It is narrated from Marwan that Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) suffered such a severe nosebleed in the year of the nosebleeds (Sanat al-Ru'af) that he even made his will and stayed back from going on Hajj. Then a man from Quraysh came to us and said: Appoint someone as your successor. He asked: Have the people said this? He said: Yes. He asked: Who is he? But he remained silent. Then another man came to him and said the same thing as the first man, so Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Should I make al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) caliph?" He said: Yes. So Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Listen! By the One in whose Hand is my soul, as far as I know, he is the best of them all and the most beloved of them all to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Urwah (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said to me: "O my son! Indeed, your father is among those of whom it is said: 'Those who responded to Allah and the Messenger after injury had struck them.' [Surah Al Imran: 172] " This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard with my own ears from the blessed mouth of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), as he (peace and blessings be upon him) was saying: "Talhah and al-Zubayr are my neighbours in Paradise." The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "Do not revile the disciples (devoted companions) of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), for the expiation for (insulting) them is death." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates from his father (Sayyiduna al-Zubayr, may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me (on an errand) on a very cold morning. When I came (back) to him (peace and blessings be upon him), he (peace and blessings be upon him) was under a single quilt with one of his pure wives. He (peace and blessings be upon him) brought me into the same quilt as well, and we became three (under one quilt). The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Zubayr bin al-Awwam (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man from the Ansar brought a case against me before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) concerning (the water of) the streams of the Harrah. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Zubayr! Irrigate (your land), then release the water to your neighbour." At this the Ansari said: O Messenger of Allah! (Did you judge this way) because he is the son of your paternal aunt? The blessed face of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) changed colour (in anger), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Zubayr! Irrigate (your land) until the water reaches the embankments, then release the water to your neighbour." Thus the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) his full right. Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) says: It is my belief that this verse, "But no, by your Lord! (O Prophet), they will not be believers until they make you judge concerning the disputes between them." [Surah al-Nisa: 65] , was revealed concerning this very case of mine. The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs did not record it. I do not know of anyone who established this chain in this way from Imam al-Zuhri, mentioning Abdullah bin al-Zubayr, other than his nephew, and this narration from him is narrow (in terms of its chain).

Sayyiduna Urwah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from his father (Sayyiduna al-Zubayr, may Allah be pleased with him) that on the day of the Battle of the Camel, Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) called his son Abdullah and, giving him his final instructions, said: "O my dear son! Today is a day on which either a wrongdoer or a wronged one will be killed. By Allah! If I am killed, I will be killed only as one who has been wronged. By Allah! I did not do this (wrong) nor did I do that. O my son! Take care of my debt, for there is nothing that concerns me more than my debt, and it is one million two hundred thousand (dirhams)."

It is narrated from Ibn Shihab that on the day of the Battle of the Camel, Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) turned his back and departed (withdrawing from the battlefield). Then a man from Banu Tamim, Ibn Jurmuz, caught up with him and martyred him.

Sa'id bin Abd al-Aziz al-Sulami narrates from his father that he said: When Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) turned back on the day of the Battle of the Camel, he was reciting these (verses): "I have come to know, if only my knowledge had benefited me, that life is very close to death." Then only a short while had passed when Ibn Jurmuz martyred him.

It is narrated from al-Fadl bin Dukayn that he said: Sayyiduna Talhah and Sayyiduna al-Zubayr bin al-Awwam (may Allah be pleased with them both) were martyred in Rajab of the year 36 AH.