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Zubayr Ibn Awwam (ra): The Disciple
While there were many honors bestowed upon the companions of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ that were shared and unique, the son of Saffiyah was the only one named as the Prophet’s disciple. He answered every call of the Prophet ﷺ, and for that was given the glad tidings of a special home in Paradise.
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This transcript was auto-generated using AI and may contain misspellings. As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh everyone. Welcome back to the first. Bismillah walhamdulillah wa salatu wassalamu ala rasulillah wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa man wala. So last time we spoke quite a bit about Safiyyah bint Abdul Muttalib radiallahu ta'ala anha. And as I mentioned it was an outlier of sorts because Safiyyah bint Abdul Muttalib is not one of the first Muslims or at least that very first batch of people that embraced Islam. But hopefully now you can really appreciate the biography of Zubair ibn al-Awwam who is ibn Safiyyah. Who is the son of Safiyyah radiallahu ta'ala anha wa radiallahu anhu. So let's look at Zubair ibn al-Awwam ibn Safiyyah radiallahu ta'ala anhu today and let's sort of pick up right where we left off last time where we were speaking about the strength of Safiyyah bint Abdul Muttalib and the type of character that she was raising him to be. The type of strength that she was imparting upon Zubair radiallahu ta'ala anhu and hoping that he would grow up with and of course he would grow up with that strength and exceed all of the expectations of that strength and that courage and that intelligence and that nobility and that honor. As we mentioned when he became Muslim his mother argued with him. His mother did not like that and Zubair radiallahu ta'ala anhu was going to be tortured by the same uncle that told Safiyyah that she was too rough on him before. And this uncle was Naufal ibn Khuwayrid and you know I believe it was a few years ago that I actually gave a khutbah about him because he was a fascinating character to me. Can you imagine how hurtful it was to the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam that the
love of his life Khadija radiallahu ta'ala anhu that her brother was one of his fiercest enemies. You don't hear much about him. You don't hear the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam talk much about him but he was so fierce in his persecution of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam Naufal ibn Khuwayrid and the things that he would say to the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam and then even coming forth on the day of Badr to try to kill the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam that the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam nicknamed him and he was known as the shaytan of Quraysh. And this is what I was speaking about in the khutbah subhanAllah I remember reading about Naufal ibn Khuwayrid the first time and thinking to myself Ya Allah the brother of Khadija is the shaytan of Quraysh the brother of Khadija radiallahu ta'ala anhu who did everything for the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam who sacrificed her entire life for the Messenger of Allah salallahu alayhi wa sallam and her own brother was the one that would come forth to try to kill the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam and it was deeply hurtful to the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam and the Messenger of Allah salallahu alayhi wa sallam did not want to come face to face with him in the battle of Badr. He hated that the brother of Khadija would be such a fierce enemy to him because of how much he loved Khadija radiallahu ta'ala anhu. So Zubayr radiallahu anhu was going to be tortured by his uncle Naufal ibn Khuwayrid which was known at the time especially with the early converts before the open persecution of people that people would be tortured by their own families that was an initial tactic to try to get them to renounce their faith and that was what was known to the society at the time. Now let's talk about this inshallah ta'ala. As Zubayr radiallahu ta'ala anhu how early is his Islam? Some of the scholars put him as early as the fourth or the fifth Muslim. Now obviously this is after Khadija and Ali and Abu Bakr and you know then you have Zayd ibn Haritha and you have some of those very early converts. Some of the scholars put him right after Abu Bakr.
They say that he embraced Islam right away with Abu Bakr as-Siddiq radiallahu ta'ala anhu and he is inseparable from Talha ibn Ubaidullah radiallahu ta'ala anhu who we'll talk about inshallah ta'ala after Asma radiallahu ta'ala anhu. So Zubayr and Talha, Talha was Zubayr. These two are inseparable because of their age and they're embracing Islam together at the hands of Abu Bakr as-Siddiq radiallahu ta'ala anhu and the youth, the young you know nature they're only 12 or 13 years old each as they're coming to embrace Islam and they listen to the da'wah of Abu Bakr immediately they're convinced. They know the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, they're immediately convinced as Zubayr of course knows the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam through multiple routes. He's the first cousin of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam because of his mother Safiyyah and of course his father was the brother of Khadijah radiallahu ta'ala anhu. So he doesn't need much convincing and you will have here with these two young men, 13 years old right, embracing Islam. The neighbors of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam Talha was Zubayr jara'ya fil jannah. So if we and bi-idhnillahi ta'ala we pray that we make it to jannah and we ask Allah for jannah to firdous when we go to visit our beloved messenger Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam we will find his neighbors in jannah to be as Zubayr and Talha. May Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala be pleased with them both and that is not something that is earned lightly. That comes with a lot. May Allah Azawajal allow us to be amongst them. Allahumma ameen. So how do you get to that level? Let's start off with the obvious. When Zubayr embraced Islam he lost all of his friends with the exception of Talha and Ali as well who was close to his age and also his first cousin right because of Abu Talib. So he loses his friends, he's ridiculed by the youth.
