr emigrated to the land of Abyssinia in both of the two emigrations together.
He said: Muhammad ibn Umar informed us, he said: Muhammad ibn Salih informed us, on the authority of Asim ibn Umar ibn Qatada, who said: When az-Zubayr ibn al-Awam emigrated from Mecca to Medina, he lodged with al-Mundhir ibn Muhammad ibn Uqba ibn Uhayha ibn al-Julah.
He said: Muhammad ibn Umar informed us, he said: Musa ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim related to me, on the authority of his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, established brotherhood between az-Zubayr and Ibn Masud.
He said: Muhammad ibn Ismail ibn Abi Fudayk al-Madani informed us, he said: Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Umar ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib informed us, on the authority of his father, that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, when he established brotherhood among his Companions, established brotherhood between az-Zubayr and Talha.
He said: Yazid ibn Harun informed us, he said: Hammad ibn Salama informed us, on the authority of Hisham ibn Urwa, on the authority of his father, who said: And Muhammad ibn Umar informed us, on the authority of Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abi az-Zinad, on the authority of Hisham ibn Urwa, on the authority of his father, who said: And Muhammad ibn Umar informed us, he said: Muhammad ibn Abd Allah informed us, on the authority of az-Zuhri, on the authority of Urwa, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, established brotherhood between az-Zubayr ibn al-Awam and Kab ibn Malik.
He said: Abd Allah ibn Numayr informed us, on the authority of Hisham ibn Urwa, on the authority of Bashir ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Kab ibn Malik, who said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, established brotherhood between az-Zubayr and Kab ibn Malik.
He said: Muhammad ibn Umar informed us, he said: Musa ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim informed us, on the authority of his father, who said: az-Zubayr ibn al-Awam used to mark himself (1) with a yellow headband, and he used to relate that the angels descended on the day of Badr upon piebald horses, wearing yellow turbans, so on that day az-Zubayr wore a yellow headband (2).
He said: Waki informed us, on the authority of Hisham ibn Urwa, on the authority of a man from the descendants of az-Zubayr, he said once: on the authority of Yahya ibn Abbad ibn Abd Allah ibn az-Zubayr, and he said another time: on the authority of Hamza ibn Abd Allah, who said: On the day of Badr az-Zubayr wore a yellow turban with which he was wrapped, and on that day the angels wore yellow turbans.
He said: Amr ibn Asim al-Kilabi informed us, he said: Hammam informed us, on the authority of Hisham ibn Urwa, on the authority of his father, who said: az-Zubayr wore a yellow rayta wrapped around him on the day of Badr, so the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: Indeed the angels have descended in the likeness of az-Zubayr.
He said: Abu Usama informed us, he said: Hisham ibn Urwa informed us, he said: There was no one with the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, on the day of Badr mounted on a horse except two riders, one of whom was az-Zubayr.
He said: Arim ibn al-Fadl informed us, he said: Said ibn Zayd informed us, he said: Ali ibn Zayd informed us, he said: Said ibn al-Musayyab informed us, who said: az-Zubayr ibn al-Awam was permitted to wear silk.
He said: Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ata informed us, he said: Said ibn Abi Aruba was asked about wearing silk, and he informed us, on the authority of Qatada, on the authority of Anas ibn Malik, that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, permitted az-Zubayr to wear a shirt of silk.
He said: Muhammad ibn Umar informed us, he said: Muhammad ibn Abd Allah related to me, on the authority of az-Zuhri, on the authority of Ubayd Allah ibn Abd Allah ibn Utba, that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, when he laid out the dwellings at Medina, assigned to az-Zubayr a wide tract.
He said: Ali ibn Abd Allah ibn Jafar al-Madani informed us, he said: Yahya ibn Adam informed us, he said: Abu Bakr ibn Ayyash informed us, on the authority of Hisham ibn Urwa, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Asma bint Abi Bakr, that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, granted az-Zubayr palm trees.
He said: Anas ibn Iyad and Abd Allah ibn Numayr al-Hamdani informed us, they said: Hisham ibn Urwa informed us, on the authority of his father, that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, granted az-Zubayr land in which there were palm trees, which had been among the properties of the Banu an-Nadir, and that Abu Bakr granted az-Zubayr al-Juruf. Anas ibn Iyad said in his hadith: dead land. And Abd Allah ibn Numayr said in his hadith: And that Umar granted az-Zubayr the whole of al-Aqiq.
