Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both) said to his father, Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him): "O my father! Narrate to me hadiths of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) so that I may pass them on from you, for all the sons of the Companions narrate hadiths from their fathers." He replied: "O my dear son! Whoever was honoured with the companionship of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), I too had companionship like theirs or even better than theirs. You already know that your mother, Asma bint Abi Bakr, was my wife, and that your maternal aunt is Aishah bint Abi Bakr (may Allah be pleased with her). You also know that my mother was Safiyyah bint Abd al-Muttalib, and that my maternal uncles were Hamzah bin Abd al-Muttalib, Abu Talib and al-Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them), and that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) himself is the son of my maternal uncle. You also know that my paternal aunt, Khadijah bint Khuwaylid (may Allah be pleased with her), was his (peace and blessings be upon him) wife, and that her daughter Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) is the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). You also know that the maternal grandmother of Sayyidah Khadijah was Habibah bint Asad bin Abd al-Uzza, and that the mother of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was Aminah bint Wahb bin Abd Manaf bin Zuhrah. By the grace of Allah, I kept the finest company with him (peace and blessings be upon him); however, I heard him (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'Whoever attributes to me something that I did not say, let him take his seat in the Fire.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Zubayr bin al-Awwam (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took hold of my hand and said: "Indeed, every prophet has a disciple (hawari), and my disciple is al-Zubayr." He was asked: "O Abu Abdullah! Do you know whether the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said this about anyone other than you?" He said: "By Allah! As far as I know, he did not say it about anyone else." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it with this wording.