Ali Ibn Abi Talib - Volume 2 of 2

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others regretted it. On the day of the Camel, the people had
no intention of fighting, but fighting broke out against
their
(i) Adh-Dhahabi said: "No doubt 'kishah completely
regretted going out to Basra and being present on the day
of the Camel, and she did not think that the matter would
reach the point it did."389
1.8. The life and martyrdom of
az-Zubayr ibn al-'AwwSm (4)
His full name was Abu Abdullah az-Zubayr ibn Khuwaylid
ibn Asad ibn 'AbdulL'Uzza ibn Qusayy ibn Kilib a1-Qurashi al-
~sadi.~~' He shared a common ancestor with the Prophet (g) in
Qusayy, and he was the disciple of the Messenger of Allah (g) and
the son of his paternal aunt. His mother was Safiyyah bint '~bdul-
Muttalib. .. He was one of the ten whom the Prophet (g) testified
would be in paradise and one of the members of the consultative
committee.391 He became Mush when he was a young man, at the
age of sixteen,392 and he was tortured because of that. It was narrated
that ai-Zubayr's paternal uncle used to roll him up in a mat and hang
it up, then he would light a fire underneath so that the smoke would
reach him. His uncle would tell him to go back to disbelief, but az-
Zubayr would say: "I will never go back to disbelief."393 He never
missed any campaign that was led by the Messenger of Allah ($g).394
1.8.1. The first one to unsheathe
his sword for the sake of Allah (&)
It was narrated that Sa'eed ibn al-Mnsayyab said: "The first
one to unsheathe his sword for the sake of Allah was ai-Zubayr ibn
al-'Awwh. While a*-Zubayr ibn al-'Awwgm was taking a nap, he