They said: And az-Zubayr ibn al-Awam was present at Badr, at Uhud, and at all the battles together with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he stood firm with him on the day of Uhud, and pledged allegiance to him unto death, and az-Zubayr held one of the three banners of the Emigrants in the expedition of the Conquest.
He said: Abd Allah ibn Numayr informed us, on the authority of Hisham ibn Urwa, on the authority of his father, who said: Aisha said to me: By Allah, your two fathers were among those who answered Allah and the Messenger after a wound had befallen them.
He said: al-Mualla ibn Asad informed us, he said: Muhammad ibn Humran informed us, Abu Said Abd Allah ibn Busr related to me, on the authority of Abu Kabsha al-Anmari, who said: When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, conquered Mecca, az-Zubayr ibn al-Awam was on the left wing and al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad was on the right wing. When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, entered Mecca and the people grew calm, the two of them came with their horses, and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, stood wiping the dust from their faces with his garment, and said: Indeed I have assigned to the horse two shares and to the horseman one share; so whoever diminishes them, Allah shall diminish him.
Mention of the saying of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace: Every prophet has a disciple, and my disciple is az-Zubayr ibn al-Awam.
He said: Anas ibn Iyad al-Laythi informed us, on the authority of Hisham ibn Urwa, on the authority of his father, that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: Every nation has a disciple, and my disciple is az-Zubayr, the son of my paternal aunt (1).
He said: Yazid ibn Harun informed us, he said: Hisham ibn Hassan informed us, on the authority of al-Hasan, that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: Every prophet has a disciple, and indeed my disciple is az-Zubayr.
He said: Affan ibn Muslim informed us, he said: Hammad ibn Salama informed us, he said: And al-Fadl ibn Dukayn Abu Nuaym and Hisham Abu al-Walid at-Tayalisi informed us, they said: Abu al-Ahwas informed us, he said: And Musa ibn Ismail informed us, he said: Sallam ibn Abi Muti informed us, he said: And Ahmad ibn Abd Allah ibn Yunus informed us, he said: Zaida ibn Qudama informed us, all of them on the authority of Asim ibn Bahdala, on the authority of Zirr ibn Hubaysh, who said: Ibn Jurmuz came seeking permission to enter upon Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, and the doorkeeper said to him: This is Ibn Jurmuz, the killer of az-Zubayr, at the door seeking permission. So Ali, peace be upon him, said: Let the killer of the son of Safiyya enter the Fire; I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say: Indeed every prophet has a disciple, and my disciple is az-Zubayr. Sallam ibn Abi Muti, from among them, said, on the authority of Asim, on the authority of Zirr, who said: I was with Ali, and he did not say in his hadith: Let the killer of the son of Safiyya enter the Fire, and they all agreed in their chain of transmission (2).
He said: al-Fadl ibn Dukayn informed us, he said: Sufyan informed us, on the authority of Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir, on the authority of Jabir, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: Who will bring me news of the enemy on the day of al-Ahzab? az-Zubayr said: I will. He said: Who will bring me news of the enemy? az-Zubayr said: I will. He said: Who will bring me news of the enemy? az-Zubayr said: I will. Then the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: Indeed every prophet has a disciple, and indeed my disciple is az-Zubayr.
He said: Yahya ibn Abbad informed us, he said: Fulayh ibn Sulayman Abu Yahya informed us, he said: Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir related to me, on the authority of Jabir ibn Abd Allah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, summoned
the people on the day of the Trench to bring him news of the Banu Qurayza, and az-Zubayr volunteered; then he summoned them again, and az-Zubayr volunteered; then he summoned them a third time, and az-Zubayr volunteered, so he took him by the hand and said: Indeed every prophet has a disciple, and my disciple is az-Zubayr.
He said: Abd Allah ibn Nafi ibn Thabit ibn Abd Allah ibn az-Zubayr informed us, al-Munkadir ibn Muhammad related to me, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Jabir ibn Abd Allah, that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: Indeed every prophet has a disciple, and my disciple is az-Zubayr.
He said: And Yazid ibn Harun informed us, he said: Said ibn Abi Aruba informed us [on the authority of Ayyub] on the authority of Nafi, who said: Ibn Umar heard a man saying: I am the son of the disciple of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, so Ibn Umar said: If you are from the family of az-Zubayr, then yes; otherwise, no (1).
