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.

It is narrated from Musa bin Talhah that he said: It used to be said about Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib, Sayyiduna al-Zubayr, Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah and Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with them) that they were 'idhar 'amin wahid' (the peers of a single year). Ibrahim says: This means that they were all born in the same year.

Hisham bin Urwah narrates from his father that he related: Upon the death of Sayyiduna al-Zubayr bin al-Awwam (may Allah be pleased with him), his wife Atikah bint Zayd bin Amr bin Nufayl (may Allah be pleased with her) became his heir, and the amount of inheritance that came to her share reached eighty thousand dirhams. She composed these verses in elegy of Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him): "Ibn Jurmuz betrayed, on the day of the encounter, a brave horseman who never turned his back. O Amr! Had you alerted him, you would have found him such that neither his fingers nor his hand trembled (that is, he would have stood utterly firm). May your mother weep for you! Did you ever in the past overcome a horseman like him from among those who come and go morning and evening? How many hard battles did he face from which cowards like you could not turn him back! By Allah, who is your Lord! If you have killed a Muslim (unjustly), then the punishment of the deliberate killer has become binding upon you."

Ubaydullah bin al-Walid al-Wassafi narrates from his father that when Amr bin Jurmuz martyred Sayyiduna al-Zubayr bin al-Awwam (may Allah be pleased with him), his wife Atikah bint Zayd bin Amr bin Nufayl (may Allah be pleased with her) recited verses (and she was among the eminent women who had emigrated). She was saying: "Ibn Jurmuz betrayed, on the day of the encounter, a great horseman who never fled the battlefield. O Amr! Had you woken him or alerted him, you would have found him such that neither his fingers nor his hand shook. May your mother weep for you! Did you ever in the past overcome anyone like him from among those who come and go morning and evening? How many hard battles did he take part in from which a coward like you could not move him!" Mention of the virtues of Talhah bin Ubaydullah al-Taymi (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Urwah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah bin Uthman bin Amr bin Ka'b bin Sa'd bin Taym bin Murrah (may Allah be pleased with him) was in Syria (when the Battle of Badr took place). He spoke to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about his share (of the spoils), so he (peace and blessings be upon him) assigned him his share. He asked: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Will I have a reward as well? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "And your reward is (established) from the day of Badr."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: The mothers of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, Sayyiduna Uthman, Sayyiduna Talhah, Sayyiduna Ammar bin Yasir, Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf and Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them) accepted Islam, and Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) and his mother also accepted Islam during the lifetime (of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri that Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah bin Uthman bin Amr bin Ka'b bin Sa'd bin Taym bin Murrah (may Allah be pleased with him) arrived from Syria after the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had returned from Badr. He spoke to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about his share (of the spoils), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "Your share is (established) for you." He said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Is there a reward for me as well? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "And your reward is for you as well."

It is narrated from Ibrahim bin Muhammad bin Talhah that Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him) related: I was present at the market of Busra when a monk in his hermitage was calling out: "Ask the people of this fair whether there is anyone among them from the people of the Haram (Makkah)." I said: "Yes, I am." He asked: "Has Ahmad appeared yet?" I said: "Who is Ahmad?" He said: "The son of Abdullah bin Abd al-Muttalib. This is the month of his appearance. He is the last of the prophets; he will come forth from the Haram and will emigrate to a land of date palms, rocky ground and saline soil. So be among the first to reach him, and let no one get ahead of you." Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: His words settled in my heart. I set out quickly until I reached Makkah and asked: "Has anything new happened here?" The people said: "Yes, Muhammad bin Abdullah al-Amin has claimed prophethood, and Ibn Abi Quhafah (Sayyiduna Abu Bakr) has become his follower." I left and went to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked: "Have you followed this man?" He said: "Yes. You too should go to him, present yourself before him and follow him, for he calls to the truth." Then Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) told him what the monk had said. So Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) took him along and presented himself before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) accepted Islam. He told the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) what the monk had said, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was very pleased by it. When Sayyiduna Abu Bakr and Talhah (may Allah be pleased with them both) accepted Islam, Nawfal bin Khuwaylid bin al-Adawiyyah seized them and bound them together in a single rope, and the tribe of Banu Taym did not protect them (from this oppression). Nawfal bin Khuwaylid used to be called "the Lion of Quraysh", and for this reason Sayyiduna Abu Bakr and Talhah (may Allah be pleased with them both) are called "al-Qarinayn" (the two bound together). Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him) could not take part in the Battle of Badr. The reason was that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had sent him and Sayyiduna Sa'id bin Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) to gather news of the caravan (of Quraysh). The two of them returned when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had already finished fighting the polytheists. Then they met the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on his way back from Badr at a place called "Turban", between Malal and Sayalah. But he took part in the Battle of Uhud and in all the other battles alongside the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He was among those devoted ones who stood firm with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on the day of Uhud when the people scattered, and he pledged allegiance to him (peace and blessings be upon him) unto death. On that day Malik bin Zuhayr shot (an arrow) at the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) shielded the face of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with his hand. The arrow struck his little finger and it became paralysed. When the arrow struck him, these words came from his tongue: 'Hass, hass' (a cry of pain). It is mentioned that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Had he said 'Bismillah' (In the name of Allah) (at the moment of pain), he would have entered Paradise (in that very state) while the people were watching him." On that day Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) received two blows on his head; a polytheist struck him twice: once when he was facing him and once when he was turning away. And Dirar bin al-Khattab al-Fihri used to say: "By Allah! It was I who struck him that day."

Ibn Umar related that the kunyah of Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) was Abu Muhammad, and his mother was al-Sa'bah bint Abdullah al-Hadrami. He was martyred on the day of the Battle of the Camel by Marwan bin al-Hakam. He had a son, Muhammad, who was known by the title "al-Sajjad" (the one devoted to prostration and worship), and Sayyiduna Talhah's kunyah was after him. He too was martyred alongside his father in the Battle of the Camel. Sayyiduna Talhah was among the Companions who accepted Islam early.