It is narrated from Hazrat Umair that Hazrat Hussain (may Allah be pleased with him) ordered a caller to announce: "No man who is in debt should come with me." A man said, "I make my wife the guarantor for my debt." He (Hazrat Hussain) replied, "What benefit is there in a woman's guarantee?" The narrator states that he (Hazrat Hussain) had this announcement made among the freed slaves: "It has reached me in narration that any man who is killed in such a state that he has left behind wealth from which his debt could be paid, that man will go to Hell."

Hazrat Zubair bin Adi narrates that Ibrahim said to me: "Beware of being killed along with the turmoil (fitnah)."

It is narrated from Ibrahim bin Muhammad bin Muntashir that Masruq (may Allah be pleased with him) used to ride his mule every Friday and seat me behind him. Then he would come to the garbage heaps of the place of Hira and make his donkey stand on them, and then he would say: "The world is beneath us."

It is narrated from Hazrat Umm Rashid that she says: I was with Umm Hani (may Allah be pleased with her) when Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) came to her. She invited him to eat and said: I went down to the field and saw two men. I heard one of them saying to the other: "Our hands have pledged allegiance to this man, but our hearts have not pledged allegiance." I asked, "Who are these two men?" People said: Talha and Zubair. She says: I heard them saying, "Our hands have pledged allegiance to this man, but our hearts have not pledged allegiance." Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Whoever breaks the covenant, the harm of his breaking the covenant will be upon himself, and whoever fulfills the promise which he made with Allah, soon Allah will grant him a great reward.

Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) sent me as a messenger to Talha (may Allah be pleased with him) and Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) on the day of the Battle of Jamal. I said to both of them, "Your brother sends you greetings and says: Are you displeased with me for making a decision in any matter unjustly, or for taking possession of any war booty, or for such and such matter?" Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) replied, "None of these things is the case, rather it is some fear combined with a strong kind of desire."

Hazrat Aleem Kindi narrates from Hazrat Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: This House of Allah (the Kaaba) will be burned at the hands of a man from the descendants of Hazrat Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him).

Hazrat Abu Husain says that I have not seen anyone more given to speaking ill than Ibn Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him).

Ajlah narrates that I asked Hazrat Amir, "People think that Hajjaj is a believer?" He replied, "I also testify that he believes in the tyrant and Satan, and denies the commands of Allah."

Hazrat Asim says that I have never seen Abu Wa'il (may Allah have mercy on him) speak ill of any living creature that walks on the earth except for Hajjaj. Once, mentioning his evil deeds, he said: O Allah! Feed Hajjaj from the shrub called Dari' such food that neither fattens nor satisfies hunger. He says that then, as a form of correction, he said: If You so wish. I said: Do you still have any doubt about Hajjaj? He replied: Do you consider the addition of this statement to be a sin?

Ibrahim narrates that it reached Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that Hazrat Talha (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I pledged allegiance in such a state that a sword was placed on my neck." He (Ali) sent Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) to him, and he inquired about the truth of this matter. Hazrat Usama (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "There was no sword on his neck, but the reality is that he pledged allegiance in such a state that he was compelled; people attacked him and it was near that they would have killed him." He narrates: "Then Hazrat Suhaib (may Allah be pleased with him) came out and I was by his side. He looked towards me and said: 'You know that a locust is destined to perish.'"