He said: Amr ibn Asim informed us, he said: Hammam ibn Yahya informed us, on the authority of Hisham ibn Urwa, that a boy passed by Ibn Umar and was asked who he was, and he said: the son of the disciple of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. He said: So Ibn Umar said: If you are from the offspring of az-Zubayr, then yes; otherwise, no. He said: He was then asked: Was there anyone called the disciple of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, other than az-Zubayr? He said: I do not know of any.
He said: Affan ibn Muslim informed us, he said: Hammad ibn Salama related to us, he said: Hisham ibn Urwa informed us, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Abd Allah ibn az-Zubayr, who said: I said to my father on the day of al-Ahzab: I saw you, O my father, being carried upon a sorrel horse of yours. He said: Did you see me, O my son? I said: Yes. He said: Indeed at that time the Messenger of Allah combined for me his two parents, saying: May my father and my mother be your ransom (2).
He said: Affan ibn Muslim, Wahb ibn Jarir ibn Hazim, and Hisham Abu al-Walid at-Tayalisi informed us, they said: Shuba informed us, on the authority of Jami ibn Shaddad, who said: I heard Amir ibn Abd Allah ibn az-Zubayr relating, on the authority of his father, who said: I said to az-Zubayr: Why is it that I do not hear you relating from the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, as so-and-so and so-and-so relate? He said: As for me, I never parted from him since I accepted Islam, but I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say: Whoever lies against me, let him take his seat in the Fire. Wahb ibn Jarir said, regarding his hadith from az-Zubayr: By Allah, he did not say deliberately, while you say deliberately.
He said: Affan ibn Muslim informed us, he said: Hammad ibn Salama informed us, on the authority of Hisham ibn Urwa, that az-Zubayr was sent to Egypt, and it was said to him: There is the plague there, so he said: We have come only for thrusting and the plague. He said: So they set up the ladders and climbed upon them.
He said: Anas ibn Iyad Abu Damra al-Laythi informed us, on the authority of Hisham ibn Urwa, on the authority of his father, that az-Zubayr ibn al-Awam, when Umar was killed, erased his own name from the register.
He said: al-Fadl ibn Dukayn informed us, he said: Qays ibn ar-Rabi informed us, on the authority of Abu Husayn, that Uthman ibn Affan granted az-Zubayr ibn al-Awam six hundred thousand, so he went down to his maternal uncles, the Banu Kahil, and said: Which property is best? They said: The property of Isfahan. He said: Give me from the property of Isfahan.
He said: Muhammad ibn Umar informed us, he said: Aflah ibn Said al-Madani informed us, he said: Muhammad ibn Kab al-Qurazi informed us that az-Zubayr did not change, that is, the gray of his hair.
He said: Muhammad ibn Umar informed us, he said: Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abi az-Zinad informed us, on the authority of Hisham ibn Urwa, on the authority of his father, who said: Often I would grasp the hair on the shoulders of az-Zubayr while I was a boy, and cling to it upon his back.
Muhammad ibn Umar said: az-Zubayr ibn al-Awam was a man neither tall nor short, inclining to leanness in his flesh, his beard sparse, of brown complexion and hairy, may Allah have mercy upon him.
Mention of the bequest of az-Zubayr, the settlement of his debt, and the whole of his estate.
He said: al-Fadl ibn Dukayn informed us, he said: Hafs ibn Ghiyath informed us, on the authority of Hisham ibn Urwa, on the authority of his father, that az-Zubayr ibn al-Awam made a house of his an inalienable endowment for every one of his daughters who should be returned to him divorced.
He said: Waki ibn al-Jarrah informed us, on the authority of Hisham ibn Urwa, on the authority of his father, that az-Zubayr ibn al-Awam bequeathed a third of his estate.
