—that Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, was the same. (1)

Thābit al-Bunānī said: “I would pass by Ibn al-Zubayr while he was praying behind the Maqām, and he was like an upright piece of wood—utterly motionless.

Yūsuf ibn al-Mājishūn narrated, on the authority of a trustworthy source with a sound chain, that he said:
“Ibn al-Zubayr apportioned his nights in a three-night cycle: one whole night he remained standing until dawn, one whole night he spent bowing until dawn, and one whole night he remained in prostration until dawn. (2)

Yazīd ibn Ibrāhīm al-Tustarī, from ʿAbd Allah ibn Saʿīd, from Muslim ibn Yannāq, said:
“One day Ibn al-Zubayr entered a single bow, and during it we recited al-Baqarah, Āl ʿImrān, al-Nisāʾ, and al-Māʾidah, yet he did not raise his head.” (3)

I say: In this matter the hadith that forbids such a practice had not reached Ibn al-Zubayr. (4)

Yazīd ibn Ibrāhīm related from ʿAmr ibn Dīnār, who said:
“Ibn al-Zubayr would pray inside the Ḥijr while the catapult was raining down its stones, yet he would not even turn his head—this happened during the siege laid against him.” (5)

Hishām ibn ʿUrwah narrated, on the authority of Ibn al-Munkadir, who said:
“Had you seen Ibn al-Zubayr in prayer, you would have thought him a branch being shaken by the wind, while the stones from the catapult were crashing down right here.” (6)

Abu Bakr ibn ʿAyyāsh, from Abū Isḥāq, said: “I have never seen anyone greater—