“The boy is carrying a sword!” He pressed on until he reached the Prophet ﷺ, who asked, “What is the matter, O Zubayr?” He replied, “I came with my sword to strike down whoever had taken you captive.” (1)
It is also reported that Zubayr was a very tall man (2); when he rode, his feet touched the ground, and his beard and side-whiskers were sparse.
He narrated only a small number of hadiths. Among those who transmitted from him were his sons ʿAbd Allah, Muṣʿab, ʿUrwah, and Jaʿfar; Mālik ibn Aws ibn al-Ḥadathān; al-Aḥnaf ibn Qays; ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿĀmir ibn Kurayz; Muslim ibn Jundub; Abū Ḥakīm, his freedman; and others.
The Two Shaykhs agreed upon two of his reports; al-Bukhārī alone recorded four, and Muslim one. (3)
Muslim ibn Muḥammad—together with a group, by authorization—told us, saying: Ḥanbal informed us; Ibn al-Ḥuṣayn informed us; Ibn al-Mudhhab narrated to us; Abū Bakr al-Qaṭīʿī informed us; ʿAbd Allah ibn Aḥmad narrated to us; my father told me (ḥ).
Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Salām also informed us; ʿAbd al-Muʿizz ibn Muḥammad informed us; Tamīm informed us; Abū Saʿd the physician informed us; Abū ʿAmr al-Ḥīrī informed us; Abū