He already had the issue of having to overcome the barrier of being an orphan in society and a society that mistreated orphans and as we mentioned his mother used to beat him and used to discipline him severely before Islam. After Islam now his uncle comes and beats him and this is a man that was called Shaytan Quraish the Shaytan of Quraish for a reason. His beating of Zubayr was so severe and it was very cruel. He would wrap Zubayr radiAllahu ta'ala anhu up in a rug and he put him in a small room and then he would light a fire next to his face and the smoke of that fire would suffocate Zubayr radiAllahu ta'ala anhu and he would step on him and beat him and tell him to renounce Islam. Zubayr radiAllahu ta'ala anhu this 13 year old would scream so loudly every single night until he would pass out due to the suffocation. He would scream out and say La akfur abada, La akfur abada, La akfur abada. I will never renounce Islam. I will never renounce Islam. I will never disbelieve and he'd keep on shouting that out as his uncle would light the fire next to his face which were obviously burned but suffocate him until he would pass out and the people would walk by the home and they would hear the screaming of Zubayr radiAllahu ta'ala anhu but it wasn't the screaming of torture it was the screaming of resistance, the shouting of resistance that I will not disbelieve, I will not turn my back on this religion that I have embraced. So the courage that his mother wanted him to have, the falcon that she wanted him to be as Zubayr radiAllahu ta'ala anhu was all that and more and insisting on his place. As you go on in the story of Zubayr radiAllahu ta'ala anhu you see that he becomes a student of the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam very early on. He doesn't miss his lessons in Dar al-Arqam. So he goes from his torture and you would think that some of that torture would shake
him up a bit, right, that would deter him a bit. It doesn't stop him at all. He would always be amongst the people of Dar al-Arqam listening to the Quran as it came down accompanying the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam despite whatever torture he would have to face. Him, Talha and Ali become a trio. So he's inseparable from Talha even in their names Talha was Zubayr and Ali radiAllahu ta'ala anhu as well in the age and in the closeness that they have. So they become a trio of sorts. But he has a unique moment with the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam from the very early days of Islam. Now notice that he's being tortured like the others are being tortured. And to this point, especially in the early days, the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam himself was not facing physical persecution. So they did not put their hands on the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam just yet. But the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam was sitting one day and as he is sitting, as Zubayr radiAllahu ta'ala anhu, this young man who is facing the torture of his life comes running towards the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam breathing heavily and he's holding his sword. And he arrives at the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam panting, holding his sword and then he catches his breath and the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam says, Malik, what's wrong with you? What's going on here? Are you coming to give me some news? What's happening here? Qala ukhbirtu anaka ukhith. He said, Ya Rasulullah, I was told that you were attacked. I was told that you were attacked, that someone attacked you. So Rasulullah salAllahu alayhi wa sallam, he smiled at Zubayr radiAllahu anhu and he said, Fama kuntu sani'an idhan. What were you going to do if I was attacked? Qala kuntu adribuhu bihi man akhadak. I was going to hit, I was going to strike whoever attacked you with this sword. That's what I was going to do. So the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam was impressed by the courage of Zubayr that he wasn't thinking about his own persecution.
He wasn't thinking about how all of the odds were stacked against them in Mecca so early on. He heard that the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam was attacked and he went forth to defend the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam right away, not thinking about the consequences of that, the consequences of which would have surely been that he would be killed. We're talking about the early, early, early days of Islam. So that's why Zubayr radiAllahu anhu earns that noble title of being the first one to draw his sword in defense of the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam in Mecca as the persecution would start to grow of our messenger salAllahu alayhi wa sallam. So he is facing his own persecution. It is severe. He's a student of Dar al-Arqam. He is constant in the presence of Talha and Ali. He's constant in the presence of the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam. But as his persecution increases, his personal persecution at the hands of his uncle, who was the shaytan of Quraysh, Naufal ibn Khuwaylid, the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam gives him permission to migrate to Habesha with his cousin Ja'far radiAllahu ta'ala anhu. So Ja'far is also his first cousin, again because of his mother Safiyyah ibn Abdul Muttalib. So he goes to Abyssinia and he was not married. So most of the group of Abyssinia, when you start to look at them, they were couples. Zubayr radiAllahu ta'ala anhu was sent alone to Abyssinia alongside Ja'far radiAllahu ta'ala anhu, the daughter of the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam and Uthman radiAllahu anhu and Umm Salama and Abu Salama and Umm Habiba and her husband Ubaidullah ibn Jahsh and so on and so forth. He goes along with them as an individual. And what happens to him in Habesha, in Abyssinia, as this young single man amongst this community of believers is that he gains a closeness to a Najashi himself and he's one of those that would help a Najashi learn the deen as well.
So we learn about Ja'far radiAllahu anhu obviously who played the most pivotal role in his relationship with the ruler of Abyssinia, with Najashi radiAllahu ta'ala anhu. But also with Zubayr radiAllahu anhu he establishes a relationship with a Najashi himself and as Zubayr radiAllahu ta'ala anhu was one of those, and this is significant because you can imagine the sentiment to a person like Zubayr. He was one of those that knew a Najashi, established a relationship with him and then prayed janaza on him from Medina. However, the janaza that was done for a Najashi radiAllahu ta'ala anhu was done in Medina in his absence. Zubayr radiAllahu ta'ala anhu lined up behind the Prophet SallAllahu alaihi wasallam in Medina and prayed the janaza on a Najashi in Abyssinia who he had a personal relationship with. And one of the famous incidents that we have already covered in the life of Umm Salama radiAllahu ta'ala anhu who of course narrated the majority of what happened in Abyssinia when she mentions that there was an attempted coup on a Najashi that a group of people had rebelled against him and we were afraid that he was going to be removed as a result of it. That they met at the Nile River for a battle and obviously the Muslims had to stay out of it and a Najashi had privately given to Ja'afr and Uthman and to the Muslims a ship and given them a contingency plan in case he himself was going to be killed because the protection of the Muslims was guaranteed through him if they were going to be at the mercy of another ruler in Abyssinia Allah knows what would have happened to them. So they're waiting nervously on the side away from the two armies and they wanted to know what was happening. As Zubayr radiAllahu ta'ala anhu was the youngest he was extremely fit he knew how
