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Hadith 12439

قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِجُنْدُبٍ إِنِّي قَدْ بَايَعْتُ هَؤُلَاءِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ وَإِنَّهُمْ يُرِيدُونَ أَنْ أَخْرُجَ مَعَهُمْ إِلَى الشَّامِ فَقَالَ أَمْسِكْ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّهُمْ يَأْبَوْنَ فَقَالَ افْتَدِ بِمَالِكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ إِنَّهُمْ يَأْبَوْنَ إِلَّا أَنْ أَضْرِبَ مَعَهُمْ بِالسَّيْفِ فَقَالَ جُنْدُبٌ حَدَّثَنِي فُلَانٌ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ ”يَجِيءُ الْمَقْتُولُ بِقَاتِلِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ سَلْ هَذَا فِيمَ قَتَلَنِي“ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ فَأَحْسِبُهُ قَالَ ”فَيَقُولُ عَلَامَ قَتَلْتَهُ فَيَقُولُ قَتَلْتُهُ عَلَى مُلْكِ فُلَانٍ“ قَالَ فَقَالَ جُنْدُبٌ فَاتَّقِهَا
It is narrated from Abu Imran, he says: I said to Jundub: I have pledged allegiance to those people, that is, to Sayyiduna Ibn Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him), now these people want me to go with them towards Syria. He said: Do not go. I said: They are insisting on taking me with them. He said: Free yourself by giving wealth. I said: Their only insistence is that I participate with them in fighting. Jundub said: So-and-so narrated to me that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: On the Day of Resurrection, a murdered person will bring his killer along and say: O my Lord! Ask him why he killed me? Shu’bah’s wording is: He will say, for what reason did he kill me? He will say: I killed him to save so-and-so’s government. So Jundub said: Thus, you should save yourself.
Hadith Reference الفتح الربانی / كتاب الخلافة والإمارة / 12439
Hadith Grading محدثین: صحیح
Hadith Takhrij «اسناده صحيح علي شرط الشيخين، اخرجه النسائي مختصرا دون القصة: 7/84 ، (انظر مسند أحمد ترقيم الرسالة: 23189 ترقیم بيت الأفكار الدولية: 23576»
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … The father of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zubair bin al-Awwam radi Allahu anhu was Sayyiduna Zubair radi Allahu anhu, who was among the ten who were given glad tidings of Paradise (asharah mubasharah), and his mother was Sayyidah Asma bint Abu Bakr radi Allahu anha.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zubair radi Allahu anhu was born twenty months after the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam migrated to Madinah. He was the very first child born to the Muhajirun (Emigrants) in Madinah al-Munawwarah, and for this reason, the Muhajirun were extraordinarily pleased. He was martyred at the age of seventy-two, in Jumada al-Thani, in the year 73 AH, at the hands of the rulers of Banu Umayyah.

If one considers the next hadith and the related commentary from Fath al-Bari (vol. 7, p. 248) of Sahih al-Bukhari, it becomes clear that Abdullah bin Zubair was born just a few days after the Muslims migrated and arrived in Madinah. (Abdullah Rafiq)

The rule of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zubair radi Allahu anhu in Makkah al-Mukarramah was established immediately after the death of Sayyiduna Muawiyah radi Allahu anhu, and during the reign of Yazid, the rule of Yazid was never established over Makkah. After Yazid’s death, he took the pledge of allegiance (bay‘ah) for the caliphate from the people, and very soon, along with some regions of Syria, he was recognized as caliph throughout the entire Islamic world. At that time, he was unable to properly assess the situation in Syria that had developed in his favor, nor did he accurately estimate the power and acceptance that Banu Umayyah had enjoyed in Syria since the time of Amir Muawiyah radi Allahu anhu. If he had correctly assessed the discord and rivalry between Banu Qays and Banu Kalb, as well as his own acceptance that had arisen in Syria, he would certainly have undertaken a journey to Syria, and this journey would have proven as beneficial as the journey of Sayyiduna Umar al-Faruq radi Allahu anhu to Syria, which was beneficial for the Islamic world. After that, the caliphate of Marwan and the return of the influence and power of Banu Umayyah would never have occurred.

The life of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zubair radi Allahu anhu passed through many circumstances and events; for details, one may consult the books of history.