It is narrated from Ibn Abi Mulaykah that Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) was mentioned in the presence of Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), and he said: He was most chaste in Islam and a reciter of the Qur'an. His father was al-Zubayr, his mother Asma, his maternal grandfather Abu Bakr, his paternal aunt Khadijah, his paternal grandmother Safiyyah and his maternal aunt Aishah (may Allah be pleased with them). By Allah, I held myself to account in his matter more than I did even for Abu Bakr and Umar, but he deliberately preferred the Humaydat, the Usamat and the Tuwaytat (that is, particular people of his own family) over me. Abu Ali al-Qabbani says: By the Humaydat is meant Humayd bin Zuhayr, and by the Tuwaytat the family of Tuwayt bin Habib, who belonged to Banu Asad.

Hisham bin Urwah narrates from his father that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both) removed his name from the official register (diwan) at the time of the martyrdom of Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him).

Hilal bin Yasaf narrates: The courier who brought the head of al-Mukhtar (al-Thaqafi) to Ibn al-Zubayr told me that when he saw it he said: Whatever Ka'b told me, I found it to be true, except that he had told me that a man from the tribe of Thaqif would kill me (he thought that it would be al-Mukhtar). Al-A'mash says: What did he know that Abu Muhammad - may Allah disgrace him - had been kept hidden for him.