It is narrated from Qays bin Abi Hazim that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him): "Do you remember the day when you and I were in the shelter of a clan of the Ansar, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked you: 'Do you love him (Ali)?' And you replied: What would prevent me? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Beware! You will soon come out against him and fight him while you are the one in the wrong.'" (Qays says:) So Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) turned back (from the battlefield upon hearing this).

It is narrated from Abu Harb bin Abi al-Aswad al-Dili that he said: I was present when Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) went out towards Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "I ask you by Allah, did you hear the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: 'You will fight him (Ali) while you are the one wronging him'?" He replied: I did not remember. Then Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) turned back and left. This hadith is sahih (authentic) as narrated from Abu Harb bin Abi al-Aswad, for Yazid bin Suhayb al-Faqir and Fadl bin Fadalah narrated it from him in a single chain.

It is narrated from Abu Harb bin Abi al-Aswad al-Dili that he said: I was present with Sayyiduna Ali and Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both) when Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) turned back on his mount, cutting through the ranks of the army. His son Sayyiduna Abdullah (bin al-Zubayr) came before him and asked: What has happened to you? He replied: Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) has reminded me of a hadith that I heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): "You will surely fight him (Ali) while you are the one wronging him," so now I will not fight him. His son said: "You did not come to fight, but rather to make peace between the people, so that Allah may set this matter right through you." Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I have sworn an oath that I will not fight." His son said: "Then free your slave Jarjis (as expiation for the oath) and stay here so that you may make peace between the people." The narrator says: So he freed his slave Jarjis and stayed there. Then, when the affair of the people went wrong, he rode off on his horse. Al-Zubayr's acknowledgement of this to Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both) has also been narrated through routes and narrations other than these.

It is narrated from Abu Jarwah al-Mazini that I heard Sayyiduna Ali and Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both), with Ali saying to him: "O Zubayr! I ask you by Allah, did you not hear the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: 'You will fight me while you are the one wronging me'?" He replied: "Yes indeed, but I had forgotten."

It is narrated from Abu Jarwah al-Mazini that he said: I heard Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) as he was adjuring Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) by Allah. He said: "O Zubayr! I ask you by Allah, did you not hear the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: 'You will fight me while you are the one wronging me'?" He replied: "Yes indeed, but I had forgotten."

It is narrated from Muslim bin Nudhayr that he said: We were sitting with Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) when Ibn Jurmuz sought permission to enter. So Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Have you come boasting as the killer of the son of Safiyyah? Give him permission to enter and give him the glad tidings of the Fire of Hell. I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: 'Every prophet has a disciple, and indeed al-Zubayr is my disciple and the son of my paternal aunt.'"

It is narrated from Zirr bin Hubaysh that he said: It was said to Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) that the killer of Sayyiduna al-Zubayr was at the door. So Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Give the killer of the son of Safiyyah the glad tidings of the Fire of Hell. I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: 'Every prophet has a disciple, and indeed my disciple is al-Zubayr.'"

It is narrated from Zirr bin Hubaysh that he said: I was sitting with Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) when the head of Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) was brought, and his killer was with it. So Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Give the killer of the son of Safiyyah the glad tidings of the Fire of Hell. I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: 'Every prophet has a disciple, and indeed my disciple is al-Zubayr.'" These hadiths are authentically established from the Commander of the Believers, Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), even though the two Shaykhs did not record them with these chains.