Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 1 of 3

THE LIVES OF THE SANABAH @%&&.& (Vol-I) 549
him, "0 bearer of the donkey's carriage! Beware of the plotting of the Quraysh.
First wage war agianst them and then kill them selectively." Husayn then
proceeded tb Makkah and when he reached there, he fought Hadhrat Abdullaah
bin Zubayr BEw for a few days.
Later on the narration states that when the news reached Husayn bin Numayr
that Yazeed had passed away, he fled. When Yazeed bin Mu'aawiya had passed
away, Marwaan bin Hakam canvassed for support. Further on, the narration
states that after Marwaan died, Abdul Malik called people to pledge their
allegiance to him. The people of Shaam responded to him and he delivered a
sermon in which he said, "Who will kill Abdullaah bin Zubayr BGij?" When
Hajjaaj volunteered, Abdul Malik silenced him. However, after being silenced for
a second time, he again volunteered saying, "I shall do it, 0 heerul Mu'mineen
because Isawinadreamthat 1 had snatched his cloak away from him and wore it."
Abdul Malik then appointed Hajjaaj as commander and dispatched him with an
army. He started the war against Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Zubayr 3,GE as soon
as he reached Makkah. Addressing the people of Makkah, Hadhrat Abdullaah bin
Zubayr BG&G said, "Guard the two mountains because you will always remain
in good stead and dominant as long as they do not climb the mountains. It was
not much later that Hajjaaj and his men managed to climb Mount Abu Qubays,
where they set up a catapult. They then relentlessly rained down rocks on
Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Zubayr 3,w and his men who were stationed in the
Masjidul Haraam.
On the morning of the day in which Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Zubayr 3Wj was
martyred, he went to his mother Hadhrat Asmaa tZKZ&kj, the daughter of
Hadhrat Abu Bakr B&%!&. Although she was then a hundred years old, not a
single tooth had fallen out nor had she lost her eyesight. She asked her son, "0
Abdullaah! What has happened to your battle?" He informed her of the extent to
which the enemy had advanced and then laughed as he said, "There is peace in
death." She said, "Dear son! I hope that you do not wish death to me because I do
not want to die until 1 see one of two results. Either you become the ruler and
thus give pleasure to my eyes or either you are martyred and I may expect
rewards from Allaah (by exercising patience)." As he bade farewell to her, she
said, "Dear son! Ensure that you never compromise on any facet of your Deen for
fear of being killed."
Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Zubayr -3GW then proceeded to the Masjidul Haraam
where they had placed two thresholds across the Hajar Aswad (Black Stone) to
protect it from the catapult. As Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Zubayr Bwj was sitting
near the Hajar Aswad, someone came to him and asked, "Should we not open the
door of the Kabah for you so that you go inside (and be saved from them)?"
Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Zubayr ?;irWj looked at the person and said, "You may
protect your brother from everything except his death. Has the Kabah not have
any sanctity that this place does not have (if the enemy do not revere the Masjid
itself, they will not revere the Kabah either)? 1 swear by Allaah that they would kill