He said: Abu Usama Hammad ibn Usama informed us, he said: Hisham ibn Urwa informed us, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Abd Allah ibn az-Zubayr, who said: When az-Zubayr took his stand on the day of the Camel, he called me, and I stood at his side, and he said: O my son, indeed today no one shall be killed except a wrongdoer or one wronged, and I do not see myself except that I shall be killed today wronged, and indeed among my greatest concerns is my debt (1). Do you think our debt will leave anything of our property? Then he said: O my son, sell our property and settle my debt, and bequeath a third; and if anything remains of our property after the settlement of the debt, then a third of it is for your children. Hisham said: Some of the children of Abd Allah ibn az-Zubayr were of an age equal to some of the sons of az-Zubayr, namely Khubayb and Abbad. He said: And on that day he had nine daughters. Abd Allah ibn az-Zubayr said: He began to enjoin me concerning his debt, saying: O my son, if you are unable to manage any part of it, then seek the help of my Master in it. He said: By Allah, I did not know what he meant until I said: O my father, who is your Master? He said: Allah. He said: By Allah, I never fell into any distress on account of his debt but that I said: O Master of az-Zubayr, settle his debt for him, and He would settle it. He said: And az-Zubayr was killed, and he left neither a dinar nor a dirham, except lands among which was al-Ghaba, and eleven houses in Medina, and two houses in Basra, and a house in Kufa, and a house in Egypt. He said: His debt that was upon him came about only because a man would come to him with money to deposit it with him, and az-Zubayr would say: No, but it is a loan, for I fear loss for it. And he never held a governorship at all, nor a collection of revenue, nor a land tax, nor anything, except when he was on a campaign with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and with Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman.
Abd Allah ibn az-Zubayr said: So I reckoned the debt that was upon him, and I found it to be two million two hundred thousand. Hakim ibn Hizam met Abd Allah ibn az-Zubayr and said: O son of my brother, how much debt is upon my brother? He said: So he concealed it from him and said: One hundred thousand. Hakim said: By Allah, I do not think your properties can cover this. So Abd Allah said to him: What do you think if it were two million two hundred thousand? He said: I do not think you can bear this; so if you are unable to manage any part of it, then seek my help.
az-Zubayr had bought al-Ghaba for one hundred and seventy thousand, and Abd Allah ibn az-Zubayr sold it for one million six hundred thousand, then he stood up and said: Whoever has any claim upon az-Zubayr, let him come to us at al-Ghaba. He said: So Abd Allah ibn Jafar came to him, and he had a claim of four hundred thousand upon az-Zubayr, and he said to Abd Allah ibn az-Zubayr: If you wish, I will leave it to you, and if you wish, defer it among what you defer, if you defer anything. Abd Allah ibn az-Zubayr said: No. He said: Then mark off a portion for me. So Abd Allah said to him: You have from here to here. He said: So he sold him part of it in settlement of his debt and paid him in full, and there remained of it four shares and a half.
He said: Then he came to Muawiya, and with him were Amr ibn Uthman, al-Mundhir ibn az-Zubayr, and Ibn Zama. He said: So Muawiya said to him: At how much was al-Ghaba valued? He said: Each share at one hundred thousand. He said: How much remains? He said: Four shares and a half. He said: So al-Mundhir ibn az-Zubayr said: I have taken a share for one hundred thousand. And Amr ibn Uthman said: I have taken a share for one hundred thousand. And Ibn Zama said: I have taken a share for one hundred thousand. So Muawiya said: How much remains? He said: A share and a half. He said: I have taken it for one hundred and fifty thousand.
He said: And Abd Allah ibn Jafar sold his portion to Muawiya for six hundred thousand. When Ibn az-Zubayr had finished settling his debt, the sons of az-Zubayr said: Divide our inheritance among us. He said: No, by Allah, I will not divide it among you until I have proclaimed at the pilgrimage season for four years: Behold, whoever has a debt against az-Zubayr, let him come to us that we may settle it. He said: So every year he would proclaim at the pilgrimage season, and when four years had passed, he divided it among them. He said: And az-Zubayr had four wives, and he set aside a quarter of the eighth, so each woman received one million one hundred thousand. He said: So the whole of his property was thirty-five million two hundred thousand.
He said: Abd Allah ibn Maslama ibn Qanab informed us, he said: And Sufyan ibn Uyayna related to us, he said: The inheritance of az-Zubayr was divided at forty million.
He said: Muhammad ibn Umar informed us, he said: Abu Bakr ibn Abd Allah ibn Abi Sabra informed us, on the authority of Hisham ibn Urwa, on the authority of his father, who said: The value of what az-Zubayr left was fifty-one or fifty-two million.
Muhammad ibn Umar informed us, he said: Abu Hamza Abd al-Wahid ibn Maymun related to me, on the authority of Urwa, who said: az-Zubayr had tracts of land in Egypt, and tracts in Alexandria, and tracts in Kufa, and houses in Basra, and he had revenues that came to him from the outskirts of Medina.