to swim and because he had that skill they were so anxious that whether it's not clear whether Zubayr radiAllahu ta'ala anhu himself volunteered or whether they asked Zubayr radiAllahu ta'ala anhu but they made something for him like a little skin for him to be able to go and to go in the Nile itself and to check on the battle and then to come back and to report to the Muslims what was happening. So Zubayr radiAllahu ta'ala anhu goes into the Nile he goes to where the battle is taking place and then he comes back and as they see Zubayr radiAllahu ta'ala anhu swimming in the Nile to come back and they're waiting for the news as Zubayr radiAllahu ta'ala anhu chants you can imagine the scene from the Nile Allahu Akbar and so when he shouted Allahu Akbar she mentions that they all started to do takbir and she said that I don't think she swore by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala we were ever so happy and relieved so Najashi came back and Allah azawajal established him after destroying his enemy and the chiefs of the Abyssinians submitted to him again and she said we were in the best of conditions all the way until we returned to the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam so that was Zubayr radiAllahu ta'ala anhu who courageously went through the Nile to check up on the two battles or the battles between the two armies one of course the army of the righteous Najashi radiAllahu ta'ala anhu. Now that is an important feature of him because it plays consistently into his personality. As Zubayr radiAllahu ta'ala anhu established a close relationship to Hamza of course his uncle if he was that beloved to his mother Safiyya then obviously you can imagine the relationship between Zubayr and Hamza and they have that same warrior type of personality he had a deep relationship with his cousin Ali radiAllahu ta'ala anhu and he also had
a deep connection to his cousin Ja'far radiAllahu ta'ala anhu in Abyssinia but the physical being of Zubayr what would Zubayr radiAllahu ta'ala anhu look like if you saw him there isn't much about his color or his appearance it's mentioned that he had a light beard so he didn't have a full beard but he's mentioned as being extremely tall and lean and muscular and it's said about him radiAllahu ta'ala anhu that he was similar in his height to Umar bin Khattab radiAllahu anhu and that when he sat on an animal his feet would almost touch the ground from his horse because of how tall he was radiAllahu ta'ala anhu so he had a prominent height and he was extremely lean and muscular and as we've seen here could do things that others could not do and that would obviously play out in many ways in battle. Zubayr radiAllahu ta'ala anhu is one of those companions of the Prophet salAllahu alaihi wa sallam whose legacy is almost entirely tied to his actions in battle alongside the Prophet salAllahu alaihi wa sallam and in taking on assignments that other people were not willing to take on. So this is Zubayr radiAllahu ta'ala anhu when did he marry Asmaa bint Abi Bakr radiAllahu ta'ala anhu he married her after Abyssinia so he came back to Mecca prior to the migration to Medina prior to the hijrah of Medina and he marries Asmaa the daughter of Abu Bakr and Abu Bakr radiAllahu ta'ala anhu wanted his daughters to be married to those that were struggling in the path of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala so Abu Bakr knows what's going to come out of this Asmaa knows what type of marriage she's getting into in the sense of his struggle his lifestyle you know the riskiness of being married to a person like Zubayr radiAllahu ta'ala anhu who's never just an average person in the battle but who's always out front and who lives a very difficult lifestyle but that was what Allah azzawajal
had willed and that was what Abu Bakr radiAllahu ta'ala anhu and Asmaa radiAllahu ta'ala anha sought as well to be in the path of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in that struggle. Now Asmaa who we'll talk about who is you know there is just something about the quality of these three you can imagine how much courage was in that household of Asmaa and Zubayr and Safiyyah right all together not to then mention the children that would come after them Asmaa radiAllahu ta'ala anhu made the hijrah while she was very late in her pregnancy and obviously Asmaa played a role in the hijrah of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam which we'll talk about right she was not just tasked with traveling from Mecca to Medina but she also plays a role in assisting the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam and Abu Bakr as-Siddiq radiAllahu ta'ala anhu in the migration of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam all while she was very pregnant radiAllahu ta'ala anha. So Asmaa and Zubayr arrive in Al-Madinah and obviously when you read about the hijrah to Medina and you read about the way that the Muslims who came from Mecca felt they felt like Medina was death right they complained about the new conditions they were homesick they missed Mecca a lot of them got sick because they weren't used to the water of Medina even though Medina is so much more pleasing you know to at least a neutral eye or someone that comes from outside right the agriculture of Medina the landscape of Medina it's so much different but they weren't used to the water of Medina they weren't used to the environment of Medina and they had a hard time and one of the the claims from you know that was that made in Medina from some of the enemies of the Muslims was that there was a spell on the Muslims so that they would not be able to have anyone give birth okay so you can imagine now as they made it to Medina they're also starting to hear this rumor that is swirling
around Medina that the Muslims are not going to be able to have any children that all of the women have the spell on them and they're not going to be able to have babies they're going to have miscarriages and you know for the first couple of months no one actually had a child there were numerous miscarriages and there could be many reasons for that one of them of course being the change of environment the difficulties of the hijrah and just the you know the rate of fatalities at birth at the time but Asma radiallahu ta'ala anha and Az-Zubair would be the first to have a child that gave birth to none other than Abdullah ibn Az-Zubair radiallahu ta'ala anhuma Abdullah ibn Az-Zubair what an amazing human being and what an amazing lineage right he is the son of Az-Zubair the grandson of Abu Bakr the second cousin of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam he has a great lineage that comes through these two of Az-Zubair and Asma when he was born the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam himself took his saliva and he did the tahniq he mixed the saliva in the mouth of Az-Zubair radiallahu ta'ala anhu and he made dua for the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam and they carried Az-Zubair radiallahu ta'ala anhu in the street Abdullah ibn Az-Zubair radiallahu ta'ala anhuma in the streets of Al-Madinah and they chanted behind him shouting Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar so it was a victory to even have a child in that environment and that was something that came through Az-Zubair and through Asma bint Abu Bakr may Allah be pleased with them all now Az-Zubair radiallahu ta'ala anhu would go on to have numerous children with Asma and afterwards he would get married multiple times Az-Zubair radiallahu ta'ala anhu mentions that the naming mechanism of his children and the naming mechanism of Talha's children was very intentional
