If anyone infringes upon this ruling, he shall be seized and brought before the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him. This declaration is from Muhammad the Prophet, and it was written by Khālid ibn al-Walīd at the command of the Messenger of Allah; let no one overstep it and thereby wrong himself with respect to what Muhammad has ordained.

Among that illustrious company—may Allah be pleased with him—is al-Zubayr ibn al-ʿAwwām ibn Khuwaylid ibn Asad ibn ʿAbd al-ʿUzzā ibn Quṣayy, Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Asadī: one of the Ten who were given the glad tidings of Paradise, and one of the six members of the Consultative Council with whom the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—was pleased at the time of his passing. He is the Disciple (ḥawārī) of the Messenger of Allah, the son of the Prophet’s paternal aunt Ṣafiyyah bint ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, and the husband of Asmāʾ bint Abī Bakr al-Ṣiddīq—may Allah be pleased with them all.

ʿAtīq ibn Yaʿqūb, through the chain already cited, related that al-Zubayr ibn al-ʿAwwām wrote for the clan of Banū Muʿāwiyah ibn Jarwal the document the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—ordered to be drafted for them. Ibn ʿAsākir also recorded it through his chain from ʿAtīq.

Al-Zubayr, may Allah be pleased with him, accepted Islam early—at the age of sixteen, though some say eight. He took part in both migrations, witnessed every engagement, and was the first to unsheathe a sword in the cause of Allah. On the Day of the Trench the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—invoked both his father and mother on his behalf, saying, “Every prophet has a disciple; my disciple is al-Zubayr.”

He fought at Yarmuk and was the noblest warrior there. That day he twice charged through the Byzantine ranks from front to rear, emerging safely on the far side, though he received two blows to the back of his neck—may Allah be pleased with him. His virtues and distinctions are many.

He was killed on the Day of the Camel. After he had turned back from the fighting, ʿAmr ibn Jurmūz, Faḍālah ibn Ḥābis, and a third man named Nufayʿ, all of them Tamimīs, pursued him to a place called Wādī al-Sabāʿ. Ibn Jurmūz overtook him while he was asleep and slew him. This occurred on Thursday, the tenth of Jumādā al-Ūlā in the year 36 AH, when he was sixty-seven years old.

Al-Zubayr left an immense estate. In his will he set aside one-third of it after the payment of a debt amounting to two million two hundred thousand. When the debt had been discharged and the designated third removed, the remainder was distributed among his heirs; each of his four wives received one million two hundred thousand.

The total of the estate we have enumerated thus came to fifty-nine million eight hundred thousand. All of it was acquired lawfully during his lifetime—from his shares of booty and spoils, the profits of legitimate trade, and the like—after paying the obligatory zakāt at their proper times and extending abundant generosity to those in need. May Allah be pleased with him, content him, and grant him gardens