Mention of the killing of az-Zubayr, who killed him, where his grave is, and how long he lived, may Allah the Exalted have mercy upon him.
He said: al-Hasan ibn Musa al-Ashyab informed us, he said: Thabit ibn Yazid informed us, on the authority of Hilal ibn Khabbab, on the authority of Ikrima, on the authority of Ibn Abbas, that he came to az-Zubayr and said: Where is Safiyya bint Abd al-Muttalib, when you fight with your sword against Ali ibn Abi Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib? He said: So az-Zubayr turned back, and Ibn Jurmuz met him and killed him, so Ibn Abbas came to Ali and said: To where does the killer of the son of Safiyya go? Ali said: To the Fire.
He said: al-Fadl ibn Dukayn informed us, he said: Imran ibn Zaida ibn Nashit informed us, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Abu Khalid, that is, al-Walibi, who said: al-Ahnaf called upon the Banu Tamim, but they did not answer him; then he called upon the Banu Sad, but they did not answer him; so he withdrew with a band of men. Then az-Zubayr passed by on a horse of his called Dhu an-Nial, so al-Ahnaf said: This is the one who used to sow discord among the people. He said: So two men of those who were with him followed him, and one of them charged at him and pierced him, and the other charged at him and killed him, and he came with his head to the door and said: Grant permission to the killer of az-Zubayr. Ali heard him and said: Give the killer of the son of Safiyya tidings of the Fire. So he threw it down and went away.
He said: Ubayd Allah ibn Musa informed us, he said: Fudayl ibn Marzuq informed us, he said: Sufyan ibn Uqba related to me, on the authority of Qurra ibn al-Harith, on the authority of Jawn ibn Qatada, who said: I was with az-Zubayr ibn al-Awam on the day of the Camel, and they used to salute him as commander. A horseman came riding and said: Peace be upon you, O commander. Then he informed him of something. Then another came and did the like of that. Then another came and did the like of that. When the two parties met and az-Zubayr saw what he saw, he said: Oh, my nose is cut off! or: Oh, my back is broken! Fudayl said: I do not know which of the two he said. Then a trembling seized him, he said: So his weapon began to fall away, Jawn said: So I said: May my mother be bereaved of me! Is this the one with whom I wished to die? By Him in whose hand is my soul, I see this only as resulting from something he heard or saw, for he is the horseman of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. So when the people became occupied, he turned away and sat upon his mount and went off, and Jawn turned away and sat upon his mount and rejoined al-Ahnaf. He said: Then two horsemen came to al-Ahnaf and dismounted and bent over him, conversing with him in confidence, so al-Ahnaf raised his head and said: O Amr, meaning Ibn Jurmuz, O so-and-so. So they came to him and bent over him, and he conversed with them in confidence for a while, then he turned away. Then Amr ibn Jurmuz came after that to al-Ahnaf and said: I caught up with him in Wadi as-Siba and killed him. So Qurra ibn al-Harith ibn al-Jawn used to say: By Him in whose hand is my soul, the companion of az-Zubayr was none but al-Ahnaf.
He said: Abd al-Malik ibn Amr Abu Amir al-Aqadi informed us, he said: al-Aswad ibn Shayban informed us, on the authority of Khalid ibn Sumayr, that he mentioned az-Zubayr in a hadith he related, saying: az-Zubayr rode off, and a man of the Banu Tamim caught up with him at Wadi as-Siba. They said: az-Zubayr ibn al-Awam went out on the day of the Camel, which was a Thursday, ten nights having passed of Jumada al-Akhira in the year thirty-six, after the fighting, upon a horse of his called Dhu al-Khimar, setting off intending to return to Medina, when a man of the Banu Tamim called an-Nair ibn Zammam al-Mujashii met him at Safwan and said to him: O disciple of the Messenger of Allah, to me, to me; for you are under my protection, and no one of the people shall reach you. So he went along with him, and another man of the Banu Tamim came to al-Ahnaf ibn Qays and said to him privately between the two of them: This is az-Zubayr in Wadi as-Siba. So al-Ahnaf raised his voice and said: What can I do, and what do you command me, when az-Zubayr has thrown together two parties (1) of the Muslims so that one of them killed the other, and now he intends to rejoin his family? So Umayr ibn Jurmuz at-Tamimi, Fudala ibn Habis at-Tamimi, and Nufay, or Nufayl, ibn Habis at-Tamimi heard him, and they mounted their horses in pursuit of him and caught up with him. So Umayr ibn Jurmuz charged at him and pierced him with a light thrust, so az-Zubayr charged at him, and when he thought that az-Zubayr would kill him, he called out: O Fudala, O Nufay, then he said: By Allah, by Allah, O Zubayr! So he held back from him; then he went on, and the men charged at him all together and killed him, may Allah have mercy upon him. Umayr ibn Jurmuz pierced him with a thrust that fixed him, and he fell, so they fell upon him and took his sword, and Ibn Jurmuz took his head and carried it until he brought it, along with his sword, to Ali, and Ali took it and said: A sword, by Allah, with which for so long he warded off distress from the face of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace; but it is the appointed fate and the evil places of slaughter. And az-Zubayr, may Allah have mercy upon him, was buried at Wadi as-Siba, and Ali sat weeping over him, he and his companions.