remember Talha and Az-Zubair are inseparable so Talha used to name his children after prophets and that's why Talha is Abu Muhammad he's the father of Muhammad he named his first child after Muhammad salallahu alayhi wa sallam Az-Zubair on the other hand would name his children after warriors ok so Abdullah is Abdullah ibn Jahsh, Mundhir, Mundhir ibn Amr, Urwa the very famous Urwa ibn Az-Zubair who gives us so much of the seerah is just such a crucial link in the seerah is named after Urwa ibn Mas'ud he had Hamza of course Hamza Sayyid al-Shuhada and the beloved uncle and brother of his mother Ja'far he named one of his children Ja'far he named one of his children Mus'ab, Ubaid ibn al-Harith, Khalid, Umar these are the names of the children of Az-Zubair radiallahu ta'ala anhu you know we talk about the importance of naming your children with a niya with an intention who do you want your children to grow up to be like this is one of those families where you see that they name their children in a very unique and a very special way and Az-Zubair radiallahu ta'ala anhu as we said is someone whose legacy is prominent in the battlefield so he said he was tall he was built he was like the height of Umar al-Khattab his feet would touch the ground when he rides his horse his feet could almost touch the ground he also had the unique ability being the only other person than Khalid who could control his horse with his legs and could carry two swords at the same time so you can imagine in battle the ability as a horseman to be able to have so much strength in your legs to be able to guide the horse and direct the legs and have so much strength in both of your arms to wield two swords in the middle of battle and to actually fight that way that's not easy
and the only other person that they said could do that was Khalid ibn al-Walid radiallahu ta'ala anhu and we know about his legacy in the battlefield so that should give you an image of Az-Zubair radiallahu ta'ala anhu that he could ride in the battlefield with both of his swords and he was extremely productive in battle guiding his horse with only his legs so every battle every single battle that Az-Zubair fights in is a day for Az-Zubair and none so more special than the battle of Badr I get goosebumps when I think about this subhanAllah because the veterans of Badr have a class in Islam right the veterans of Badr were those who the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam said were forgiven for everything that came before and everything that came after Jibreel alayhi salam asked the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam who are the best amongst you and how do you consider the veterans of Badr the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam said the veterans of Badr are the best amongst us Jibreel alayhi salam said the angels that fought on the day of Badr we the angels carry a special status for them they are the best of us so just like amongst the sahaba the veterans of Badr are the best of the sahaba the veterans of Badr from the malaika from the angels are considered the best of the angels and Jibreel alayhi salam of course came forth at the order of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala with his army of angels on that day of the battle of Badr now what does this have to do with al-Zubair al-Zubair radiya allahu ta'ala anhum was one of only two horsemen that day if you remember the Muslims were caught off guard in Badr they were not ready for a full out battle so not only were they outnumbered they were out armored they didn't have horses either
they only had two horses whereas you know the other side had a hundred horses a thousand people right they were fully armed they were ready they had extra horses on you know on demand when needed the Muslims had two the two that rode those horses Miqdad and al-Zubair so two amongst 315 Muslims had horses one of them was al-Zubair al-Zubair radiya allahu ta'ala anhum he wore this yellow turban for the day of that battle and he would penetrate into the army of the mushrikeen and he would fight off all of the horsemen taking his two swords he would run between the horsemen and he would you know wield both of his swords and he would knock people off of their swords right and left in the battle of Badr and he would suffer two serious wounds in the battle of Badr which we'll talk about and that didn't slow him down at all again what does this have to do with the angels the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam said that on that day when Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala sent 3000 angels and they fought alongside the believers on the day of Badr that Jibreel alayhi salam and all of the angels were wearing the yellow turban of al-Zubair what an honor to have Jibreel alayhi salam imitating you or emulating you and all of those angels of Badr wearing the same turban as you as they went forth and they fought alongside the Muslims and of course the miracles were witnessed on the day of Badr so I mean I don't I don't know who else I don't there is no one else that could make that claim subhanAllah to have such a legacy that the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam says that Jibreel alayhi salam has showed up and all of the angels and they're dressed like al-Zubair radiyaAllahu ta'ala anhu what an incredible honor as we said al-Zubair radiyaAllahu ta'ala anhu suffered two serious wounds on that day
Urwa ibn al-Zubair radiyaAllahu ta'ala anhu says that as a child I used to you know there were three holes in my father's body his whole body was covered in wounds but there were three wounds that were so severe I could put my fingers in them and I mean it was it was holes in his body he said two of them were from Badr and one of them from the famous battle of Yarmouk so this is al-Zubair radiyaAllahu ta'ala anhu going forth on the day of Badr leading not just the humans but leading the angels as well who were you know who were emulating him including Jibreel alayhi salam on that day in the battle of Uhud once again the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam comes forth on that day the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam makes a few calls now Uhud is obviously now an even greater disadvantage in the sense that the Muslims are more outnumbered and the army on the other side is bigger and the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam says who will take my sword Zubair radiyaAllahu anhu immediately says I will ya Rasulullah the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam says again who will take my sword and as Zubair radiyaAllahu anhu said I will ya Rasulullah and as Zubair radiyaAllahu anhu the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam says a third time who will take my sword Abu Dujana radiyaAllahu ta'ala anhu said I will ya Rasulullah and the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam gave it to Abu Dujana radiyaAllahu anhu and the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam said to take it with its haqq to take it with its right that this is a heavy burden you're going to carry the sword of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam so as Zubair radiyaAllahu ta'ala anhu says I was hurt in my heart when I saw that the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam chose him instead of me but then when I saw Abu Dujana radiyaAllahu anhu on the battlefield I understood exactly why the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam chose him right Abu Dujana played a prominent role in the beginning of the battle and throughout the battle by the side of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam
but the point is that as Zubair radiyaAllahu anhu answered the call of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam right so he did what would earn him that honor by responding immediately when the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam called out and said who will answer my call then another one comes forward and that is that on the other side there was a man by the name of Talha ibn Abi Talha al-Adri and Talha ibn Abi Talha was a huge man from Quraysh and he also had the best horse of the Mushrikeen so he is coming forward and he is challenging the Muslims and he is the best horseman he has the best horse amongst the Mushrikeen and that is saying a lot right considering the worth and the value of horses at that time he was a huge man and no one no one wanted a piece of this guy right he is that person that you are looking on the other side of the battlefield and you are thinking you are going to have to have a few people that are going to take him out right he is not an easy person to fight he is someone that is boastful and arrogant that has a reputation so he comes out on the best horse and he calls out and says who is going to come forth and duel with me the only person that answers the call is Az-Zubair radi Allahu ta'ala anhu and the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam lets Az-Zubair go now when Az-Zubair goes forward Safiya comes to the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam and she says Ya Rasulullah he is going to kill my son I mean that is not an easy even if you think about the strength and the size he has the best horse on the other side he is more equipped than Az-Zubair Ya Rasulullah he is going to kill my son and the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said rather Az-Zubair is going to kill him Inshallah
so Talha bin Abi Talha comes forth Az-Zubair radi Allahu ta'ala anhu goes in front of him and obviously the Muslims are nervous this was a leader in Badr the one with the yellow turban and Ali radi Allahu ta'ala anhu describing the heroic nature of Az-Zubair radi Allahu ta'ala anhu he says Ya Ghdabu Kanamir that he had the anger the burst of a tiger Wa Yathibu Wathubu Al Asad and he would jump at a person like a lion so he combined the best attributes of a tiger and a lion in battle Az-Zubair radi Allahu ta'ala anhu goes up to him and Talha bin Abi Talha is stunned that Az-Zubair is standing on the ground and ready to fight him so he doesn't even have a horse that's going to go at it with him and so they start to duel within minutes Az-Zubair radi Allahu ta'ala anhu walked up to him he knocked his sword down and then he attacks him he knocks him off of his horse he grabs the sword of Talha bin Abi Talha he climbs up his horse and then he kills him with his own sword and then he brings the horse back to the Muslims I mean you don't get any more courageous than this alright so this man who no one wanted a piece of who has the best horse on the other side I mean the best case scenario is that you get the horse too you get the armor too but like you just want to take him out right I mean like he's that that much of a threat on the other side Az-Zubair radi Allahu ta'ala anhu kills him brings the horse back and now the horse the best horse on the battlefield that day was going to be on the side of the Muslims so that's when Az-Zubair radi Allahu ta'ala anhu once again showed something about himself that was so unique right about his courage and about his ability to move forward
now on that day of course we mentioned you know with Safiyyah and Hamza radi Allahu ta'ala anhu Sayyid al-Shuhada that day and honestly a very hard biography to cover because of how much I love Hamza radi Allahu ta'ala anhu but it hurt him that obviously Hamza radi Allahu ta'ala anhu was killed his cousin Abdullah ibn Jahsh the brother of Zainab ibn Jahsh may Allah be pleased with them and Abdullah ibn Jahsh radi Allahu ta'ala anhu was also killed and that's very hurtful to Az-Zubair radi Allahu ta'ala anhu as well because of how much he loves him and Az-Zubair radi Allahu ta'ala anhu was wounded heavily that day and he's one of the few people that did not flee from the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam on the day of Uhud now Allah Azawajal forgave those that fled on the day of Uhud right but at the same time the honor of those that did not flee is forever preserved right those that at the time when it looked like it was all over the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam was to be killed literally put their bodies in front of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam and suffered all sorts of wounds on that day Az-Zubair radi Allahu ta'ala anhu it's mentioned you know in some of the books that he actually pursued Abu Sufyan Hamra al-Asad where they wanted to after everything had happened to kill the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam to finish off the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam and seeing Az-Zubair they decided it wasn't worth it because of the strength of Az-Zubair radi Allahu ta'ala anhu and the other sahaba that were there that day Aisha radi Allahu ta'ala anhu she told Urwa ibn Az-Zubair Urwa the son of Az-Zubair do you know the verse that was revealed about your father and your grandfather your father and your grandfather who is his father Az-Zubair who is his grandfather Abu Bakr As-Siddiq radi Allahu ta'ala anhu ok remember these people have an incredible lineage in that sense right Az-Zubair is your father Asma is your mother Abu Bakr is your grandfather
so Aisha who is the aunt of Urwa says to Urwa do you know what verse was revealed about your father and your grandfather and it was the verse الذين استجابوا لله والرسول من بعد ما مسهم القرح those that responded to the call of Allah and the Messenger Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam after that you know horrendous defeat after the horrific thing that had happened to them in the battle of Uhud those that stayed around those that did not flee Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala praised them and Allah azawajal elevated them and Aisha radi Allahu ta'ala told Urwa this is about your father and your grandfather and those that were with them those that stuck around with the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam when others had fled at that point those that were willing to die at that moment around the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam so in the battle of Uhud once again you have Az-Zubair radi Allahu ta'ala anhum not fleeing by the side of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam throughout and doing as the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam commands him on the day of Khandaq one of the greatest honors that comes to Az-Zubair comes on the day of Khandaq and you might be thinking how much more honored can you possibly be than Badr with the angels doing you know modeling themselves after you and then Uhud you know where Allah azawajal reveals Quran about you for staying by the side of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam how much more honored can you be in the battle of Khandaq as the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam got news of those that were plotting on the inside from Banu Qurayza and other tribes the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam asked the companions who will go out and who will sneak into the fortress they had a huge fortress in Al Medina and it's well armed and obviously if they have truly given themselves up now to kill the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam and to attack the Muslims from inside
