al-Zubayr—for he is a pillar of the religion. (1)

Ibn ʿUyaynah relates: Hishām ibn ʿUrwah narrated to us, from his father, who said:
Seven of the Companions made al-Zubayr the executor of their estates—among them ʿUthmān, Ibn Masʿūd, and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān. He would support their heirs out of his own money while safeguarding their property.

Ibn Wahb reports: ʿAmr ibn al-Ḥārith narrated to us; Hishām ibn ʿUrwah told me, from his father, that al-Zubayr set out on campaign toward Egypt. The governor of Egypt wrote to him, “The land has been struck by plague; do not enter it.” Al-Zubayr replied, “I have come out for thrusts of the spear and for the plague alike.” He entered Egypt, received a spear-wound to his forehead, and the gash split open. (2)

ʿAwf transmits—on the authority of Abū Rajāʾ al-ʿAṭāridī—who said: I was present with al-Zubayr one day when a man approached him and said, “How is it that you Companions of the Messenger of Allah perform the lightest prayer of all people?” He replied, “We hurry in order to outstrip the whisperings.” (3)

Al-Awzāʿī reports: Nuhaik ibn Maryam related to me; Mughīth ibn Sumayy narrated: “He used to—”