Muhammad bin Umar narrates from his teachers that they said: On the day of the Battle of the Camel, which that year was Thursday the 10th of Jumada al-Akhirah, after the fighting Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) set off towards Madinah riding a horse called "Dhu al-Khimar". He was martyred in the valley of al-Siba' and was buried there. And it is reported from Sayyiduna Urwah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: My father was martyred on the day of the Battle of the Camel, and his age was four years more than sixty (that is, 64 years).

It is narrated from Ibn Umar: I heard Mus'ab bin Thabit bin Abdullah bin al-Zubayr saying: Sayyiduna al-Zubayr bin al-Awwam (may Allah be pleased with him) took part in the Battle of Badr when he was 27 years old, and when he was martyred he was 64 years old.

It is narrated from Abdullah bin Awn that he wept (at the mention of these Companions) and said: These were the best of people, and they were martyred. Then he said: Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) turned upon his killer and had overpowered him, whereupon he (the killer) said: "I remind you of Allah," so Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) held back from him. He did this several times. But when he betrayed Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) and struck him, Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "May Allah destroy you! You remind others of Allah and then forget Him yourself."

It is narrated from Humayd bin Munhib that he said: I performed Hajj in the year in which Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) was martyred. I met Sayyiduna Talhah, Sayyiduna al-Zubayr and Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with them) in Makkah. When they set off for Basrah, I went with them as well. Then Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) came out against them until the two sides met, and that was the day of the Battle of the Camel. On that day there was fierce fighting between the two sides, and on that day seventy men took hold of the nose-rein of the camel (of Sayyidah Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her). (The narrator mentioned the lengthy hadith and) at its end he said: Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) turned his back and departed (from the battlefield), and a man from Banu Tamim, Ibn Jurmuz, caught up with him and martyred him.

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.'"