Abu Nadrah narrates that Rabi’ah spoke to Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) in the mosque of Banu Salamah, and said: We were facing the enemy when news reached us that you had pledged allegiance at the hand of that person, and now you are fighting against them? He replied: A sword was placed on my neck in a narrow place and I was told,“Pledge allegiance or we will kill you,”so I pledged allegiance knowing that it was a pledge of misguidance. Ibrahim Taimi states that Walid bin Abdul Malik said that a hypocrite from the people of Iraq, Jabalah bin Hakim, said to Hazrat Zubair:“You had pledged allegiance?”Hazrat Zubair replied: A sword was placed on my neck and I was told,“Pledge allegiance or we will kill you,”so I pledged allegiance.