It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: I wished that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had granted me the office of giving the call to prayer (adhan). He was asked: Why is that? He said: Because the callers to prayer will be the people with the longest necks (the most distinguished) on the Day of Resurrection. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs did not record it. (Imam al-Hakim says:) What I have mentioned, in the account of the martyrdom of Abdullah bin al-Zubayr, of the audacity of al-Hajjaj bin Yusuf against Allah and His Messenger, his desecration of the two Sanctuaries, and his contemptuous conduct towards the household of al-Siddiq (Abu Bakr) (may Allah be pleased with him) is enough for a person of sense to know his reality. Now consider the statements of the Companions and the Successors about al-Hajjaj, and their testimonies to his corrupt creed, which they gave after the killing of Abdullah bin Umar, Abdullah bin al-Zubayr and Sa'id bin Jubayr.