And concerning him ʿĀmir ibn Ṣāliḥ ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Zubayr said:

My grandsire—the cousin of Aḥmad and his loyal aide in every trial, the knight of Shaqrāʾ;
On Badr’s morn he was the very first horseman to charge, clad in yellow mail;
The angels came down in his very likeness to give support by the cistern when the foes converged.

He was also among those who emigrated to Abyssinia, as reported by Mūsā ibn ʿUqbah and Ibn Isḥāq (1), though he did not remain there long.

Abū Muʿāwiyah related from Hishām, from his father, that ʿĀʾishah said, “O son of my sister (2)! Your two fathers—meaning al-Zubayr and Abū Bakr—are among those of whom Allah said, ‘Those who responded to Allah and the Messenger after injury had struck them’ (Āl ʿImrān 3:172).”

When the idolaters withdrew from Uḥud, after the Prophet ﷺ and his Companions had suffered what they had suffered, he feared they might return and said, “Who will volunteer to pursue them, so that they realize we still have strength?”

Abū Bakr and al-Zubayr volunteered with seventy men; they set out in pursuit of the idolaters, and when the latter heard of them they turned back.

Allah the Exalted said, “So they returned with the favor of Allah and His bounty; no harm had touched them” (Āl ʿImrān 3:174)—they met no enemy (3).

Al-Bukhārī and Muslim relate, on the authority of Jābir:

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said on the Day of the Trench, “Who will bring us news of Banū Qurayẓah?”

Al-Zubayr said, “I will,” mounted his horse, went off, and came back with their news. Then—