think about how dangerous it is for someone to go and try to spy on them okay but the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam calls out and he says who is going to go check on them and find out their news Az-Zubair radi Allahu ta'ala anhum immediately he says Ya Rasulullah I've got it he responds right away and the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam asked again and Az-Zubair was the only one that responded the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam asked a third time and Az-Zubair radi Allahu ta'ala anhum was excited he kept I mean he responded every single time Az-Zubair radi Allahu ta'ala anhum said to the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam Ana Ya Rasulullah I can do it O Messenger of Allah I can do it O Messenger of Allah I can do it O Messenger of Allah listen to what the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam says about Az-Zubair radi Allahu ta'ala anhum he says Li kulli nabiyyin hawari every Prophet has a disciple wa hawariya Az-Zubair my disciple in this ummah is Az-Zubair radi Allahu ta'ala anhum my disciple is Az-Zubair radi Allahu ta'ala anhum with an exclusiveness to it right my disciple my hawari is Az-Zubair radi Allahu ta'ala anhum and I want us to seize this point for a moment because it's often just brushed over as one of the virtues of Az-Zubair radi Allahu ta'ala anhum the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam called him his disciple likened him to the disciples of Isa alayhis salam al hawariyun and I want us to actually sit with this for a moment what is the significance of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam calling him with that specific name of being his disciple when the hawariyun are mentioned in the Quran when the disciples of Isa alayhis salam are mentioned in the Quran what are they mentioned with specifically they are mentioned with responding to the call of Isa alayhis salam man ansari ilallah who will support me who will support me in this noble mission
right so Jesus peace be upon him Isa alayhis salam speaking and saying who's going to come to my aid qal al hawariyun nahnu ansarullah and the hawariyun are praised they come forth and say we will be the helpers of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala we will support you in this noble mission and so the specific virtue of the hawariyun in the Quran of the disciples in the Quran is their response to the call to support the Prophet right that they immediately respond to the call of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala without any hesitation of course there's a specific disciple that would actually volunteer himself to take the image of Isa alayhis salam and to even be crucified in his place so the hawariyun are praised particularly for the response right the quickness of the response and what do you keep on seeing with a Zubayr radi allahu ta'ala anhu responds immediately he does not think about the consequences of responding to the call of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa salam and so that day as Zubayr radi allahu ta'ala anhu goes out and he goes to Bani Qurayza and he puts his life on the line to get the news of Bani Qurayza to find out what their plans are to attack the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa salam and that was when he came back and the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa salam did for him what he only had done for Sa'd radi allahu ta'ala anhu which was jama'ali rasool Allah salallahu alayhi wa salam yawma idhin abawayhi the Prophet Sallallahu alayhi wa salam combined his parents for me when he said fida ka abi wa ummi the Prophet Sallallahu alayhi wa salam said to Zubayr I would sacrifice my mother and my father for you may my mother and father be sacrificed for you the Prophet Sallallahu alayhi wa salam did not do that except for Sa'd and then here as Zubayr radi allahu ta'ala anhu that is a that is an incredible you know honor that the Prophet Sallallahu alayhi wa salam would say that to a person
right and that is the highest form of praise at that time fida ka abi wa ummi right we would say that about the Prophet Sallallahu alayhi wa salam the Prophet Sallallahu alayhi wa salam says that to as Zubayr radi allahu ta'ala anhu and as Zubayr never forgot that momentous occasion when the Prophet Sallallahu alayhi wa salam said that to him and it's those types of things that made it all worth it for as Zubayr radi allahu ta'ala anhu throughout the other battles you find that Malik ibn U'uf surrenders in Hunain when he sees that Zubayr is still up you find as Zubayr radi allahu ta'ala anhu after the Prophet Sallallahu alayhi wa salam fighting in Haroob al-Ridda fighting in the battle against the apostates under the khilafah of his father-in-law Abu Bakr al-Siddiq radi allahu ta'ala anhu you find in the battle of Yarmouk remember Urwah mentioned specifically the two wounds of Badr and then he mentioned a wound in the battle of Yarmouk Yarmouk was a a difficult battle for the Muslims against the Byzantines at the time and as Zubayr radi allahu ta'ala anhu led the charge and one of the things that Zubayr radi allahu ta'ala anhu did on the battle of Yarmouk was that he climbed the wall of the fortress okay on the day of the battle of Yarmouk and he mounted forward going forth through the Roman army and this is how as Zubayr radi allahu ta'ala anhu has described he drove through the entire army himself penetrating and he you know he was able to defeat everyone in his path and then as Zubayr radi allahu ta'ala anhu penetrated all the way to the back of the army he turned around and then he fought his way all the way back to the front of the army taking out everyone in his path one man radi allahu ta'ala anhu that was able to do that before the battle even started to its full so he went into the army penetrated all the way to the back taking out everyone on the way and then took everyone out on the way back making his way back
to the front lines and that was the bravery the courage the skill of Zubayr radi allahu ta'ala anhu and that's why Umar bin Khattab radi allahu ta'ala anhu described him as a man who's like a thousand men you give me one Zubayr as Zubayr radi allahu ta'ala anhu is like having a thousand men due to his his bravery and the way that he moved forward he was also one of the main generals in the conquest of Egypt under Amr bin al-As radi allahu ta'ala anhu and so Zubayr radi allahu anhu played an instrumental role being a general there as well after Umar bin Khattab radi allahu ta'ala anhu passed away as Zubayr of course being one of the remaining Ashra Mubashireen one of the remaining 10 promised paradise was chosen to be on the shura of Umar bin Khattab radi allahu ta'ala anhu and as Zubayr radi allahu ta'ala anhu of course the shura came together and they chose they cast their vote as Zubayr actually cast his vote for Ali ibn Abi Talib radi allahu ta'ala anhu who of course was his cousin and very close to him and Zubayr knew his maqam knew his station with the prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam and I have to mention his death because one of the most tragic deaths that we have and in fact subhanallah that is the case not just with him but with his son you know how is it that a person so incredible so amazing would be killed in the fitan from the inside not taken out from an enemy on the outside but on the fitan from the inside as Zubayr radi allahu ta'ala anhu when Uthman was under siege when Uthman radi allahu ta'ala anhu was put under siege he sent his children to defend Uthman and Uthman radi allahu anhu told Zubayr to stand down you've got to imagine how hard it was for Zubayr radi allahu anhu to practice that restraint seeing the way that Uthman radi allahu anhu was being mistreated