And Atika bint Zayd ibn Amr ibn Nufayl, who was the wife of az-Zubayr ibn al-Awam, said, and the people of Medina used to say: Whoever desires martyrdom, let him marry Atika bint Zayd. She had been the wife of Abd Allah ibn Abi Bakr, and he was killed leaving her a widow; then she was the wife of Umar ibn al-Khattab, and he was killed leaving her a widow; then she was the wife of az-Zubayr, and he was killed leaving her a widow. So she said (2):
Ibn Jurmuz treacherously slew a valiant horseman on the day of the encounter, one who did not flee. O Amr, had you roused him, you would have found him neither faint of heart nor trembling of hand. May your right hand be palsied, for you have killed a Muslim; upon you has fallen the punishment of the deliberate murderer. May your mother be bereaved of you! Have you ever gained the like of him among those who have passed, in whatever you do at evening and morning?
How many a peril he plunged into, whom your skirmishing, O son of the dung of the high ground, never turned away from it. And Jarir ibn al-Khatafa said (1):
Indeed the calamity is what its grave has enclosed; Wadi as-Siba is a place of slaughter for every flank. When the news of az-Zubayr arrived, the walls of Medina and the humbled mountains bowed low. And his daughters wept for az-Zubayr in mourning; but what use is the weeping of one who does not hear!
He said: Muhammad ibn Umar informed us, he said: Ubayd Allah ibn Urwa ibn az-Zubayr informed us, on the authority of his brother Abd Allah ibn Urwa, on the authority of Urwa, who said: My father was killed on the day of the Camel, having exceeded sixty by four years.
He said: Muhammad ibn Umar informed us, he said: I heard Musab ibn Thabit ibn Abd Allah ibn az-Zubayr say: az-Zubayr ibn al-Awam was present at Badr when he was twenty-nine years old, and he was killed when he was sixty-four years old.
He said: Musa ibn Ismail informed us, he said: Jarir ibn Hazim related to me, he said: I heard al-Hasan mention az-Zubayr and say: O wonder at az-Zubayr! He clung to the waist of a Bedouin of the Banu Mujashi, saying: Protect me, protect me, until he was killed. By Allah, he was no match for him. But by Allah, you were under impregnable protection!
He said: Qabisa ibn Uqba informed us, he said: Sufyan informed us, on the authority of Mansur, on the authority of Ibrahim, who said: Ibn Jurmuz came seeking permission to enter upon Ali, and he found him slow to receive him, so he said: What of the people of tribulation? So Ali said: May dust be in your mouth; indeed I hope that I, Talha, and az-Zubayr will be among those of whom Allah said: {And We shall remove whatever rancor is in their breasts; as brothers, upon couches facing one another} [Surat al-Hijr: 47].
He said: Qabisa ibn Uqba informed us, he said: Sufyan informed us, on the authority of Jafar ibn Muhammad, on the authority of his father, who said: Ali said: Indeed I hope that I, Talha, and az-Zubayr will be among those of whom Allah said: {And We shall remove whatever rancor is in their breasts; as brothers, upon couches facing one another} [Surat al-Hijr: 47].
And among the confederates of the Banu Asad ibn Abd al-Uzza ibn Qusayy, who are the confederates of az-Zubayr ibn al-Awam