It is narrated from Atiyyah that he said: I asked a freed slave of Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) how his death came about. He said that Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) strongly condemned the deeds of al-Hajjaj bin Yusuf at the time of the martyrdom of Sayyiduna Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both). He stood before him and spoke harsh words to him, so al-Hajjaj said: "Be quiet, old man! You have lost your mind." Then, when the people had dispersed, al-Hajjaj ordered a man from Syria, who struck him on the foot with a spear. Then al-Hajjaj came to visit him in his illness and said: "If only I knew who injured you, I would strike off his head." He said: "It is you who injured me." He asked: How so? He said: "Because you brought weapons into the Sanctuary of Allah (whereby its sanctity was violated)."