but Uthman radi allahu ta'ala anhu demanded what that no blood is going to be spilled in my cause stand down so as Zubayr radi allahu anhu wanted to kill them all he wanted to fight off all of those people and Uthman radi allahu anhu continued to say no you can't fight for me don't do it so as Zubayr sends his children to guard Uthman radi allahu anhu but he's frustrated at not being able to fight those people that had held Uthman under siege obviously we know what happens next Uthman radi allahu ta'ala anhu is murdered and as Zubayr radi allahu ta'ala anhu is devastated by the murder of Uthman the crisis is that as Ali radi allahu ta'ala anhu is trying to establish himself in this chaos that Ali radi allahu ta'ala anhu wants to organize so that he could properly pursue the killers of Uthman he makes that promise to pursue the killers of Uthman radi allahu anhu and the people that push the initial fitna continue to push the fitna and continue to divide the ummah and to maintain that chaos so as Zubayr is in Mecca and it was himself and Aisha radi allahu ta'ala anhu and Talha ibn Ubaidullah radi allahu anhu who of course were struck with the emotion demanding the blood of the killers of Uthman demanding to go after the killers of Uthman they come forth and they meet Ali ibn Abi Talib radi allahu ta'ala anhu before the battle of Al-Jamal and this is a you know a very uh uh tragic um conversation and way that he's going to die but in brief in brief right we know that Aisha radi allahu anha and Ali radi allahu ta'ala anhu would talk they would come to terms they would go back to their camps and the idea was that there was going to be no battle that they came to an agreement that Ali was going to pursue the killers of Uthman right and that things were going to move forward the people of fitna attacked both sides at
night both camps so that each one of them thought that the other side struck first and then the battle of Al-Jamal takes place okay with Zubayr he did not even get to that point where uh they went they went back to the camps with Aisha radi allahu anha and Talha radi allahu anhu and Ali radi allahu anhu on the other side going to his camp with Zubayr radi allahu ta'ala anhu as they came forth to meet Ali radi allahu anhu Ali said to Zubayr oh Zubayr ya Zubayr do you remember the day that we were sitting together and the prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam came up he saw us sitting together and sitting together as brothers i mean they loved each other they grew up together they embraced islam together right they were the same age they had a history as Zubayr again voted for Ali radi allahu anhu to be the khalifa um over Uthman radi allahu anhu right so Uthman became the khalifa before Ali as Zubayr radi allahu anhu's vote was for Ali radi allahu anhu even initially and Ali is reminding Zubayr of an incident he says remember the prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam saw us sitting together and we were sitting together as brothers and the prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam said to you atuhibbu Ali ya Zubayr do you love Ali radi allahu anhu oh Zubayr radi allahu anhu and Zubayr said of course wallahi i love Ali ya rasulallah and the prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam said that you will fight against him and you will be in the wrong and to to as Zubayr radi allahu anhu that was you know impossible i'm gonna fight against Ali radi allahu anhu i mean how could that happen right there was such a closeness that they had they grew up together they loved each other so Ali radi allahu ta'ala anhu reminded Zubayr of that incident and he forgot that incident and when he reminded Zubayr radi allahu anhu of that incident as Zubayr radi allahu anhu broke down in tears he actually gave his bay'ah to Ali radi allahu anhu so he gave his pledge to Ali
and he left the battlefield he walked away from the battlefield so before at night again the two camps go and a battle breaks out the next day because each one thinks they've been attacked as Zubayr has already walked away from the battlefield i'm not doing this right he realizes that this was a fitna that was caused and he he remembered that incident with the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam as Zubayr is walking away people are following him and they're saying what's wrong and he's saying leave me alone i'm done i'm not fighting i i have nothing to do with any of this battle one of the khawarij he follows as Zubayr radi allahu ta'ala anhu so this is the tragedy and his name was Amr ibn Jarmuz and he goes to Zubayr as he's walking away and he follows him and he walks up to Zubayr as Zubayr says uh what do you want he says uridu sohba he said no i just want to be with you i just want to accompany you i want to be your companion so Zubayr radi allahu anhu says fine right if it's if it's because you're you're walking away from this battle just like me that's fine but this man had evil intentions uh when the time for salah came it's just as Zubayr and this man he doesn't know that so i just want to be your companion accompany you and you know if they fight Zubayr is going to overpower him as Zubayr radi allahu anhu is strong even in his old age there's no way Amr is going this man is going to be able to overpower him so what does he do he waits for the time of salah uh as Zubayr radi allahu ta'ala anhu stands up Amr makes the iqama Amr ibn Jarmuz makes the iqama for salah Zubayr radi allahu ta'ala anhu says allahu akbar to lead the salah and Amr attacks him and starts to stab him until he kills him and he took the sword of a Zubayr radi allahu anhu so he murdered a Zubayr radi allahu ta'ala anhu in his salah and by the way this is something uh about the death of a Zubayr in his salah a Zubayr radi allahu anhu would die in his salah Abdullah ibn Zubayr would die in his salah
Urwa ibn Zubayr would die in his salah this became a a a sunnah a pattern of the children of a Zubayr radi allahu anhu to also die in their salah subhanallah i mean it's it's tragic but at the same time you know you will be raised the way that you leave this world shahada in salah i mean that's that's incredible right but this is tragic the man kills a Zubayr radi allahu anhu takes his sword and he goes to the tent of Ali radi allahu ta'ala anhu Ali radi allahu ta'ala anhu is not seeing people at the moment Ali radi allahu anhu is sitting in his tent and so this man is approaching with the sword of a Zubayr he says i want to talk to Ali Ali radi allahu anhu tells the guards i don't want to talk to anyone right now so he this man Amr bin Jarmus thinks that Ali is going to celebrate the death of a Zubayr he gives the sword to the guard and he says go show him the sword so the man walks and and he waits outside to hear the reaction of Ali radi allahu anhu thinking Ali is going to be happy to hear the murder of a Zubayr because that's what's going to be shown here right that he had come to fight you i killed him instead Ali radi allahu anhu is sitting in his tent and the sword of a Zubayr radi allahu ta'ala anhu comes in front of him and Ali radi allahu ta'ala anhu starts to cry and he starts to weep loudly and Ali radi allahu anhu said i heard the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam i heard the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam say when you meet the murderer of Ibn Safiyya when you see the person who kills a Zubayr tell him he's a person of hellfire so Ali had heard this hadith from the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam give the give the news to the one who murders Ibn Safiyya as Zubayr radi allahu anhu that he's a person of hellfire Ali had heard it not realizing that he's going to be sitting in the tent the day that the sword of a Zubayr comes to him and so he starts to repeat
give the news to the one who murdered Ibn Safiyya of hellfire Amr al-Jarmuz heard the news he quickly ran away from the tent Ali radi allahu anhu was getting up to go out and see him Amr al-Jarmuz quickly ran away and he committed suicide subhanAllah so he murdered Zubayr radi allahu ta'ala anhu and then he killed himself as Zubayr radi allahu anhu goes to al-jannah amongst the ten promised paradise Amr al-Jarmuz goes to hell on the tongue of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam which is very rare that the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam would seal the fate of someone the way that he did that day and subhanAllah Zubayr radi allahu ta'ala anhu this noble man who used to make dua to Allah to die in his salah and his children die in their salah all of them are given this this noble death and you know there are two incidents I'll narrate here inshallah ta'ala to finish this off one of them is from Abdullah ibn Zubayr radi allahu ta'ala anhuma he said that as Zubayr came to me on the day of his death before he would die and he just saw the scene and he could smell death in the air subhanAllah he knew something was going to happen this is a long hadith in al-bukhari by the way it's one of the longest hadith so he called me and he stood beside me my you know his son and he said oh my son he said listen today someone's going to you know a person is going to be killed either as a zalim or a mazloom as an oppressor an oppressed one and he said I see that I'm going to be killed as a mazloom I think I'm going to die today as an oppressed one I don't know why but subhanAllah sensing death and this is something with the salihin that sometimes you see that they sense death so he's telling his son Abdullah that listen I'm sensing death and subhanAllah what does he say
to him he says my only worry is all the debts that I have I have so many debts okay again subhanAllah ties into the series that we just finished my biggest worry is my debts and this man's about to go as a shaheed right I'm about to be killed as an oppressed one I just feel it someone's going to kill me and inshaAllah ta'ala I'll be the mazloom and not the oppressed one and not the oppressor so he said I'm just worried about my debts and he said to him oh my son whatever you have to do to pay off my debts sell our property give up whatever you can ask the people find out who I owe money to whatever you have to do make sure that all of my debts are paid and he said if you fall short when you find yourself in a bind because you can't find a way to pay off my debts he said oh my dear son ista'an bi mawlai seek the help of my master who does he mean he means Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala so ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for help ista'an bi mawlai seek Allah's help and paying off my debts why did az-Zubayr radiAllahu ta'ala anhu have so many debts was it because he used to live a life of ease no it was his poverty and the fact that az-Zubayr radiAllahu ta'ala anhu anytime wealth would come to the home of az-Zubayr he'd loan it away or he donated away so he was famous for not keeping any wealth in his house no wealth would stay in his house at night and in the process of that he accumulated a great debt he had a great amount of debt subhanAllah this noble man in history who has this position with Allah and his messenger salAllahu alayhi wa sallam so he told his son abdullah ista'an bi mawlai seek the help of my lord and Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr radiAllahu ta'ala anhu says for four years i would stand up in hajj and i'd call out and i say if anyone has a debt from my father let me know he kept on looking for all of the people and he said anytime i would feel
anxiety i would call out to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala i would say ya mawla az-Zubayr oh master of az-Zubayr pay his debts on his behalf so i call out to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala help me to pay off his debts and he said you know and this is a long hadith he starts to go through the period and basically when he comes to what ends up happening subhanAllah from the miracles of az-Zubayr radiAllahu ta'ala anhu there were so many more people that owed him money than money that he owed to that by the time and again it's about a two-page hadith by the time each one of these people gave back the loans that were owed to az-Zubayr to his family az-Zubayr radiAllahu ta'ala anhu's property was valued at over 50 million dinars okay so he ends up being a millionaire that never tasted the sweetness of his millions in this life because of the way that he used to deal with his wealth so abdullah bin az-Zubayr tells this extraordinary story subhanAllah in a long hadith about how there ended up being millions of dollars millions of dinars that were owed to him that he never claimed in his lifetime. Nu'man ibn al-Bashir radiAllahu ta'ala anhu and I'll end with this perhaps two more just quick hadiths Nu'man ibn al-Bashir radiAllahu anhu he says that we were with Ali radiAllahu ta'ala anhu in the last days of his khilafah and we thought Ali radiAllahu ta'ala anhu was sleeping and so we were having a conversation amongst ourselves and Ali radiAllahu ta'ala anhu opened his eyes and said what are you talking about and they said ya ameer al-mu'mineen we were talking about Uthman and Talha and Az-Zubayr we're talking about the people that died in this whole thing and Ali radiAllahu ta'ala anhu says ana min shiaati Uthman wa Talha wa Az-Zubayr I am from the supporters and lovers of Uthman and Talha and Az-Zubayr and he recited wa naza'na ma fi qulubihim min ghillin ikhwanan ala sururin mutaqabileen that we have taken the grudges anything from their hearts and made them brothers
facing one another on thrones and he said dhalika Uthman wa Talha wa Az-Zubayr wa ana that is us you know sitting on that day facing one another on thrones bi-idhnillahi ta'ala in al-jannah that the fitna had caused sahaba to find themselves on opposite ends of the battlefield and Ali radiAllahu anhu was pained over that that way and the nastiness of the way that Az-Zubayr radiAllahu ta'ala anhu was killed and with one thing about Az-Zubayr radiAllahu anhu and that is that we only have about five or six hadiths from him and that is one of the most extraordinary things about his story this man who is that close to the prophet salAllahu alaihi wa sallam who lived you know into the time of Ali radiAllahu ta'ala anhu and whose children are Abdullah ibn Az-Zubayr and Urwa ibn Az-Zubayr I mean and his wife is Isma' bint Abi Bakr there are so many routes for a hadith to be narrated from him and yet he did not used to narrate that I heard the prophet salAllahu alaihi wa sallam say this or I heard the prophet salAllahu alaihi wa sallam say that only a few of them so Abdullah ibn Az-Zubayr radiAllahu ta'ala anhu says I said to my father I don't hear from you the narrations of Allah's messenger the way that I hear from this person and that person and Az-Zubayr radiAllahu ta'ala anhu said I was always with him I used to always be with the prophet salAllahu alaihi wa sallam he said but I heard the prophet salAllahu alaihi wa sallam say man kadhab alayya far yatabawwa maqa'adahu min an-nar whoever lies on my behalf then let him occupy his seat in the fire he said you know basically I was too afraid to narrate a hadith from the prophet salAllahu alaihi wa sallam out of fear of Allah azawajal and fear that I might misrepresent him in narrating from him alayhi salatu wasalam so that speaks to the taqwa the piety of this man radiAllahu ta'ala anhu min al-ashar mubashshireen from the ten promised paradise the disciple of the prophet salAllahu alaihi wa sallam
may Allah be pleased with him may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala bless him join us with him the neighbor of the Prophet salAllahu alaihi wa sallam JazakumAllahu khayran wasalamualikoum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh
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